Recently, DIY interior crafts have become very popular. And this is not surprising. The author's decor fills the home with a cozy atmosphere and creates a unique atmosphere, as it contains a piece of the creator's soul. It allows owners not only to demonstrate their excellent taste when decorating the interior, but also to emphasize their individuality.
This is also a great opportunity to save money. The cost of many decorative elements is quite high. To make crafts for the interior with your own hands, as a rule, they take objects that already exist, but are not used for their intended purpose. They are turned into beautiful and practical things.
DIY interior crafts are very popular
DIY crafts will give the room a cozy atmosphere
Handmade crafts will save your budget
Handy materials for work
In fact, if you look around and examine the contents of your pantry, you will find a huge collection of useful things:
- Old clothes made from natural, synthetic and combined fabrics.
- Leather belts.
- Metal, glass and earthenware.
- Broken toys.
- Wooden pallets.
Schemes for creating crafts from scrap materials may be useful in your work.
Woven rugs using tapestry technique
One of the options to add coziness to the interior is tapestry rugs. To weave such things, you do not need special tools. A rug using the tapestry technique can be made from scrap materials: thick threads that are used for knitting (they can be replaced with ropes made from old clothes) and cords.
A tapestry is a lint-free carpet made by hand. The base of tapestry rugs is decorated with ornaments created by interweaving threads. We will create a plot composition in the form of a circle with drawn lines; a thread will run along them, serving as the basis.
All work is done using weft threads. The complex name hides ordinary ropes and braid, from which weaving and decorative patterns are created.
Recommendations:
- choose a strong thread to create the base;
- pulling the weft thread should be done by hand;
- To make the tapestry more dense, you can press the threads to the center; for this, use a simple fork.
Stage one. We draw out cardboard measuring 500 x 500 mm. We stitch the cardboard with the thread chosen for the base. To do this, cut the markings drawn on the cardboard and thread a rope through the lines so that it runs through the central part.
Stage two. Let's start weaving the tapestry. You need to carefully fix the starting thread. Weaving using the tapestry technique involves pulling the underlying cord by alternating one thread at the top and the second at the bottom.
Stage three. After weaving the last turn of the thread around the cardboard circle, you need to turn the resulting rug over to the reverse side and cut off the base cords. When pruning, leave about 5cm at the ends. Pull the ends of the laces out of the notches made on the cardboard (there is no need to remove the picture while pulling it out) and tie them into pairs. Attach pompoms to the resulting knots.
Complete the composition by sewing a thick rope from the wrong side in a circle - this will hide the knots and ends of the threads.
Advice. By using different textures and shades of threads, you can make different rugs and then combine them into one. You will get a large rug that can be hung on the wall or laid on the floor.
A tapestry rug placed on the floor will make it warmer and also looks beautiful. Weaving a tapestry rug with your own hands is not difficult: try it and see for yourself.
Auxiliary materials
For high-quality and successful work you will need the following set of tools:
- Paints (acrylic) and clear varnish.
- Sandpaper.
- Special compositions for impregnation (antiseptic, antipyretic and antifungal solutions).
- Durable glue.
- Fittings and fasteners.
Skills in working with an electric jigsaw and screwdriver will be a big plus.
Crafts for the interior
Original and practical products made from scrap materials can become a real interior decoration or a useful accessory. Cutting and sewing skills, knitting, design taste and sense of style will be useful for work.
The best solution would also be to pre-prepare schemes for making crafts with your own hands.
Let's look into the details
Crafts and arts and crafts, what is it? Understanding words is not always easy.
This is a kind of symbolic analogy that combines artistic modeling; folk folklore - the designation of philosophy and worldview, spiritual traditions in the writing, oral, and decorative creativity of one person, as part of a joint collective work.
The artistic production of household items intended not for practical use, but for home decoration.
All these creations meet several requirements:
- have picturesque qualities;
- designed for a colorful effect;
- suitable for home and interior decoration.
They are beautiful, original and have their own individuality, for which they are mainly valued. Even a little absurdity can become a masterpiece accent in a given direction of making things.
And here you can see how such decorations will look in a modern interior.
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Cushion cover made from shirts
From old shirts that cannot be repaired, you can sew interesting pillowcases for sofa cushions. An extremely positive point is that the textiles already have patterns and color compositions (large or small checks, variegated patterns, solid colors). Operating instructions:
- The master needs to take measurements of the pillow.
- The next step is to prepare patterns or a template according to the obtained measurement results. Be sure to leave 2-4 cm for the seams. The cover should fit freely on the pillow.
- The parts are cut out using the templates and sewn together with the wrong side out.
- Turn the product right side up.
The edges of the pillowcase can be decorated with decorative hand stitches (for example, using rough stitches and thick yarn).
Talented hostess
Talent is an excellent assistant in creating crafts. Housewives with certain abilities in the field of painting, sculpture, and needlework will easily fill their home with comfort and warmth. They always have a lot of ideas for creating crafts that will fit perfectly into the interior.
It’s easy to find out what talent the hostess has, just go to her house. For sewing lovers, the interior is decorated with interesting and fashionable handicraft items:
- sofa cushions;
- handmade runners and bedspreads;
- beautiful curtains, screens;
- furniture covers.
There are a huge number of craft options
An ordinary picture can be decorated with beads, thereby giving it a second life
Knitters have a similar list of crafts. The only difference is the execution technique. All items are knitted. Openwork napkins look original and bring a vintage mood to the interior.
Embroidered paintings and panels will be an excellent wall decoration. Their subjects can be varied: nature, animals, people, icons. Such decorative items predominate in the home of knitters.
A housewife's lack of talent is not a reason to be upset. Beginners in embroidery can use ready-made handicraft kits. They consist of a canvas with a displayed pattern and the necessary threads. Thus, it is easier and faster to work, the picture turns out beautiful and of high quality.
Small buckets can be painted and pine cones can be placed inside.
The cones can be made in the form of Christmas trees, this will be an excellent decoration for the New Year holidays
A picture frame made by yourself will pleasantly decorate the overall interior of the room
Applications from broken toys
Empty walls in the living room can be decorated in an original way with applications from old children's toys. Any figurines will be useful for work: giraffes, horses, elephants (home safari collection).
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