Indice dei contenuti per Winter 2023 in Do It Yourself

At my first Scholastic Book Fair, I spent $2.75 of hard-earned allowance on a Garfield poster that proclaimed “Weekends were made for nothing.” That evening when I tacked the poster to my bedroom wall, I felt instant buyer’s remorse. Even at age 11, I knew my weekends were about doing all sorts of things. Yes, I enjoyed kicking back on Saturday and Sunday, but I also found it relaxing to build models, bake desserts, and try new crafts. So Garfield ended up in the trash, and I learned how to make papier-mâché masks from old newspapers (messy but marvelous). Our first Weekend Projects Issue focuses on fast and satisfying ideas that you can start and finish in a day or two. Quickly update your pantry (“Order in the House,” page…

THE BIG REVEAL Display crafted treasures in trays on a bench or table for your guests to admire, this photo. Add festive touches like garland fashioned from wood beads or felted balls and bunting made with colorful paper or felt. IN GOOD SPIRITS Offer guests a selection of fuss-free beverages, left. • Pom-Ginger Cocktail Mix pomegranate juice, vodka, and ginger simple syrup. Top it off with a sour beer.• Beer Smash Mix orange juice, maple syrup, and bourbon, then finish with a wheat or Belgian-style beer. PARTY POINTERS Follow these hosting tips to plan your own craft swap. Guests will leave with a bounty of handcrafted goodies that they can keep for themselves or give to someone special on their holiday list. THE CONCEPT Before the party, ask guests to…

MAKE IT OTTOMAN SLIPCOVER MATERIALS • 2 yards main fabric• ½ yard flange fabric• Ruler• Pins• Sewing machine• Thread• Iron Step 1 Cut main fabric into five squares. Ours are 20×20 inches to cover a 19×19×19-inch ottoman. (For any size ottoman, add 1 inch to each measurement—height, width, length—to size the main fabric pieces.) Cut flange fabric into two narrow strips: 2 inches by the width of the fabric. (Most home decor fabrics are 54 inches wide, but you do not have to use a home decor fabric for this project. Fabrics from other sections of the store, like fashion or quilter cottons, will work too.) Step 2 Create the flange. With one strip right side up and one strip right side down, align the two flange strips at…

HANDY HELPER Tuck a slim step stool behind the door so you can safely retrieve items from the top shelf. Ultralight Slimline Step Stool, $159; frontgate.com GET LOW Store heavy products, such as soda or bottled water, or overstock items like paper towels and tissue boxes on the floor. Squat, wide bins with a lid that typically hold linens can also keep bulky goods from creeping into your traffic lane. Rump Roost Storage Bin, $60–$67; scoutbags.com TRICKS OF THE TRADE Savannah Kokaliares of the Classy Clutter blog knows all the tips to create a storage-savvy home. When she finally had her own pantry, opposite, she put those skills to the test to create an ideal space. Using the existing shelves, she lined the space with labeled bins and jars, baskets…

BUILT-IN BEAUTY An all-in-one headboard-nightstand combo is modern and minimalistic, this photo and opposite. Tie a string around a pushpin to measure and mark the curved headboard halves, tabletops, and supporting brackets. (We used ½-inch Baltic birch plywood.) Cut out with a jigsaw. Fasten the tabletops to their brackets with pin nails and wood glue and screw into the headboard. Secure each headboard piece to the wall with four screws drilled into studs. OPEN CASE With its arched top and sturdy wood construction, a discarded window frame displayed potential as the front of a hutch, left. Use the frame as a template to mark and cut the unit’s plywood back, above. Determine the preferred size of your shelves and cut from plywood. Cut the legs, cross supports, and top connecting…

[P] Paint Color Because of the magazine printing process, paint colors depicted on our pages might vary slightly from manufacturers’ colors. Use paint color names or numbers, when provided, as a starting point. To get a color as it appears in the magazine, take the page to a paint retailer for matching. [V] Product Line Varies The product selection changes frequently on the retailer’s website. ON THE COVER Blue pot—Earl May Garden Centers; earlmay.com [V]. Ocean artwork, white vase—Target Stores; target.com [V]. Cloud artwork—Anthropologie; anthropologie.com. Area rug—CB2; cb2.com. BHG.COM PAGE 5 Interior design: Savannah Kokaliares and Mallory Nikolaus, Classy Clutter; classyclutter4@gmail.com; Instagram @classyclutter; classyclutter.net. Wall paint Black Evergreen MQ6-44, accent color wall paint Ultra Pure White 1850—Behr; behr.com [P]. Rug—rugs.com. Sofa—Article; article.com. Basket—HomeGoods; homegoods.com. Black-and-white striped pillow—Classy Clutter Home;…

