Two bedroom corners side by side: a pink velvet sofa with a sheepskin rug, and a pom pom throw on a white rocker

I own sanders, saws, a jigsaw and a Dremel I am frankly a little obsessed with, and I still would not call myself a woodworker. What I am good at is the remake: refinishing, cutting, painting and turning something tired into something I want to look at. That is most of what DIY bedroom decor actually is. So these 69 projects run from a fifteen minute paper wall treatment to a real weekend headboard build, and they cover the whole room rather than just the walls, which is where most lists quietly stop. Painted rugs, thrifted lamps, hoop wreaths, canopies, concrete planters, jar lights, shiplap, dressers that get a second life for the price of a can of paint. Some cost under ten dollars. A few cost a couple hundred and replace something that costs four times that in a store. Perfect for a first apartment, a teen room, a nursery, a rental you cannot touch the walls of or a main bedroom you have been ignoring for six years!

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1. DIY Duvet Cover Confetti-Style

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White DIY duvet cover hand painted with scattered pastel confetti dots on a bed under a bright window

Plain white bedding gets a scatter of pastel dots here, and the trick is acrylic paint mixed one to one with fabric medium so the color survives the wash. Poppytalk traces the circles around a roll of washi tape, tossed onto the fabric and traced wherever it lands so the pattern never looks like a grid. Slide cardboard inside the cover first or the paint bleeds through to the other side. It is a cheap way to get bedding nobody else has.

Get the full tutorial at Poppytalk.

2. Cozy Pom Pom Pillow

Throw pillow completely covered in bright yarn pom poms sitting on a white chair beside a striped rug

Every inch of this pillow front is covered in yarn pom poms, which is why it reads as a statement piece rather than a throw cushion. A Kailo Chic Life uses a Clover pom pom maker in two or three sizes, chunky yarn and a hot glue gun on a plain pillow cover, so the only real cost is the yarn. It is simple but not fast, and it is the ideal project for a long evening when you want your hands busy. Perfect for using up the leftover skeins nobody wants.

Get the full tutorial at A Kailo Chic Life.

3. Pressed Flower Fairy Light Jar

Two mason jars lined with pressed yellow flowers glowing from fairy lights inside, held up in the dark

Pressed flowers line the inside of a mason jar and a string of fairy lights goes in behind them, so the whole jar glows like a lantern out of a story. This is one of my favorite spring projects, and it turns jars that have been sitting in a cupboard doing nothing into the best thing on a nightstand. The flowers do not need to be perfect, and the lights hide every flaw anyway. Grab a jar and the full step by step is on my post.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

4. DIY Room Decor Ideas – Bedside Bench

Colorful patterned bench with hairpin legs at the foot of a bed in a bright bedroom with a dog nearby

A bench at the foot of the bed is one of those pieces that quietly makes a room look finished. A Beautiful Mess builds this one from a sheet of three quarter inch plywood cut to 44 by 18 inches, a rug stapled over one inch foam batting and a pair of hairpin legs. The rug needs to be two or three inches wider and longer than the bench top on every side so it wraps properly. The build came in at $195, which is a fraction of what a patterned upholstered bench costs.

Get the full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

5. Denim Roses from Old Jeans

Three roses made from cut blue denim from old jeans held against a yellow background with green stems

Worn out jeans turn into roses here, with no sewing anywhere in the project. I never knew what to do with old denim and now I do, and a jar of these on a dresser adds the kind of soft handmade texture you cannot buy. The petals come from cut denim shapes rolled and shaped by hand, so it is beginner friendly the whole way through and forgiving if your first one looks a bit lumpy. My step by step is on the post.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

6. Textured Heart Canvas Art

Small pink canvas with raised textured white and pink hearts propped on a wooden easel against white wood

Tissue paper builds up under paint here to give a small canvas real dimension, so the hearts sit proud of the surface instead of sitting flat on it. I am not a professional artist and I have made peace with that, because there is no single right way to make a piece of art, and this one proves it. Simple supplies, a mini easel and a raised pink heart pattern that reads as something bought from a gallery. Come see how I made mine.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

7. DIY Painted Rug Inspired by West Elm

Gray and cream geometric painted rug on a wood floor in a room with plants, crates and a modern chair

Mountain Modern Life copied a $350 West Elm wool dhurrie for about $20 by painting the geometric kilim pattern straight onto a plain rug. There is a useful fork in the tutorial: if your design is mostly lines, use a Sharpie instead, because the rug stays soft and the marker is far quicker. Paint is the right choice only when you want filled in blocks of color. Either way the pattern is taped and worked in sections, and patience is the main supply.

Get the full tutorial at Mountain Modern Life.

