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Yo Yo lampshade! via @Button Bird Designs

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Liza Garibaldi I have a similar lamp - gonna try this!

cars, or legos, or balls, whatever YOUR child play(ed) with in a bell jar memories on a shelf....

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Southern Gal I love this idea.

Ugly drains? Make them intentional!

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Make a kitchen cart from an old filing cabinet! via @curbly

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Kira Hutto My only question is how to organize the inside of the drawers to keep them from being a frustrating mess.

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Cheryl Schaak How about pots and pans or dry goods- the height of a 2drawer file is 6" lower than a kitchen counter - that could be uncomfortable for standing.

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Ahuva Segal You can always add feet cheryl from Ikea.

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Chris Tee Or add castors. And store bottles in it, like olive oil etc, which are tall.

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Anne D. OMG the 70s are definitely back!!!

paint strips

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Found Plastic Chandelier

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Boys' Room. [Legos and small toys]

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Kristen Janes | Kio Kreations This reminds me of those tar pits in LA...not a fan..!

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Laura Neiman I would definitely like this more in a nicer, less mud-like color - but it is a very cute idea!

Amazing DIY Idea: Re-purposed tub to an ottoman. SO SMART!

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paper? via the selby

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forest animals painted on rocks

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Metal silver trays turned magnetic boards

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Alissa Breitenstein Paint w/ chalkboard paint and you can use magnets or chalk on these!

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Maureen Hannasch might do this after I repaint my kitchen

Shoe box tops wrapped in different fabrics. Less expensive than using canvases.

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Mary Buhr I guess that would depend on how much the shoes were ;)

scrap fabric chandelier

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Seriously. There are DIY limits!

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Iro Styleitchic SEE CHANDELIERS MADE FROM OLD TOYS AT http://www.firstpalette.com... AND A MODERN TABLE MADE FROM LEGO AT http://styleitchic.blogspot...

painted brick

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Ruth She makes it look like such a pleasurable activity. BUT LOOK HOW FAR SHE HAS TO GO!

amazing stick chandy

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Such a fun and funky mirror

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I like that they painted the intake vent on the wall. Those things always seem off limits for some reason. bhg.com

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OrganizingMadeFun Becky My mom would die! She warns me NEVER to paint those - but I agree that it looks so much better than if it were white!

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Lauren Neal If you use a dry brush, then that makes it easy to transform to wall color!

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Janis Carbonette I ALWAYS paint those over......otherwise it's the first thing your eye notices.

Seriously. There are DIY limits!

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CampClem creepy.

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Kat Foster Idle hands...pun intended.

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Crystal White My daughter just moved into an apartment and found finger hooks on the closet door!! Creeeeepy.

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Chris LeBlanc Lawlor This scares me a little bit.

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Use only what you need...

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don't want to buy a headboard? make a canvas

by mealisab

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Angry Birds in the backyard

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an easy way to fix a chair without a seat!

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Tomas & Jones Great idea, just what I need for the seat I'm sitting on right now!! :)

Just a coffee table, an old bookcase, and some paint :)

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Vintage drawer pulls as hooks.

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see things differently

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crocheted stones lovely

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Book monogram

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a renter's trick, get a plug/wired wall sconce and instead of having the cord come down the wall, attach it through a door and just plug it in

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Hannah Pasternak I would literally never have thought of this.

pattern in unexpected places!

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don't have room for both a nursery and a guest room? put in a sleeper sofa and play it up

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Unexpected Bookcase

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unexpected. mirror

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Tracie Benetz Unexpected mirror and unusual light fixture

dresser footboard

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Tara Steele duh! need to do...

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Katie Jasiewicz LOVE this idea!

old dresser painted with no drawer fronts - cool idea!

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great look...

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Shane Hawk What an AMAZING frame!

Great use of space!

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Art Pieces by Nava Lubelski paper

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Terrarium

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How hard would it be to replace that fake drawer front in my kitchen with something like this?

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Susan What a great idea!

in a drawer

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amazing idea with drawer front.

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Old drawer as a tray

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