DIY, crafts and upcycling
Make it yourself, without it looking homemade.
Projects you can finish in an evening, with tools you already own and materials from the hardware store or the second-hand shop. We say how long it really takes, and where it usually goes wrong.
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Christmas Crafts for Adults: 8 Projects for Quiet December Evenings
Christmas crafts for adults that take a bit more patience than a paper chain: hand-dipped tapers, macrame snowflakes, embroidered ornaments, a paper…
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Salt Dough Ornaments That Don’t Puff, Crack or Go Soft
A step-by-step guide to salt dough ornaments: the recipe, how thick to roll, how to press in lace and leaf textures, how…
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DIY Christmas Ornaments: 8 That Survive Being Packed Away
Eight DIY Christmas ornaments chosen because they last more than one season: salt dough, dried flower balls, painted wood, felt, clay stars,…
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DIY Christmas Decorations: 8 You Can Make on One Afternoon
Eight DIY Christmas decorations from oranges, paper, cinnamon, pine cones, felt and jars, with honest times, rough costs and the one step…
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10 DIY Christmas Gifts People Actually Keep
Ten homemade gifts that get used rather than stored, from candles to herb salt, with how far ahead each one can be…
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How to Make a DIY Christmas Wreath: 7 Versions From Fresh to Faux
One method for fresh evergreens on a wire frame, six more versions from boxwood to dried oranges, and how to keep a…
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9 Upcycling Ideas for Clothes You Were About to Throw Out
Nine upcycling ideas for clothes, sorted from no sewing at all to simple straight seams, with the fabric facts that decide whether…
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9 Upcycling Ideas Worth a Weekend (and Two That Aren’t)
Nine upcycling ideas for jars, frames, crates, dressers and chairs, with the prep steps that decide whether the finish lasts, and two…
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DIY Candles: 7 Versions, and the Two Faults Everyone Hits
Seven candles from a basic soy jar to rolled beeswax, the temperatures that matter, and how to avoid tunneling and sinkholes, the…