Easy DIY Room Decor Ideas

8. Chevron Reclaimed Wood Bed

Reclaimed wood queen bed with a chevron pattern headboard in a pink girls room with colorful bedding

This is the big one on the list, a full queen bed with a chevron headboard, and Jen Woodhouse is refreshingly honest that it runs about ten hours of measure, mark, cut, sand, stain, glue and nail. The reclaimed look is faked with ordinary pine stained in several colors: Provincial, Special Walnut, Early American, Ebony and a little Weathered Gray. Stain the boards before they go on so nothing bleeds. Every end is cut at 45 degrees, and she recommends starting from the center and working out.

Get the full tutorial at Jen Woodhouse.

DIY Bedroom Ideas

9. Roman Numeral Clock

Large round wooden clock painted teal with white Roman numerals sitting on a console with picture frames

An oversized clock does a lot of work on a bedroom wall, and this one starts with a 24 inch pre-cut wooden round from a hardware store, so there is no cutting involved. Handmade Haven paints it with Rustoleum Linen White, distresses it with Annie Sloan Aubusson Blue and then applies a Roman numeral vinyl decal that costs about ten dollars. The decal arrives rolled, so flatten it under something heavy first or the numbers go on crooked. Chalk paint is worth it here purely for the fast dry time.

Get the full tutorial at Handmade Haven.

10. DIY Chic Hoops

Gold embroidery hoops wrapped with pink faux roses and green eucalyptus leaves on a dark gray background

Embroidery hoops become wall decor here, but not the way you would guess. Little Inspiration strips faux flowers and greenery stems off their wires and hot glues them directly around the hoop, so each one turns into a light, open ring of blooms rather than a stretched fabric circle. They hang on glue dots, string or clear push pins, which makes them renter friendly. Hang a cluster above a bed, or use the same hoops as outdoor party decor and move them indoors afterward.

Get the full tutorial at Little Inspiration.

DIY Dorm Decor Ideas

11. DIY Pouf

Round black and white patterned pouf ottoman on a gray rug beside a teal chair and a reclaimed wood wall

This is an IKEA hack rather than a build from scratch. Kristi Murphy takes the cover off an IKEA cube footstool, uses it as the pattern for six panels cut one inch larger than each face, sews them together with half inch seams and moves the original zipper across. One yard of fabric will do it, one and a half to be safe. Her total came to about forty dollars against poufs that cost several times that, and a bold kilim print is what makes it look custom.

Get the full tutorial at Kristi Murphy.

12. Decoupage Flower Vase

Three glass jars decoupaged with blue floral and pink cherry napkin paper standing on a pale wood surface

This started life as a plain Dollar Store jar with no purpose, sitting in my kitchen. Some napkin paper and glue later, it earns its place on a dresser holding whatever stems I have picked that week. Decoupage napkins are thinner than regular paper, which is exactly why the pattern settles into the glass instead of sitting on top of it in a lumpy layer. I went in with zero expectations. I walk you through the whole thing in the tutorial.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

13. Key to my Heart Rustic Wood Sign

Rustic stained wood sign with a painted white heart and an ornate black metal key nailed to the center

Love Grows Wild starts with a scrap 1 by 8 board cut to 11 and a half inches, sands the corners round for that worn look, then stains it dark walnut and sands it back again. A paper heart template gets traced on and filled with white acrylic mixed with a touch of yellow, two coats, which is what keeps the white from looking stark. The vintage style metal key was a $3.50 craft store find and it sets the length of the whole sign.

Get the full tutorial at Love Grows Wild.

14. Beaded Wind Chime

Beaded wind chime with colorful bead strands hanging from a wooden branch against a sunlit white wall

Strands of beads and charms hang from a branch here, catching light by a window and moving with every draft, which makes a bedroom feel alive rather than still. I have been a little obsessed with beads and charms lately and this wind chime is where that went. It is a boho piece for very little money, and the strands are simple to thread, so it suits a beginner or a kid who wants to help. My instructions are waiting for you.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

15. DIY West Elm Morocco Headboard

Cut pattern rubber doormats turned into a cream Moroccan style headboard, shown as a before and after

The clever part of this knockoff is the material, and it is not what the photo suggests: those are rubber door mats from Target. Kara Paslay Design spray paints two of them, nails them to a piece of plywood cut to headboard size with a finish nailer and trims the edge to finish it. Two mats side by side come out at the perfect width for a queen bed. Paint the plywood the same color as your wall and the backing disappears, so only the pattern reads. The whole thing came in under $100 against $400 for the original.

Get the full tutorial at Kara Paslay Design.

16. Make A Door Headboard

Turquoise painted paneled door mounted sideways as a headboard behind a bed with blue lamps either side

An old paneled door turned on its side makes a headboard with architecture no new piece can fake. My SoCal’d Life found theirs next to a dumpster, cleaned it with damp towels and wipes, sanded down the peeling paint, primed and painted it, then mounted it on two by fours cut to the height they wanted. Old doors often have hardware that will not unscrew, so budget time for that. Salvage yards sell them cheap when a dumpster does not hand you one.

Get the full tutorial at My SoCal'd Life.

