Crafty Capers: 9 DIY Ideas to Decorate Your Bedroom
Handcrafted and loving it! Add pizzazz to your bedroom with handmade decor and accent pieces
Dabbling in arts and crafts is a great way to not only discover a new side to your personality, but to also create objects and items that enhance your home’s interiors. Let’s start by talking about how to personalise your bedroom with things you’ve made with your hands. Pick and choose from these ideas to give your bedroom a new lease on life.
2. Try a macrame plant hanger
If you’re looking for something simpler, macrame plant hangers are a good way to go. The hangers are simple to make, and you’ll enjoy the dash of greenery and freshness they bring about too.
Make Your Own Macrame Plant Hanger
If you’re looking for something simpler, macrame plant hangers are a good way to go. The hangers are simple to make, and you’ll enjoy the dash of greenery and freshness they bring about too.
Make Your Own Macrame Plant Hanger
3. A rustic pallet bedhead
Pallets, often available at timber yards or hardware stores, can be used to craft a rustic bedhead for your sleep space. It’s an interesting DIY project to try, and an absolute statement piece for your bedroom.
Pallets, often available at timber yards or hardware stores, can be used to craft a rustic bedhead for your sleep space. It’s an interesting DIY project to try, and an absolute statement piece for your bedroom.
… Or, you could reupholster your existing bedhead with a striking choice of fabric.
4. Use washi tape for wall art
Washi tape can do amazing things for your walls. For instance, notice how it has been used here to create a geometric piece of wall art. Simply trace any design of your choice on the wall using a pencil first and then get taping. The best thing about washi tape is that it’s hassle free to apply, and won’t leave your walls looking like a sticky mess when you take it off.
Washi tape can do amazing things for your walls. For instance, notice how it has been used here to create a geometric piece of wall art. Simply trace any design of your choice on the wall using a pencil first and then get taping. The best thing about washi tape is that it’s hassle free to apply, and won’t leave your walls looking like a sticky mess when you take it off.
5. Make your own pillow covers
Piling on pillows for a chic and cosy look in your bedroom is a decorating idea that can never fail. Take it up a notch by handcrafting cushion covers using fabric you already have at home. In this bedroom, old saris were repurposed into cushion covers, lending a distinctly exotic Indian vibe.
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Piling on pillows for a chic and cosy look in your bedroom is a decorating idea that can never fail. Take it up a notch by handcrafting cushion covers using fabric you already have at home. In this bedroom, old saris were repurposed into cushion covers, lending a distinctly exotic Indian vibe.
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6. Embellish with pompoms
Put a twist on the everyday with a few simple handmade additions. Pompom trims, for instance, will add a whole new look and feel to your curtains.
Put a twist on the everyday with a few simple handmade additions. Pompom trims, for instance, will add a whole new look and feel to your curtains.
Similarly, you can use them to embellish your pillows and cushions. Pompoms can also be used decoratively on walls, especially in your children’s bedrooms, or sewn together to form a rug on the bedroom floor.
7. Try block printing
Block-printed fabrics look gorgeous to say the least. And these days, you can find wooden/linoleum blocks readily available online and in craft stores, along with all the tools you need to do your own block-printing experiments at home. With that you can transform plain pieces of fabric into attractive canopies, wall art, cushion covers and upholstery fabric.
Embracing the Humble and Handmade at Home
Block-printed fabrics look gorgeous to say the least. And these days, you can find wooden/linoleum blocks readily available online and in craft stores, along with all the tools you need to do your own block-printing experiments at home. With that you can transform plain pieces of fabric into attractive canopies, wall art, cushion covers and upholstery fabric.
Embracing the Humble and Handmade at Home
8. Crochet for comfort
Learn the art of crochet and you’ll be able to handcraft a floor rug that provides warmth underfoot. It’ll be lovely, especially in the colder months, and help contribute to a cosier atmosphere in your bedroom.
Learn the art of crochet and you’ll be able to handcraft a floor rug that provides warmth underfoot. It’ll be lovely, especially in the colder months, and help contribute to a cosier atmosphere in your bedroom.
Or make crochet table mats that can double up as interesting wall decor on your bedroom’s walls.
9. Introduce a hanging bedside table
If there isn’t enough space for a nightstand or bedside table, consider a floating table instead, just like these galvanised steel tables. Secure them with ropes hung from the ceiling. Even reclaimed wood makes for an exciting choice of material for the table top.
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If you’ve created handmade decor pieces for your bedroom, share your photos in the Comments below. Tell us which ideas you love best and join the conversation.
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If there isn’t enough space for a nightstand or bedside table, consider a floating table instead, just like these galvanised steel tables. Secure them with ropes hung from the ceiling. Even reclaimed wood makes for an exciting choice of material for the table top.
Tell us
If you’ve created handmade decor pieces for your bedroom, share your photos in the Comments below. Tell us which ideas you love best and join the conversation.
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Check out our DIY section for more inspiration
For some Bohemian beauty and raw spirit, think macrame wall hangings. These knotted works of art are all the rage today and also an amazing DIY idea for you to try. Hang it on a dark-coloured wall for added appeal.