With my move happening in less than one month now (eek!), I’m feverishly looking through DIYs to make our new apartment exactly what we want. T. and I are so so excited to be living together soon, but are trying to find ways to blend our tastes, furniture, and decor.
With my favorite furniture already picked out – okay, my favorite furniture picked out – we need to find more affordable options and only splurge if it’s something we both love and both think is worth the price tag.
Sometimes I DIY
To combat high spending, we’re looking into DIYs. All the DIYs. We’re using a google doc. to keep everything organized – from furniture and decor to little to do items like forwarding our mail, etc., but I’ve found myself wanting to add more DIY projects than anything else.
I’ve found some real goodies the past few weeks, too! I couldn’t not share, right? Here’s a quick roundup of a few of my top picks.
Concrete + Copper Plant Stands
This one is no. 1 on my list, and with good reason! Just look at these most adorable plant stands by the talented Claire Zinnecker. These seem totally doable. I’ve been realizing the lack of greens and flora in my current apartment and can’t wait to fix that soon – with my own homemade plant stands!
Bedside Lamp
We’re all about finding new light fixtures for our new apartment. In fact, T. has already whipped up his very own standing lamp made out of pipes, which means he’ll be super helpful with making more lamps for our new apartment, right? We haven’t decided what we’ll be making yet (actually, I don’t think we’ve even fully discussed it), but I’m diggin’ this bedside lamp.
Woven Rug
Is this the most beautiful home DIY you’ve seen yet or what? I want to buy a few area rugs, but they’re quite expensive. Well, at least the ones I really want. Obviously. I spotted this DIY on A Beautiful Mess and am thinking it’s worth the time and effort. Have you ever made a woven rug? What do you think?
Copper Pipe Side Table
Continuing with our mild copper pipe obsession, I found a few side tables that I’d like to try out for the living room, entryway, or as bedside tables. Can’t decide just yet, but I know I want to make one. How adorable is this table for inspiration?
Stamped DIY Napkins
There are approximately 400 new kitchen items I want, with fabric napkins being pretty high up on that absurd list. So, instead of buying all of my new fabric napkins, I thought, why not try out these adorable DIY stamped napkins by Brittni?
What’s on your DIY list these days? Any suggestions for dressing up a new apartment?
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Can’t believe it took me so long to start following your blog! 🙂 Love these DIY ideas, especially the napkins! So easy and fun!
And yours is STUNNING. I can’t get over your blog’s design – it’s perfect. So excited to be following along as well! 🙂
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The rug! I love that DIY (umm, we can totally have so many apartment craft nights). I love all the copper 🙂
Yes to ALL the craft nights! I can’t wait. I hope I can make it to the one next week! But, we should have a special creative suite craft night soon, regardless. aka – I’ll be gchatting you ideas 🙂
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this is great! love your aesthetic!! 😀
Have a great day!
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Thanks so much, Sybil! I can’t wait to start some of these projects.
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Umm I’ll be stealing that copper and concrete plant stand idea immediately. Love it. And beautiful blog, Gabriella!
Thank you! And…right? I’m making it as soon as I move into my new place. Claire is a genius!
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I’m not too much into diy lately, but boy you make this very tempting! The rug, and the copper stands and lamp WOW. You’ve got some great taste girl!
Thanks, lady! I haven’t been crafting/DIY-ing much at all lately, but I’m feeling so inspired by these projects! Can you tell I’m currently obsessing over copper? I was so excited when I saw that plant stand DIY.
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