17. DIY Flower Wall Hanging

Faux pink flowers and green leaves hanging in rows from a driftwood branch against a plain white wall

Faux flowers and leaves hang in loose vertical rows from a length of driftwood here, so a blank wall gets a garden falling down it without a single nail in the plaster beyond the hanger. The Learner Observer shared it as part of a February blog hop, and the density is the design decision: sparse rows read modern and airy, packed rows read romantic. It photographs beautifully, which is why the same idea turns up as a wedding backdrop.

Get the full tutorial at The Learner Observer.

18. Beachy Boho Bedroom

Tween beachy boho bedroom with a black metal bed, white canopy, woven basket and black and white bedding

A whole room rather than a single project, and the lesson in it is restraint. The Lilypad Cottage layers driftwood tones, white bedding, woven texture and black and white pattern, and lets the palette do the coastal work instead of seashells. The canopy is two teen drapes sewn together and hung over the bed, and the dresser was a $30 flea market find with rope pulls. Coastal style dies from accessory overload and lives on texture variety.

Get the full tutorial at The Lilypad Cottage.

19. DIY Copper Pipe Marble Plant Stand

Modern copper pipe plant stand with a white marble tile top holding a bowl of pink and white ranunculus

Copper pipe and a 12 inch marble tile make a plant stand that looks like a design shop impulse buy, and nothing is soldered. A Bubbly Life glues half inch copper into tees, street elbows and end caps, so the whole frame presses and glues together. The cut list is four 14 inch legs, three 11 inch pieces, four at 6 inches and four at 2 inches out of ten feet of pipe. A pipe cutter makes short work of it and the copper warms as it ages.

Get the full tutorial at A Bubbly Life.

20. DIY Two Tier Side Table Makeover

White two tier side table with turned legs holding a glass jar, books and a small plant on a wood floor

Green With Decor picked this two tier table up off the side of the road, and it was by her own account the filthiest piece she had ever started with, which all came off with a good clean. From there it is patch primer, sanding and paint, sprayed rather than brushed, in Sherwin Williams Dewy. The two tiers are the real reason to grab a table like this: books and a plant on top, everything you do not want seen on the shelf below.

Get the full tutorial at Green With Decor.

21. DIY Gold Leaf Embellished Curtains

Dark gray curtain panels with gold leaf stripes across the top hanging on a rod against a green wall

The Gathered Home gilds a pair of plain Ikea Merete panels, bought for $30, with gold metal leaf. Masking tape marks out the design, spray adhesive goes down, the leaf is laid on and a spray sealer locks it in. Iron the panels first, because wrinkles wreck the pattern. She also learned the hard way not to do this on pillows, which get sat on; curtains hang untouched, so the leaf survives. Metallic catches lamplight at night in a way printed fabric never does.

Get the full tutorial at The Gathered Home.

22. Painted Crate Hairpin Side Table

Wooden crate side table on black hairpin legs mounted on a wall holding books with a teal bowl on top

A $13.99 craft store crate on hairpin legs is the whole recipe, and it comes out looking like a small furniture line. Dwell Beautiful stains hers with Rust-Oleum Early American, wraps gold embroidery floss as a detail, then screws the legs to the base. Mounted on the wall or standing on the floor, the crate opening takes books as though it were designed for them. Choose a crate that is not warped and watch for the grain before you commit to stain over paint.

Get the full tutorial at Dwell Beautiful.

23. Vintage Doily Dreamcatcher DIY

Row of cream lace doily dreamcatchers set in wooden hoops, hanging from a driftwood branch on a white wall

A lace doily stretched in a wooden embroidery hoop does the job a woven web usually does, only prettier. Belle Notti’s method is simple: the doily must be larger than the hoop, lay it over the inner ring, tighten the outer ring down, pull it taut and trim the excess from the back. Three to five lengths of leather cord tie on at the bottom with overhand loop knots, with feathers on both ends, so leave plenty of length. Thrifted doilies cost pennies.

Get the full tutorial at Belle Notti.

24. Tribal Sideboard

Wood sideboard with an all over stenciled geometric batik pattern across the doors under a large canvas

The Painted Hive bought this mid century sideboard for $5, found the exterior panels warped and glued on, and knocked them off with a hammer. New plywood door fronts went on in their place, sealed with clear varnish tinted with ten percent teak brown stain, two coats front, back and edges, sanded lightly between. Then an all over batik stencil laid across all the doors at once, lined up with the frame gaps. Pick plywood that is flat and check the grain before you stain it.

Get the full tutorial at The Painted Hive.

25. DIY Love Sign

Silver sequin covered LOVE letters standing on a dresser beside pink tulips and a stack of magazines

These letters are covered in sequins, not string lights, and the effect in person is closer to a disco ball than a marquee. Popcosmo paints 8 inch cardboard letters the same color as the sequins first so no cardboard shows through, then pins each sequin on with sequin pins and a thimble, which you will genuinely need. Each letter took about 45 minutes in front of the TV. Space the sequins closer for a solid shimmer or further apart for a lighter look.

