Apartment Therapy Tagged: paint

Periodic Tile Table & Bench

We've seen the shower curtain before, but now there's a new way to learn your periodic table, and it's on a slightly larger scale—like say an outdoor table. Details after the jump... ...

Serving Trays Turned Chalkboard Wall Art

Ohdeedoh reader Melissa was kind enough to send us a photo of her recent diy project. She hit up her local thrift stores for some silver platters and instead of using them for table decor, she added...

5 Ways To Use DIY Nesting Dolls

It doesn't matter how young or old you are, nesting dolls are just plain cute! The best part is, you can now design a set of your own. A perfect idea for gift giving and holiday times, click throug...

Make This: Boon Stash Storage System

We are often torn when it comes to buying new products. One side of us thinks, "Ooooh Shiny!" The other side says, "Find me two paper clips, some chewing gum and a can of spray paint and I can make...

The Techni-Color Dreamcoat Dresser
Flickr Find

We love color and the new life, that a little extra elbow grease can bring to a piece of furniture. This dresser has had a multi-color makeover and we just love it! Details after the jump... ...

Quick Tip: Stencil Walls With Joint Compound

We're always on the look out for design ideas that give our spaces a little extra "oomph." So when we stumbled upon the idea of using joint compound in combination with stencils, we were all ears! ...

How To: Murals With A Little Help From Technology

When Jason and Kim were readying their nursery, they wanted to stick to something gender neutral. Finding their bedding first and loving its rich earth tones, they decided to try their hand at ador...

Try This! DIY Scratch Off Cards

We've been around the crafting block a time or two and it isn't often a tutorial stops us in our tracks. But that was exactly the case when we came across this super awesome idea for DIY Scratch Off...

Found: Painted Wood Blocks

Jill Green of Homemade By Jill has been busy crafting up a storm again and has made her own play blocks! They provided a weekends worth of entertainment and then some. Details after the jump... ...

Found: Perfect Pastels

We mentioned the Tone kids chair awhile back, but that wasn't what drew our attention in this photo. Instead, it was the softly understated pastel background that makes you think of sweet dreams and...

Flickr Find: Big Top Bedroom

The most inexpensive way to makeover a room is always paint. Even when purchasing lower voc options and premium paints, it's still hands down the biggest way to freshen up a space and transform the ...

Try This! Glazed On Graphics

When we moved into our new space earlier this month we were pleasantly surprised to find skulls in our closet! But they aren't something you see unless the light hits the wall just right and the tre...

Week Night Project: Watercolor Initials

Letters to adorn your kid's spaces are all the rage, no matter if they are handmade, reclaimed, or store bought. Well, Megan over at Plum Pudding has been busy with a great summer watercolor craft t...

Look! Decoupaged Window Idea

We featured a store in Kansas City today, over at Apartment Therapy, which inside of it holds treasures of all kinds, but we found this window pane project that we thought would be a great diy projec...

Kid Friendly Table Transformation

Where there's a before shot, there's always an after! We promise you want to see what this table makes a diy transformation into! It could used for creatures with 2 legs or 4 and be tailored to ma...

Found: Hand Painted Wooden Families

We're having trouble deciding if these little wooden families are too cute to play with! You can purchase one that matches your family or individual people as well as blanks to paint your own. You ...

Safety 1st: 4 Ways To Use Reflective Spray Paint

Unless a product is low VOC or makes a Mother's (or Father's) life easier, it usually doesn't get mentioned around these parts. But having tried this reflective spray paint out first hand, it wasn't...

How To: Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint

click thumbnails for larger pics We're self confessed lovers of cornstarch. For kids projects and cooking alike, it's right up there with white vinegar in our hearts and it's many household uses! O...

How To: Use Dish Soap As A Paint Stain Preventative

Having spent a great deal of time working with children in a classroom environment, it's safe to say we've seen our share of painting mishaps. Even if smocks were worn and floors and furniture were ...

Color Survey: Do You Let Them Choose?

Growing up we wanted our room to be two colors. Cobalt Blue and Kermit Green. Both of which would have needed a ridiculous amount of time and paint to make happen, so Mom kept her ground on telling...

What Happens When Your Dad's A Toy Designer?

You end up with wall murals that are the envy of all your friends. We ran across this great paint job on Flickr and can be found in a southern suburb of Kansas City that the Madl family calls home. ...

Flickr Find: Chalkboard Clipboard DIY

Rosemary Travale is an illustrator from Hamilton, Ontario. She loves beards, pirates, comics and most of all, making fabulous things! We came across this great clipboard she embellished with some le...

ColourLovers.com
Slinks: n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

We've blogged the ColourLovers site before, but we think it bears re-posting now that we've launched our Fall Colors Contest. ColourLovers offers hundreds of downloadable color palettes and patterns, ...

Good Questions: Painting a Plastic Chair

Elle writes in: I have a question I'm hoping somebody on here can help me with. I have a very loved vintage Cosco chair from when I was a youngin' [similar to photo above, but yellow]. It was giv...

How To: Paint Rainbow Stairs

Our favorite project from last month's Domino was this painted staircase. We love how it adds a bright spectrum of color without screaming Rainbow Brite. ...

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