As any cat owner will tell you, cats love cardboard boxes.
Buy them a new bed and they’ll sleep in the cardboard box it came from.
Buy them a new scratching post and they’ll shred the cardboard box instead.
Solution? Give them what they want: a cardboard playhouse!
It’s not cheap buying a playhouse for your cat from a pet shop anyway, so save yourself the money and build one yourself!
Here are 25 amazing examples to get you inspired!
Regardless of where you stand on the cats vs dogs debate, it’s fair to agree that we all love our pets. And our pets deserve to have the best entertainment just as much as we do, so they can live a happy and healthy life. Going to the pet shop to buy all of your pet’s toys would cost a pretty penny but luckily we’ve got you covered! Here are over a dozen clever and very easy-to-make pet toys to keep your pooch or feline friend entertained, and best of all, you can make these using stuff you have lying around at home!
Over time we all end up gathering a little archive of holiday pics, postcards, quotes, art and pictures that we love.
Unfortunately these often end up living in a box under the bed while we’re working out how best to display them.
And this can be quite a challenge if you yearn to stick them on the wall in anything more interesting than a regular, boring frame.
Luckily we have you covered here with 21 clever and creative easy-to-make frame ideas to get your creative curator juices going.
These frames are pretty, characterful and stylish and everyone will love them as much as the pictures inside them!
You don’t need to do an enormous haul to alter your home significantly. A really easy and affordable way to make a big change is with a paint job! A tin of paint can rejig old furniture, restore vividness and life to your entire home and really change the ambiance of a place. Take our word, and these tips!
It’s great fun opening a new bottle of wine, and even more fun enjoying the contents!
But did you know that the good times don’t have to end when you’ve polished off what’s inside?
There are literally countless inspiring ways to reuse all those elegant vino bottles, from moody lighting solutions to decorations and storage solutions.
Check out 22 of our favorite ideas for upcycling, reusing and recycling the humble wine bottle!
Every home needs a few candles to create a warm, homely ambiance and the scented ones make your home smell great too.
While they look very pretty, unfortunately the life of a candle is a fleeting one.
So what do you do when the candle has burnt out and you’re left with the glass holder it came in? Do you throw it out? Do you just stick a lousy tea light in it? Of course not!
There’s a bunch of cool and creative ways you can reuse and even repurpose glass candle holders, from knitting them a cute crochet jumper to turning them into gorgeous home decor or even cute gifts.
Here are 12 DIYs to try!
Kitting out your whole house or apartment can cost an absolute fortune.
From furniture to decorations, all the little things that make your house your home, they don’t come for free.
Or do they? What if you could upcycle things that you already have lying around and give them new life?
From quirky and hipster, to practical and beautiful, here are 12 upcycling tricks to take everyday stuff and turn them from trash to treasure!
Go on, get inspired!
That’s it, the Christmas season is officially over… And it’s time to get back to reality. The tree and the decorations are back in their boxes but you realize that you still have a lot of leftover wrapping paper, and in good condition! It would be a shame to throw it away now don’t you think? Here are 10 fun and original DIY ideas, to do alone or with family, to recycle your Christmas wrapping paper. A great way to extend the holiday atmosphere!
Our lives can get pretty hectic and it’s easy to let things get a bit messy at home when you can’t find the time to sort all your stuff out. With a few easy organisational DIYs, however, you can quickly tidy and declutter your living space and organise all your things which makes finding those earrings, unplugging the lamp and not the TV or digging out your fave t-shirt from the drawer, quick and easy.
There’s nothing quite like kitting out your home with a few unique and cool pieces that you’ve built yourself. Using wooden pallets is one of the more versatile and easy to use materials in a home DIY project. They come readymade in a sturdy, basic structure, which you can simply add to, pull apart or reappropriate. Everything from big pieces of furniture like beds and couches to decorative features can be fashioned using wooden pallets, and here are 15 of our favourite design ideas for your home!