Get the full tutorial at Popcosmo.

26. DIY Bed Canopy Curtains

Bed canopy made from sheer white curtains hung from ceiling rods over a bed with gray floral bedding

Four poster drama without the four poster: sheer panels hang from curtain rods mounted on the ceiling and the wall behind the bed. The tutorial uses four 63 inch panels on the ceiling rods and four 84 inch panels on the wall, three extendable rods and white garden hooks screwed into the ceiling to carry them, one at each end and one in the middle. Total came to about $70. Two rods on the wall, one behind the other, hide the seam where the curtains meet.

Get the full tutorial at The Savvy Mama.

27. DIY Flower Tea Light

Orange rose shaped flower tea light glowing on an open book in a dark room with green leaves at its base

This flower light might be my favorite thing I have ever made. A single bloom sits over a small light so the petals glow from inside, and it looks genuinely magical on a bedside table at night. I still cannot quite believe how quick it was to put together, and it works just as well for a wedding or a party if you make a few of them and scatter them down a table. Here is how I did it.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

28. DIY Octopus Art

Two people hanging an oversized black and white octopus line drawing on a bedroom wall from step stools

Oversized art is the fastest way to fix a blank wall, and this one is a giant black line drawing of an octopus hung as a single panel above a bed. Scale is the whole idea: one enormous image beats a grid of small frames and costs less than framing six prints. The photo shows two people on step stools holding the finished piece up against the wall, which tells you honestly that this is a two person hanging job rather than a one person one.

Get the full tutorial at House of Jade Interiors.

29. DIY Very Girly Beauty Station

Girly beauty station with a mirror, patterned paper covered crate, brushes, jewelry and a RED LIPS sign

A getting ready corner built almost entirely from scrapbook paper and things already in the house. The method is Mod Podge: cut patterned paper to fit both sides of a dollar spot crate, trace and cut out the handle openings with a craft blade, Mod Podge the paper down, smooth it and give it a coat over the top, then add gold hardware. Existing frames get the same treatment with chipboard letters. Nothing here needs a saw, and the whole corner changes for a few dollars.

Get the full tutorial at Tatertots and Jello.

30. Ottoman From An Old Electrical Spool

Round gray and white patterned upholstered spool ottoman on short wooden legs standing on beige carpet

Infarrantly Creative built this in a two evening upholstery class, and the honest detail is that the hardest part was the math to work out where the legs go. A wooden electrical spool gets two by four supports, webbing stretched and stapled across for stability, burlap over that, a foam circle on top and a sewn dacron cover. She used a home decor weight twill rather than true upholstery fabric. Free spools can be had behind electrical supply houses for the asking.

Get the full tutorial at Infarrantly Creative.

31. Home-made Pottery Barn West Elm Lamp Knock-Off

Glass jug table lamp with a white shade on a desk beside a vintage typewriter and a small vase of flowers

A glass jug becomes a catalog lamp for about $18 in new parts. The Thrifty Abode drills the base with a 5/16 inch ceramic cutting bit, which takes a nerve wracking five minutes of holding the drill in one spot, then follows the directions on a hardware store lamp kit. Tape the glass before drilling in case it cracks. The stopper in her kit was too small for the jug opening, so a bead of hot glue sealed it invisibly. Thrift shelves are full of glass jugs.

Get the full tutorial at The Thrifty Abode.

32. DIY Easy Rope Shelf

Wooden shelf hanging from knotted white rope on a wall, holding framed art, a green bowl and two bottles

A board, four lengths of rope and two big hook screws, and Burkatron’s whole shelf came in around fifteen pounds of materials. The detail worth copying is the hole size: 8mm rope needs 10mm holes, because a tight hole is impossible to thread. Four one meter lengths go through the corners and knot underneath, with the top ends knotted over the hooks. That last knot is also how you level it, so adjust rather than redrill. Light objects only, not books.

Get the full tutorial at Burkatron.

33. DIY Cushion with Cross Print

White cushion printed with a scattered black cross pattern and red piping on a pale floral background

Scandinavian minimal pattern from a potato. Big DIY Ideas cuts a cross shape into a halved potato, or uses a bought stamp, inks it with fabric printing ink and stamps a loose scattered grid across one square of fabric. The second square stays plain, so the cushion is reversible, and the two get sewn right sides together with bias edging sandwiched between them around the perimeter. Slight irregularity in the stamping is the style working, not failing.

Get the full tutorial at Big DIY Ideas.

34. Driftwood Jewelry Hanger

Pale driftwood branch fitted with crystal knobs holding three beaded necklaces, hung on a white wall

Necklaces hang untangled and visible, which quietly changes how often the good ones get worn. DIY Candy drills a piece of driftwood with a 3/16 inch bit, screws crystal knobs along its length, adds a picture hanger or eye hooks and hangs it from jute. It is rated beginner, the only skills being drilling and screwing into wood. Some driftwood wants sealing and some is better left raw, which the tutorial covers. No beach nearby means buying a piece online instead.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Candy.

