Awesome DIY Highlights and THAT DIY PARTY

Everybody! It’s time to party! Have a project that took some thought, hard work, sweat, blood, tears? Break a nail? Make a mess? Be proud! SHOW it OFF!

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DIY Show Off Recap: I have something to show off from earlier in the week. My free-standing (moveable) vertical pallet herb garden. By far one of my favorite DIY projects this year. Looks so pretty, smells delicious and tastes so good. A great addition to the patio and conveniently located near the kitchen door.

free-standing-vertical-pallet-herb-garden

Last week’s DIY party was filled with some awesome DIY. Here are some amazing highlights. (*Reminder: Please pin from the original source links included below.)

DIY Party Highlights

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Beautiful Rooms

Ready to drool? I could live in this space! It’s the sweetest barn reveal at Pudel Design…you have to check out all of the fabulous details. Dreamy and inspiring to get our barn patio cleaned up for the summer.

barn reveal at Pudel Design

As I catch up on laundry in my horrible awful no good laundry room today, I’m so envious of Kathryn’s gorgeous laundry room. She shared her amazing before and after laundry room reveal at The Dedicated House. So.inspiring. There’s hope for me yet!

laundry room makeover at The Dedicated House

Fab Furniture

I love everything that Julia completes and her beautiful mid-century modern dresser makeover at Cuckoo 4 Design is stunning accent in her beautiful room…

cuckoo4design midcentury modern dresser makeover

The same goes for Anu. Something as simple as giving a set of stools a fresh new look in shade of mint is a brilliant way to add some color and interest to otherwise overlooked functional accent pieces…

shades of mint stool set at Nalle’s House

mint stools at Nalle's place

Don’t you just loooove a fun room accent. Talk about a conversation piece. Susan’s first aid foot locker at HomeRoad has a beautiful new finish and even casters! Love it! Don’t you?

HomeRoad first aid foot locker

Can you believe Shannon only paid $5 for this table? See the awesome before and after table transformation at Fox Hollow Cottage. I think I need to plan a shopping trip. Shannon?

Duncan Phyfe table makeover at Fox Hollow Cottage

Kathy has some awesome furniture rehab skills! Love the gorgeous blue and white, stenciled numbers…every detail. See the full beach inspired dresser makeover at Petticoat Junction.

beach inspired dresser makeover at Petticoat Junction

Isn’t this the sweetest little toddler bed? Awe! It’s darling! See the Restoration Hardware knock off toddler bed tutorial at The House of Wood.

toddler bed tutorial at The House of Wood

I love the mismatched chairs and this cute map top table at Paper Daisy Designs. So eclectic and fun, Leslie!

map table at Paper Daisy Designs

Tips & Tricks 

Cristina at Remodelando la Casa has great tips for lengthening curtains…I’ve done this with my living room curtains which needed a good 12″. I just purchased one extra panel to do the job. Works like a charm!

making curtains longer - Remodelando la Casa

A great way to make cute labels using Picmonkey at Bles-ID by Julia. Adorable!

DIY labels using Picmonkey at Bles-ID blog

Ugh. I hate when rattan furniture unravels, don’t you? Makes you want to pitch it or bury it deep in the back of the garage. Thankfully, Jo-Anna from A Pretty Life saves the day and shares a great tip for fixing outdoor rattan furniture. Amazing!

how to fix rattan furniture at A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Amazing Accents

Ceiling lights are like room jewelry and Chaney sure knows how to accessorize! Her wood shim pendant at May Richer Fuller Be is so cute!

Wood-Shim-Pendant-Light at richer fuller be blog

Pin Courtesy: Follow THAT DIY PARTY highlights Pinterest board with pins from the That DIY Party links every week to re-pin my pins linked to original party link sources.

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More DIY Highlights: Oh – and here’s a link to the previous week’s DIY highlights if you missed them. So much creativity!

DIY-PROJECTS

THAT DIY PARTY: Now let’s see what you’ve been up to!

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THAT DIY PARTY and DIY Highlights

Every week, I have the best time going through the awesome project links at THAT DIY PARTY. And I’m inspired by your creativity. Thank you so much for sharing! Here are some amazing do-it-yourself project highlights from the last two weeks. (Find something “pinteresting”? Please visit the awesome links below to pin from the original source!):

DIY Party Highlights

DIY-PROJECTS

Beautiful Rooms

Always my favorite: eclectic style. Industrial school house dining room at Nellie Bellie

eclectic dining room by Nellie Bellie

Laundry closet makeover by Bles ID

laundry closet makeover by bles-id blog

and a gorgeous home office reveal by The Blissful Bee

home office makeover by The Blissful Bee

Bright, beautiful dining room by Remodelando La Casa

dining room makeover at Remodelandolacasa

Inspiring ‘spring’ in the living room at the Happy Housie

spring living room at The Happy Housie

Dining room tour at a Little of This, a Little of That

diningroom tour at A little of This, A little of That

Craft room reveal at Fynes Designs

craft room reveal at Fynes Designs

Bathroom makeover by Me and My DIY

bathroom makeover by me and my diy

Fab Furniture

Rustic X base console table by The Chronicles of Home

DIY x base table by The Chronicles of Home

Suitcase Side Table by the Weathered Door

DIY Suitcase Side Table by the Weathered Door

Yardstick table by Vintage Mellie

yardstick table by Vintage Mellie

Split stump side table by the Wood Grain Cottage

split stump side table by the Wood Grain Cottage

DIY bar stook desk by Liz Marie blog

diy bar stool desk by liz marie blog

Amazing Accents

Beautiful bungalow fireplace makeover and horse art by Decorate a Little Bit.

