Enlist the kids, get outside, and spruce up your bathroom with these fun and easy projects.
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.
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Host a movie night.
Drive-ins may be few and far between, but you can recreate the old-school vibe with an outdoor movie screen in your own backyard. Wired's Dave Banks skipped the $3,500 store-bought set and made his own for less than $300—and you can do the same. (Via Lifehacker.)
Image courtesy of Dave Banks.
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Hold steady.
Whether you're an aspiring professional filmmaker or just your family's default cameraman, this DIY camera stabilizer from Make lets you trade jerky, shaking handheld work for a smooth finished product. The best part? You can put it all together for just $14.
Image courtesy of Dale Dougherty.
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Trim your towels.
Even if you've collected an entirely mis-matched set of hand, bath, and guest towels, it's easy to coordinate them with each other—and with your bathroom décor—by adding strips of fabric to the edges as Martha Stewart outlines in this tutorial. Use a favorite old shirt or sheet, or use fabric leftover from making curtains or pillows.
Image courtesy of Andreja Donko/istockphoto.
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Dress up your table.
This centerpiece idea from Apartment Therapy's Re-Nest is super simple and surprisingly chic: just collect aluminum cans with interesting, graphic labels; group them together; and fill with fresh cut flowers or growing herbs. These would be just right for outdoor dining, too?plus it gives your cans a second life before they hit the recycling bucket.
Image courtesy of Photo via rachaelraymag.com.
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Wrap it up.
Gear up for spring gift-giving—June is a big month for grads, newlyweds, and fathers—with homemade wrapping pape?like the kind in this project from A Little Hut. Get a large piece of butcher paper, sketch a design, and let the kids go wild with crayons to add a personal touch to any present.
Image courtesy of Patricia Zapata.