35. DIY Concrete Planter

Smooth gray concrete bowl planter holding green succulents beside a small ceramic pot on a white surface

Burkatron’s father, who she calls the authority on all things concrete, told her not to use bare cement mix, so the ratio here is two parts dry cement to three parts sand. More cement makes a paler result; equal parts gives a very light gray. The wet mix goes into a plastic bowl, gets tapped to bring air bubbles up, then a smaller round container is pressed in to form the cavity. Sand the edges once cured. Place it before you plant, because it is heavy.

Get the full tutorial at Burkatron.

36. Anthropologie Inspired Giraffe Trinket Dish

White ceramic oval trinket dish with a gold spotted toy giraffe standing in the center on a dark background

A plastic toy giraffe, a thrifted oval plate and a little gold leaf. The Gathered Home hot glues the giraffe’s feet to the center of the plate, sprays the whole thing glossy white in light even coats, then paints a thin line of metal leaf adhesive around the rim and lays gold leaf over it once the adhesive goes tacky. Her one hard won tip: let the spray paint fully cure first, because tacky paint grabs the leaf everywhere you do not want it.

Get the full tutorial at The Gathered Home.

37. Shabby Chic Rag Garlands

Pale pink and cream rag garland of torn fabric and lace strips hanging above a white dresser with flowers

The simplest project on this list and the best use for linens that are stained, torn or otherwise unusable. Olivia’s Romantic Home cuts a long piece of ribbon or twine, tears the old fabric to the length she wants the garland to hang, and ties the strips on. That is genuinely it. She mixes tulle, lace and ribbon in with the fabric for softness. Hang one over a mirror, along a mantel or above a headboard, and make it long or short to suit the spot.

Get the full tutorial at Olivia's Romantic Home.

38. Fairy Jar Lamp

Two glowing glass jars with fairy silhouettes showing through the sides, sitting on green grass at dusk

A soft night light rather than a bright one, which is exactly what a bedside table wants. A few weeks ago I was really into making cottagecore crafts, and this fairy jar lantern is where that went: a glass jar, a warm glow and a little silhouette that shows through the sides once it is lit. It is cheap, it is quick and it gives a room that warm, cozy, not too bright light that no overhead fixture manages.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

39. French Armoire Makeover

Pale blue distressed french armoire with no doors, holding stacks of folded pink quilts in a bright room

An armoire with no doors put most people off, which is how Paint Me White got it. She painted it a soft french blue, dry brushed white over the top, then sanded back through to the original black underneath, which is what gives the distressing real depth instead of looking like scuffed paint. The inside went white for contrast. With no doors it works as open storage for folded quilts, towels or the general clutter of a bathroom or office.

Get the full tutorial at Paint Me White.

40. DIY Leaf Art

Large woven green paper leaf mounted inside a thin wooden frame, held up by hand against a white wall

Strips of green paper woven into a single oversized leaf shape and set in a plain wooden frame, held up in the photo against a white wall. It is a piece of art that costs the price of a sheet of paper and reads as far more than that, and the weaving is the whole technique, so anyone who made a paper mat in school already has the skill. A large single botanical shape is a calm thing to hang over a bed.

Get the full tutorial at Monsters Circus.

41. Clay Flower Mirror

Two small rectangular mirrors framed with handmade pink and purple clay flowers on a pale wooden table

A plain mirror that feels a little too basic gets an edge of soft clay flowers, and it completely changes the piece. It works on an old mirror you already have or a simple one from the dollar store, which is what makes it such a cheap upgrade for something that takes up real wall space. The flowers are shaped by hand from soft clay, so the color mix is yours, and the whole thing takes about an hour. Follow the full step by step on my post.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

42. Jewelry Catch-Alls

Four wooden leaf shaped trinket dishes painted in color blocks of gold, teal, gray and blush on wood

Those carved wooden leaves and bowls that sit unloved in every thrift shop get a color block makeover here. Thoughts from Alice, writing for Jennifer Rizzo, sands them lightly, sprays them white, then tapes off sections at an angle and paints color blocks with gold on each one. Her own warning is the useful bit: let each coat dry a good twelve to twenty four hours before retaping, because she had to touch up where the tape lifted early paint.

Get the full tutorial at Jennifer Rizzo.

43. DIY Glass Terrariums

Small geometric glass terrariums with copper foil edges holding cacti and air plants on a white surface

The most ambitious project on this list, and Why Don’t You Make Me says so herself. You cut your own glass from a sheet using a glass cutter, gloves and goggles, with a downloadable template, then sand the edges, tape the shapes together from the inside and seal every edge with E6000 in sections so it does not glue itself to the table. Copper foil tape goes on last and hides the seams. Watch a lot of glass cutting videos first.