art-fireplace-makeover by Decorate a Little Bit

How to make double layered Roman shades by Songbird (on my to-do list, thanks, Marianne!)…

How-to-make-double-layered-roman-shades by Songbird Blog

How to make Spoon Flowers by May Richer Fuller Be

Spoon Flowers by May Richer Fuller Be

Large number stenciling tutorial by Lake Girl Paints

number-stenciling by Lake Girl Paints

Chicken Coop by Living and Learning with Luisa

Chicken Coop by Learning and Living with Luisa

DIY portable fire feature by With a Blast

DIY fire feature by With a Blast

Follow THAT DIY PARTY highlights Pinterest board with pins from the party links every week to re-pin my pins linked to original party link sources.

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DIY Show Off Recap:

Patio Swing Makeover

before…

patio swing makeover

after…

patio swing makeover - after

Just for fun…CocoRosie and her striped snoodie hoodie from SpoiledBratzwear. Isn’t she adorable? Those eyes! And who can resist her in her custom clothing? (hey…when human baby girls grow up, furbaby girl gets spoiled!)

CocoRosie - diyshowoff

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of my ‘mom’ friends! xoxo

Now let’s see what you’ve been up to!

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Patio Swing Before and After

The patio makeover is looking so good but our canopied swing was looking a little tired…

patio swing makeover

see patio makeover

patio-makeover

I love the drapes we use on our gazebo every year. I purchased them years ago from Moshells.com. The sheer drapes go up in May and come down in October. They hang outdoors for those 5 months in the rain, in the sun. These were the most affordable sheers I could find and I am so happy with the quality. No fraying, no fading. Still good as new…

grape arbor gazebo

So when I decided to give our canopied swing a makeover, I knew I wanted to use sheer drapes again (perfect for a romantic summer vibe).

how to add curtains to a patio swing

Did I mention that not only do I love the quality but the prices are budget friendly? Yup! The sheer panels I chose are $3.99 each.

moshells-sheer-panels

I used seven 84″ sheer curtain panels to enclose our canopied swing. Here’s how I did it (drawing it up seemed easier to explain)…

I started with the top (shown in center below), then pinned and sewed each of the other panels around the top curtain panel:

easy-DIY-swing-drapes

 

Wasn’t that easy?!

Then I slipped it into place (under the canvas canopy but over the frame).

installing-sheer-panels-to-swing

{I added some outdoor solar lights for night time too.}

And the curtain panels blew around in the breeze. That won’t do!

patio swing makeover

To keep the curtains from blowing around, I purchased galvanized pipe (two 60″, two 48″ and two 6″) and gave them a coat of brown spray paint. Once dry, I simply slid them into the bottom hem of the sheer curtains.

diy drape weights

The 60″ pipes for the sides, which are long enough to tuck on the inside of the frame (longer than the curtain hem). I’ll probably even grab some pipe caps next time I’m out.

diy patio swing curtains

The 48″ pipes are for the back side (because the curtains overlap…one long continuous pipe won’t work)… When it’s functioning as a swing, the pipes will hang/weight the sheer drapes. When it’s in the daybed position, they’re tucked under the frame before frame pins are inserted.

back of patio swing

I used the 6″ galvanized pipes as weight for the front curtains which are tied back with organza ribbon.

ribbon curtain tie backs

I also covered the cushion (super easy envelope-enclosure pillow cover style). Fabric is Maco Indoor/Outdoor Pisa Texture Cocoa.  Just one huge pillow cover…the fabric design lining up just right was a happy accident! Love when that happens!

outdoor cushion cover

{swing}

patio swing cushions

{daybed

Before…

patio swing makeover

After…

patio swing makeover - after

patio swing makeover

Much better, right?

covered patio swing

Our swing folds down into a daybed. When we’re entertaining, I simply remove the pins and fold it up into more of a ‘bench with back’/swing position for additional seating. But when it’s just us, this daybed set up is perfect for lazy naps on warm afternoons. Just ask CocoRosie…

canopied patio swing

For those who have inquired, this is the Hampton Bay Sonoma swing which we purchased in 2008. I can’t find it available anywhere now. Here is what I was able to find that is similar: Target Pergola Swing, Target Gazebo Swing.

patio daybed

You may also be interested in our free standing pallet herb garden

free-standing-vertical-pallet-herb-garden

 

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*Big thanks to Moshells who generously provided me with the above sheer drapes in exchange for my review. Watch for the ‘free shipping’ promotions! I am a previous satisfied customer (present and probably future too) and as always, opinion, experience, tutorial and photos are my own.