By Susan Wasinger
Add these stylish, functional and environmentally friendly DIY accessories to your natural home:
VASES
Many wine bottles have graceful shapes -- too beautiful to simply throw away. Unadorned, they look ready for the recycling bin. However, a simple graphic paint treatment can bring the shape alive. White matte paint displays an obsidian sheen in the glass, and ordinary wine bottles suddenly become extraordinary treasures. Bottles of varying heights can make a unique and stylish display.
CANDLES
Modernize your plain candles. These architectural structures really draw attention to your candles! Purchase inexpensive, galvanized metal plates from the hardware store and assemble them with nuts, bolts, or pieces of wire in a matter of seconds. The perfectly spaced holes add a twinkly quality to the candlelight that bounces off the reflective metal. Grouped together, they’re stylish and reminiscent of a city skyline. They’re an inexpensive centerpiece for your next uptown dinner party.
POLKA DOT SPOTS
Have you noticed that everywhere you look, modern designs are collections of big, bold, colorful spots? Let these hip dots hop dance across your bed and keep you toasty warm. This project recycles a vintage wool army blanket and four shabby wool sweaters from your closet or the thrift store. All that’s required is a little washing, some cutting, and a bit of simple sewing. By placing dots in orderly rows and choosing colors that are adjacent on the color wheel, the dots become less random and more graphic. Use any colors or patterns you like and enjoy a new decorative blanket in no time!
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