THAT DIY PARTY time!

Hello, DIY friends! Happy June! It’s my favorite season: Summer! Sunshine and warmth, beautiful weather, picnics, cook-outs, swimming and family time. But it’s also a great time for DIY. Spray painting outdoors, working in the yard, long days for productivity! Bring it on!

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DIY Show Off Recap:

Thrifty gallery wall and room accents

thrift store gallery wall

Painting  and stenciling faux-paneled walls

lilac and white damask

SHOWING OFF:  Here are some highlights from last week’s DIY party for some summer time DIY inspiration.

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~Awesome Rooms~

Wow! Ashley’s dining room reveal packed full of amazing DIY projects at Bigger than the Three of Us is a must see!

dining room makeover - bigger than the three of us blog

Linda has a dining room reveal at It All Started with Paint. I love her navy walls, beautiful white board and batten and that fabulous rug.

dining room reveal at It All Started With Paint blog

It’s so fun when a room reflects personality and interests. How about this awesome music and fashion inspired office/craft room at If It’s Not Baroque Design…great reveal with lots of before/after shots.

music fashion inspired office at If It's Not Baroque

beautiful bathroom makeover (and board and batten) at DIY with Jen and B.

bathroom makeover at DIY with Jen and B

A bright and happy vintage inspired bathroom reveal by Tricia at Simplicity in the South.

bathroom reveal at Simplicity in the South

Rita Joy, I’d be happy to be home every time I walked into this beautiful entryway! See the evolving entryway at Harbour Breeze Home.

entryway-makeover at Harbour Breeze Home

Karri joins the room reveals with sharing her gorgeous bathroom makeover at House of Tubers.

bathroom makever - House of Tubers

~Fab Furniture~

Thanks to Deb, I’ll be keeping my eyes open for one of these while yard sale shopping. Bar cart makeover at Lake Girl Paints.

Bar Cart with Gray and White Stripes - Lake Girl Paints

Korrie has been trying her hand at furniture building lately and is quite awesome at it. Her latest DIY adventure includes building a dresser at Red Hen Home. Wow!

Red Hen Home Handbuilt Bedroom Dresser

Kitchen island envy! Courtney’s DIY (Ikea hack) kitchen island at Golden Boys and Me is ahhhh-mazing!

diy kitchen island at Golden Boys and Me

Meredith uses beautiful overlays to take a boring old dresser to beautiful office storage piece at Meredith and the New Yorkie. So pretty!

Dresser-With-Overlays at Meredith and the New Yorkie

~Amazing Accents~

I love patriotic decorative accents this time of year, don’t you? Check out the awesome Pottery Barn knock off patriotic banner at Remodelando la Casa. Love it, Cristina!

pb knock-off Patriotic Banner at Remodelando la Casa

For those of us without an i-Home for our i-Phone, try this! (I am!) Chaney shares how to make an i-phone speaker at May Richer Fuller Be. Yep, that’s an empty toilet paper roll.

DIY iPhone Speaker - May Richer Fuller Be

Awesome DIY pendant light at Teal and Lime. LOOOOOOVe it, Jackie!

diybrasspendantlight at Teal and Lime

Agi shares how she made this darling DIY letter holder at Passion Shake.

DIY vintage letter holder at Passion Shake

~Outdoor Decorating~

Diane shares great tips for how to plant a beautiful flowering window box at An Extraordinary Day. Gorgeous!

How-to-plant-a-window-box-garden-Dragon-Wing-Begonias-AnExtraordinaryDay

Not only does Krista work her decorating magic inside, her summer deck-orating at the Happy Housie is just as stunning. You don’t want to miss her pretty view or her upcycled colander succulent planter as well. So much to see!

Decked-Out-for-Summer-at-thehappyhousie

House numbers and a flower box? Yes, please! See the house number sign tutorial at Second Chance to Dream.

house number sign tutorial at Second Chance to Dream

So clever and so creative – an old crockpot becomes a planter at Redoux.

crock pot planter at Redoux

~Tips & Tricks~

Therese shares her experience and tips on choosing hardwood floors at Fresh Ideas Studio. I have to agree with her. We’re thrilled with our extra durable hand-scraped/antique bamboo floors.

choosing hardwood flooring - Fresh Idea Studio

Shannon shares her experience and some great tips & tricks for stenciling with chalk at Fox Hollow Cottage. Can’t wait to try this on my chalkboard wall. Thanks, Shannon!

How-to-Stencil-with-Chalk at Fox Hollow Cottage

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: Previous week’s DIY highlights if you missed them. So much creativity!

DIY Highlights

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

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Free Standing Pallet Herb Garden

Our vegetable garden is located a few acres from the house. Wanting to have a small herb garden closer to the patio, grill and kitchen and inspired by so many vertical pallet planters (thanks, Amanda!), Mr. DIY and I created a free standing (moveable) vertical pallet herb garden.

free-standing-vertical-pallet-herb-garden 

CONTINUE TO THE TUTORIAL 

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.