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The Week's Best DIY Projects: April 10-16, 2009

Get inspired with the most innovative, useful, and fun projects from around the web.

We know you want to live a more DIY life—it's just that you don't have the time to weed through the hundreds of projects, directions, and ideas that crowd the internet every week. But don't worry: we have the time. Every Friday we bring you the best do-it-yourself plans we've seen over the last week, so you can spend your time doing projects instead of just searching for them.

Best DIY Projects Around the Web This Week

Make an Upcycled Pendant Lamp

We've always been devoted to the sewing projects that Threadbanger turns out each week. (TreeHugger even named them a Best of Green winner). But this week, the team tackles home décor, creating a hanging pendant lamp from materials they've picked up on their local Craigslist board. See what they came up with at Threadbanger.com.

Photo courtesy of Threadbanger

Set up a Self-Watering Garden

It may not be summer quite yet, but it's never too early to start planning for the hot weather. Take your cues from Instructables reader askjerry, who captures the condensation from his air-conditioner for use in a self-watering garden. Round up your supplies this weekend and you'll be ready as soon as the hot weather hits.

Photo courtesy of Adam pash/Lifehacker

Upholster a Wingback Chair

This one might take more than a weekend, but it's a sure-fire way to get more use out of a piece you're tired of—and to give your room an easy, inexpensive makeover. Follow the three-part, step-by-step instructions for reupholstering an armchair at DoItYourself.com.

Photo courtesy of Nash Photos/Getty

Capture the Sunset

Feeling artsy? Make member Matt shows you how to use hot glue and small branches to create a windowsill sculpture; place your design over a solar garden light and, after charging all day, it will reflect the light from an LED back into your room at dusk.

Photo courtesy of Makezine

Makeover Your Headboard

Boring wood bedframes get a chic re-do at Craft, where Mark Montano uses wood-grain contact paper, printed graphics, and an X-Acto knife to turn a traditional headboard into the eye-catching focal point of a room. (Already love your headboard? Try it with other furniture for a one-of-a-kind monogram.)

Photo courtesy of Mark Montano/Craftzine

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