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PUT A PIN IN IT Create tidy holders for sewing accessories, this photo. For the needle book, layer two 4½×6¼-inch wool pieces and pin in the center. Glue the ends of an elastic hair tie between the two layers. Once dry, sew the edges using a blanket stitch. Then stitch together two 4×5¾-inch felt pieces and the cover to form a spine for the book. Cover a button with a wool scrap and, using the elastic loop for placement, sew the button shank to the front cover. For the pincushion, stitch two patchwork squares. Trace a circle onto each and cut out. With the right sides of the two circles together, pin and sew edges, leaving a 1-inch opening. Turn right side out and fill the pincushion. Whipstitch to close.…

ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AS A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD, ANGELA ROSE FELL IN LOVE WITH AN $800 BED—WAY OUT of her price range. With no previous building experience, she decided to construct it herself. She went to the hardware store, spent $80 on materials and a nail gun, and just figured it out. Angela was hooked. She didn’t want to wait until she could afford designer looks, so she continued to build furniture. Then, seven years ago as a stay-at-home mom, she took on the remodeling of her 25-year-old Henderson, Nevada, home. The previously “beige and boring,” builder-grade house is now a light, bright, and modern space. To inspire others, Angela chronicles her DIY projects on Instagram @angelarosehome. In four years, she has garnered over 1.4 million followers, a growing…

ENCHANTING LAND Fashion a magical mantel scape, this photo. To make the wintry frame scene, opposite, cut white lace and satin fabrics in undulating shapes to mimic snowdrifts. Staple layers, lace in front, to the back of a frame. String a yarn tree by tapping a nail slightly into the back of the frame’s top rail and six nails along the bottom, spaced about ¼ inch apart. Knot yarn on the top nail, then wrap around the bottom nail and back again, repeating to form a triangular tree shape. SNOW-CAPPED TOWN Brighten crafts store birdhouses, wood-turned trees, and cardboard shapes with colorful paint, this photo. Accessorize your cozy abodes with a tiny wreath, painted snowdrifts, or flocking (find the how-to on page 73). Complete the look with a garland composed…

CHECK IT OFF Get your to-do list ready! These home improvement ideas will refresh your space and can be completed in a couple of days. BHG.com/Weekend QUICK FIXES Upgrade a room with simple projects you can accomplish in 24 hours or less. BHG.com/OneDay ORGANIZING HACKS Tackle that overflowing cabinet or out-of-control entry with low-effort, high-impact storage solutions. BHG.com/DIYStorage BEDROOM UPDATES A new headboard, furniture item, or piece of artwork can give your room a fresh look. Try one of these ideas. BHG.com/BedProjects FOR RESOURCES SEE PAGE 88.…

HEY, HANDY GIRLS! Confession: I love my yard, but I hate caring for it. Last year, after always playing catch-up on maintenance, I hired a local, one-person shop to do it for me. The service comes once a month and does all the things I never want to. Truth: DIYers don’t need to do everything. This issue, we’re talking about the “have-tos” of home maintenance. While some tasks are crucial, others can get crossed off the list—just like my lawn care. TO FLIP OR NOT FLIP A MATTRESS RULES HAVE CHANGED WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SLEEP SPOT. → Know what you own. Mattresses are much different than they were decades ago. Most now have a true underside and a true topside with layers between for softness. Your best bet…

MODERN MANTEL A bright, sleek upgrade, this photo, masks a formerly white brick fireplace. To make the oak mantel, determine your desired length and width of the piece. (Ours is 10 inches deep.) Glue and pin-nail oak boards using butt joints. Sand and seal the wood with polyurethane. Attach the mantel after finishing the new surround. ON DISPLAY Get high impact shelves using basic woodworking skills, below. Before determining the unit’s dimensions, construct the mantel and surround. Use a circular saw to cut the sides, top, and bottom of the bookcase from oak plywood. Nail together to form a box. Create a decorative edge on the sides using 1-inch square oak dowels. Secure a piece of plywood to the top of the box and cut plywood shelves to size. Stain…

THE POWER OF PAINT Raise your hand if you’ll never tire of a room made over with a color refresh. This one, above, doesn’t disappoint. Neutral walls felt blah before, so we painted them a pretty blue and added lengths of half-round molding painted the same color for texture and architectural interest. To install molding, use a brad nailer and a level, then fill holes with wood filler, caulk along the edges, and touch up with paint as needed. The existing sideboard was forgettable, but we wanted it to be a knockout. We painted it a rich burgundy to tie in with the new rug and accessories. Rather than replace the knobs, we spray-painted them metallic gold to complete the update. Read on to learn more tips for updating your…