Get the full tutorial at Why Don't You Make Me.

44. Ping Pong Ball Pendant

Pendant lampshade covered in rows of pink, yellow and turquoise ping pong balls above a small blue table

Numbers make this one, so here they are: 180 ping pong balls in six groups of 30, each group sprayed a different color, covering a 45 centimeter shade frame. Poppytalk translated the method from a French magazine feature. A needle pierces each ball at opposite ends, nylon thread strings them into garlands like beads, and each garland ties around the shade frame in turn until it is covered. It hangs from a basic pendant cord set. An ombre run of colors would be lovely.

Get the full tutorial at Poppytalk.

45. Make a Woven Headboard

Woven headboard in cream, peach and yellow chunky wool, hanging above a white bed between two plants

Two hours, rated beginner, and no loom. The Etsy journal’s method uses gridded latch hooking rug canvas cut to the width of your bed, with vertical slits cut across it at regular intervals. Four pounds of super chunky merino wool, a pound each of yellow, peach, ivory and white, gets spread out by hand until it reaches full volume and then woven through the slits. Two by fours and flush mount brackets or French cleats hang it on the wall.

Get the full tutorial at Etsy Journal.

46. DIY Simple Boho Hanging Planter

Square wooden hanging planter on rope, holding a terra cotta pot of trailing green plant beside a wall

Four pieces of one inch square dowel cut to nine inches make a cradle that holds an eight inch terra cotta pot, which is the measurement that matters if you want to copy it. Vintage Revivals drills a hole at each end of every piece, then threads rope through opposite corners and knots each end under a wooden bead. Brass rings at the top carry two 80 inch ropes, and four shorter 15 inch pieces wrap and secure them. Adjust the long ropes to change the hanging height.

Get the full tutorial at Vintage Revivals.

47. Q-Tip Flower Bouquet

Bouquet of pink, purple and white flowers made from cotton swabs in a basket vase on a yellow background

Cotton swabs turn into a bouquet here, and there are three different flowers in the tutorial: a pom pom flower, lavender and a daisy. They are easy and genuinely fun to make, and the supply list is a box of Q-tips, paint and glue, which makes this a great rainy afternoon project with kids. A jar of them on a dresser never wilts and never needs water. Try this simple flower craft at home and the full step by step is on my post.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

48. DIY Confetti Tray

Wooden tray filled with gold and pink confetti under a glossy clear coating with jars and craft supplies

Delineate Your Dwelling layers Mod Podge over a plain wooden tray, pours confetti straight onto the wet glue and then seals the whole surface under Mod Podge Dimensional Magic, which dries clear and thick so the confetti sits suspended under glass rather than under paper. Her honest note is worth reading: two years on, the paper had dried out and the tray shifted from hot pink toward coral. Still lovely, just different, and that is how paper behaves under resin type finishes.

Get the full tutorial at Delineate Your Dwelling.

49. Easy No Sew Drop Cloth Bed Skirt

Natural canvas drop cloth bed skirt gathered around the base of a white wooden bed on a bedroom floor

A canvas painter’s drop cloth is the cheapest heavy fabric in any hardware store, and The Tattered Pew turns one into a bed skirt with no sewing at all. The cloth gets gathered to the look she wanted and then nailed straight to the box spring with a nail gun, which is exactly as fast as it sounds. She went looking for a bought bed skirt first and found them both expensive and hard to find, which is how the whole idea started. Two beds, one afternoon.

Get the full tutorial at The Tattered Pew.

50. DIY Fiber Art

Cream tassel fiber art wall hanging above a white bed with fur pillows in a soft pink painted bedroom

Around seventy tassels, each about four inches long, hooked into a latch hook mat and hung from a wooden dowel a few inches wider than the piece. A Beautiful Mess mixes a medium weight yarn with a super chunky one so the texture comes out slightly random rather than uniform, and marks the finished size on the wall with painter’s tape before shopping so the yardage is right. Use a sturdy neutral string to hang it, because yarn will not carry the weight.

Get the full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

51. DIY Letter Board

Black felt letter board in a white frame spelling INFINITY X INFINITY on a shelf with a clock and candle

Felt letter boards sell for fifty dollars and up, and Jolly and Happy makes one for about twenty. An Ikea Ribba 12 by 16 frame is the base, felt gets ironed flat then cut into strips, and each strip is folded over a wooden skewer and hot glued so the skewer holds the channel open. She cut hers at two and a quarter inches and reckons one and three quarter would go further. Glue gun burns are a real risk, so leave yourself extra fabric to hold.

Get the full tutorial at Jolly and Happy.

52. Flower Chandelier

Floral chandelier of white blooms and trailing greenery hanging from a ceiling above a crib and framed art

A cascade of faux blooms and trailing greenery hangs from the ceiling above a crib here, part of a whimsical woodland nursery reveal. As a bedroom idea it moves easily: hung over a bed rather than a crib it does what a chandelier does without any wiring, and it suits a room where the ceiling is the last blank surface left. The greenery falling down one side is what stops it looking like a wreath stuck to the ceiling.

