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DIY Wood Dowel Blanket Ladder

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:36:18 +0000

Happy Friday Guys! I’ve decided to relaunch the DIY blanket ladder we made back in 2013, because the original photos were pretty darn horrible and my blog was tiny back then, so I’m pretty sure only my mom and best friend saw the original post. No joke. But the truth is, this fantastic blanket ladder, made from hardware store wood dowels has served us so well over the past 3 years. It’s sturdy, quietly beautiful, stores ALOT of blankets and the wood dowels only cost $34 bucks. Can you see why I wanted to bring the spotlight back to this gem of a project?! The assembly of the frame is easier than it looks, and only took about an hour on a Saturday afternoon. It’s simply a matter of cutting the rods and dowels to the appropriate size and gluing them in place. The finished dimensions are 84″ tall x 25-1/2″ at the top of the ladder x 37-1/2″ at the bottom of the ladder. Make a Blanket Ladder for Your HomeClick To Tweet Materials List: two, 1-1/4″ dia. x 96″ long unfinished closet rods (available at Menards) six, 3/4″ dia. x 48″ long unfinished wood dowels (available at Menards) […]

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Dress to Throw Pillow: Repurposing Fashion into Home Decor

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:12:12 +0000

This beautiful silk Ikat dress from Jcrew has been hanging, unworn at the back of my closet since about 2011. I haven’t worn it in years because it’s a bit too small nowadays, and it’s a strapless dress that doesn’t have support in the bodice, a.k.a. it tends to fall down when worn. All this, and I still really and truly adore this dress, so I haven’t been able to bring myself to get rid of it. Call it nesting or call it “you need to pair down and make room your baby arriving in February,” either way, I recently came to the mental clarity that I needed to either do something with this dress, try to sell, or donate it. Enough is enough. When I really started to psycho-analyze why I loved this dress so much, it wasn’t the dress style for aforementioned reasons. It was the fabric. Blue and white silk classic Ikat. Yes in every language. Thus the idea of turning it into a simple envelope pillow was born. If like me, you also have a skirt or dress that you no longer wear, but love the fabric so much, can’t bear to get rid of, then […]

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DIY du Jour: Acrylic Home Accessories

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:19:30 +0000

I think acrylic might just be my new favorite material to DIY with. It’s crisp & sleek and always seems to translate into gorgeous finished projects that don’t look the least bit handmade. I’m referring directly to the floating frame and freestanding menu below! Have you given acrylic a shot? What’s your take on the material? If you’re new to working with acrylic, here are 6 DIY acrylic home accessories to wet your whistle! Lucite Bath Caddy || Floating Acrylic Frame || Gold Bar Acrylic Tray || Acrylic Menu || Acrylic Jewelry Box || Acrylic Serving Board Want more DIY’s du Jour? Check out more ideas in this series here! Follow Save Save Save Save Save

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Lattice House Shelves

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:41:30 +0000

Fall is quickly approaching (tear!), so I decided to take a little hiatus from blogging and social media last week to enjoy what’s left of the season–our Minnesota summers are just too short and our winters are too brutally long not to! But I did still work on a few projects, so I guess I didn’t totally shut off. Check out these fun ‘house’ shelves perfect for displaying small plants and curiosities on the wall! Materials: 12″x24″ Sheet of Union Jack radiator cover Scissors Industrial Strength Adhesive Ruler Marker Spray paint Draw a house shape 3 ‘squares’ up from the bottom of the screen, 3 ‘squares’ in from the left and 3 ‘squares’ in from the right. Use a dotted line for the bottom of the edge of the house. Extend the dotted line horizontally to the sides of the screen. Draw a parallel line 1/2 of a square down from the dotted line. Repeat on the other side. Then extend the vertical lines of the house down to the bottom edge of the screen. Draw two notches flanking the apex of the roof. Then extend the vertical sides of the ‘house’ up by 3 squares, and at the top […]

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Minimal X-Shaped Coasters DIY

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:19:08 +0000

Hello there and happy Friday! It’s another Homedit tutorial here on Francois et Moi today where we’ve created a striking set of X-shaped modern coasters from balsa wood and a little paint. These playful numbers were inspired by a beautiful set of brass originals. But instead of working with metal, we used a malleable wood for a quick and easy fabrication. (You can actually cut balsa wood with a scissors!) I love the graphic, minimal design, and the way they sort of make you re-think what a coaster needs to look like in order to support your glass or hot pot. Use them individually, or group them together for a trivet effect. Get all the how-to details over at Homedit! And check out more of my Homedit tutorials right here.

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