Get the full tutorial at Pink Little Notebook.

53. String Pendant Light

Large round cream yarn ball pendant light glowing on its cord against a plain white ceiling and wall

Made By Girl’s yarn ball pendant uses 360 yards of medium weight cotton for a 31 inch ball, wound around an inflated exercise ball. Vaseline all over the ball first so the yarn releases, wallpaper paste in a bowl to soak the yarn, gloves on, plastic over the floor, and mark a six to seven inch circle off center that stays clear so a hand can reach the bulb. They threaded the flex through a ten inch length of white painted curtain rod for a cleaner finish.

Get the full tutorial at Made By Girl.

54. DIY Faux Fur Ottoman

White faux fur cube ottoman on a gray trellis rug beside a gold side table and a gold framed chair, by a coral dresser

A soft white faux fur cube sitting on a trellis patterned rug in the photo, beside a gold side table and a gold framed chair. A fur topped stool is the easiest texture win in a room that has gone flat, because it adds softness at floor level where rugs alone usually have to carry it. It also doubles as a footstool or extra seat, and a plain thrifted cube or storage ottoman is all the base you need underneath.

Get the full tutorial at Classy Clutter.

55. Batik Nesting Tables

Three bright blue nesting tables with white and gray stenciled batik patterned tops against a white wall

Finding Silver Pennies paints a set of plain nesting tables in Napoleonic Blue chalk paint, then stencils the tops with a Moroccan batik pattern using a different color on each one: Pure White on the large table, Paris Grey on the medium, a pearl stencil creme on the small. Tape the stencil down and work along the pattern. The whole set is distressed and dry brushed afterwards to age it, then sealed with clear wax. Nesting tables were made for small bedrooms.

Get the full tutorial at Finding Silver Pennies.

56. Polka Dot Wallpaper

White nursery wall covered in small evenly spaced black polka dots, with a white dresser and a basket

The dots on this wall are self adhesive repair patches, the kind sold for fixing things, and the wall took about fifteen minutes from start to finish. Pisaroita put it up in a nursery while her husband was out walking the baby, and it was done before they got back. Because the dots are stickers rather than paint or paper, they peel off again, which makes this one of the very few genuinely reversible wall treatments on this list. Ideal for a rental.

Get the full tutorial at Pisaroita.

57. DIY Honeycomb Wall

Bedroom wall covered in painted hexagons in pink, coral and cream shades beside a bed with a yellow blanket

A whole wall of painted hexagons in pink, coral, peach and cream, and the clever bit is how the palette was mixed. Vintage Revivals used each chosen color at full strength on the hexagon at the far right, then diluted it with white paint to fade the shade out across the wall, so a handful of colors covers a large wall in dozens of tones. It was made for a specific child who picked the colors herself, which is a nice way to do a kid’s room.

Get the full tutorial at Vintage Revivals.

58. DIY Raw Crystal Necklace Display

Rows of raw crystal points mounted on white wall plaques with gold chain necklaces hanging from them

Raw crystal points mounted along small wall plaques act as hooks, with necklaces hanging from each one, arranged in three staggered rows in the photo. It is jewelry storage that works as wall art when it is empty, which is the test any open storage has to pass in a bedroom. Hanging necklaces rather than piling them also means they stop tangling, and tangled necklaces are necklaces that never get worn.

Get the full tutorial at Julep by Minted.

59. Easy DIY Shiplap Wall

White painted shiplap plank wall behind a black metal bed with white bedding and two black wall sconces

Plywood and nails, and that is the whole materials list. Farmhouse on Boone cut six inch strips of plywood for the wall behind her bed, and the total came in under $100 for a wall measuring 160 by 90 inches. Two tips from the build are worth carrying: choose boards that are not bowed or blemished, and when the plaster behind is not flat, hold the board out slightly to line it up with its neighbors while the nail goes in. They did the kids’ ceilings the same way.

Get the full tutorial at Farmhouse on Boone.

60. Make Fabric Flowers

Three handmade fabric flowers in orange, blue and gold on stems in a blue and white vase by a mercury jar

Anyone who sews ends up with bins of scraps, and Gina Michele’s fabric flowers are the scrap busting project that finally uses them. A Clover Flower Frills template folds the fabric so petals cut out in one go, then a needle and thread strings them together, about twenty petals for a full flower. Lightweight cotton or silk works, nothing thick. Glue the finished blooms to twigs for a display that never wilts, or string them together into garland.

Get the full tutorial at Gina Michele.

61. Ombre Dresser Makeover

Five drawer dresser painted in an ombre fade from cream at the top down to deep teal at the bottom drawer

Five drawers fading from cream at the top to deep teal at the bottom, on a dresser with a curved apron and glass knobs. Ombre is an easy idea that goes wrong in one specific way: if the steps between the shades are too big, it reads as stripes instead of a fade. Mixing each drawer’s color from the one above with a little more pigment keeps the gradient smooth, and painting the frame the palest shade lets the drawers carry the effect alone.

Get the full tutorial at The Feminist Housewife.

62. DIY Rope Rainbow Wall Hanging

Rope rainbow wall hanging in navy, gray, pink and cream with fringed ends against a marble background

Rope wrapped in yarn, bent around wire so it holds its arc, and the layers sewn together with a curved upholstery needle. Pure Sweet Joy is honest that this is not a quick one: the wrapping takes time and she worked on it a bit each day for five days. What it does buy you is total freedom on color and texture, since every arc can be a different yarn. Lay the rope out in the rainbow shape and tape the ends before cutting anything.

Get the full tutorial at Pure Sweet Joy.

63. Fork Pom Pom Flowers

Purple and orange yarn pom pom flowers beside a fork, a red ball of yarn and thread on a white surface

No special tools for this one. All you need is a fork and a paper clip, both of which are already in your house, and they make colorful yarn pom pom flowers that cost almost nothing. It is cheap, incredibly easy, fun to make and perfect for beginners, even with no experience at all, which is why it is such a good one to do with kids. A jar of them on a shelf adds color in a room that needs some.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

64. DIY Hanging Barn Door

Weathered plank barn door on a metal sliding track across a doorway in a dark blue gray painted room

A weathered plank barn door on a metal sliding track, running across a doorway in a dark blue gray room in the photo. A sliding door earns its place in a bedroom for a practical reason rather than a decorative one: it needs no swing clearance, so it works where a hinged door would hit the bed or the dresser. The reclaimed plank face and the exposed hardware are what make it a feature instead of a fix.

Get the full tutorial at Grandma's House DIY.

65. Wallpaper Your Closet Doors

Folding closet doors covered in hot pink and blue chinoiserie wallpaper standing open over a shoe rack

Hot pink chinoiserie wallpaper on a run of closet doors, from a New York studio that LOFT designer Austyn Zung converted with her architect husband. The idea transfers straight to a bedroom: closet doors are a huge flat surface and papering them puts all the pattern in a room in one place, leaving the walls calm. Opened, the doors become the bright back drop to a tidy closet. Removable paper makes the same idea work in a rental.

Get the full tutorial at Domino.

66. Resin Paper Nightlight Shade

Small glowing nightlight shade made from patterned resin paper plugged into a wall beside two teddy bears

Resin Crafts Blog, writing as Sustain My Craft Habit, pours high gloss resin over a 12 by 12 sheet of decorative scrapbook paper to make a sheet of resin paper, then re-covers a small lampshade with it. Her thrift store shade cost twenty five cents and then, in a very honest turn, did not fit the nightlight at all, so the plan changed mid project. Adhesive velcro dots and hot glue do the assembly. Work somewhere well ventilated.

Get the full tutorial at Resin Crafts Blog.

67. DIY Dresser Door Upgrade

Teal painted dresser with bold pink and white floral paper on the drawer sides, shown with drawers open

A teal dresser with bold floral paper on the sides of the drawers, so the pattern only shows when they are open. Painted by Kayla Payne sprayed the piece in Sherwin Williams Holiday Turquoise and used heavy gift wrap rather than wallpaper, which is far cheaper: an extremely thin coat of Mod Podge, smoothed from one corner with a squeegee, the excess trimmed with a razor and a sealing coat over the top. Too much glue is what causes bubbles.

Get the full tutorial at Painted by Kayla Payne.

68. Chicken Wire Suncatcher

Chicken wire suncatcher in a hoop threaded with pink and green flower beads beside loose beads on white

Beads threaded onto a panel of chicken wire inside a hoop, so sunlight through the window throws color across the room and a breeze makes the whole thing chime gently. This is easily one of my favorite summer crafts, and it is a suncatcher and a wind chime at the same time. The beads are colorful enough to catch attention even unlit, and the wire grid means every bead has a place to sit. The full step by step is on my post.

Get the full tutorial at DIY Joy.

69. DIY Ombre Cloche

Glass cloche sprayed in an ombre fade from clear at the top to mint green at the base, held by a hand

A glass cloche sprayed from clear at the top down to a solid mint green at the base, so the fade happens in the glass itself. The Crafted Life used a Montana brand spray paint bought from a fine art store, which is the detail that matters, because the artist grade paints give you the translucent build that a hardware store can will not. Build the color in light passes from the bottom up and stop while the top is still clear.

Get the full tutorial at The Crafted Life.

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Stephanie

Since I lover experiments, I’ve alwaysnloved to create, paint, as well as cook and style food. I feel in love with DIY as soon as I discovered it and could not have been more excited when I learned I could share projects with people around the world. Taking photos is a passion of mine, as is design and painting with oils. I love holidays and celebrations, crafting cute little gifts and serving up at least one new recipe I am excited about.

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