DIY week continued: Designer friends

I know I just recently started a new series of posts called Weekly DIY, however I have seen so many great DIY's that I just had to post more than one this week, especially because this one's from a friend of mine. Blogosphere meet Natalie, interior designer extraordinaire! Natalie was kind enough to send me some pictures of her most recent DIY projects.

This girl has killer style, and a great design eye, and she can do it all on a dime! Oh yes my kind of gal :)

Her first project is this lovely tufted ottoman, in her own words:

"ottoman made from scratch: I found a small ottoman in the garbage, took the legs off, sprayed them , built a frame out of plywood and 2"x2", put 4" foam and batting on it, upholstered it, tufted it (handmade buttons were made of the same fabric) then I hot glue gunned the tassle trim around the bottom."

Isn't her place awesome

The second DIY is her stylish lamp:

"I took a roll of ribbon ($1.50) cut it to height and hot glue gunned it over the spines of an old lamp shade, the lamp base was from Frontiers....of course."

If anyone is interested in some custom work by Natalie or a consultation you can message me via WALLPAPER's email until her website is up and running.

Weekly DIY: Frosted mirror

This weeks DIY is from paper n stitch where blog author Brittni re-invents the use of the doily. You can head over to her site for full instructions and details on how she took:

This plain glass mirror, a doily and some frosted spray paint...

and turned it into this

Just stunning! I have to try this.

Designer Love: Lisa Canning

I remember watching Marriage Under Construction season 1 on HGTV Canada...I also recall how much I loved the final reveal and the designer very responsible for the entire look, the lovely Lisa Canning. You can go check her out here on her blog.

Here is some of her most recent work on a client's downtown condo:

So proud of our Canadian talent!

Weekly DIY

I wanted to start a new weekly post here at WALLPAPER called "Weekly DIY" where I search the net for fun, innovative, creative and affordable ways to DIY your home. I love DIY projects, to be honest throughout my life I have always tried to recreate things myself that I thought were not worth spending money on. I have made my own jewelery, upholstered chairs, headboards, refinished furniture, made pillows, decorative headbands, holiday cards, party supplies oh and the list goes on...

These days what better reason then the environment to reduce, re-use and recycle as well!

So without further adieu... this weeks first DIY is from Jenn at Livin the simple life.

She took this old headboard that she bought for $4...yes you read that right! and took it from,

this...

to

this

I hope this inspires us all to try a DIY of our own :)

Teeny Tiny

Apartment Therapy has there Small, Cool contest  going on right now and I couldn't wait to check out the entries. As I don't exactly live in a huge home myself (a quaint bungalow) I love to see what people do with their small spaces. I always get so inspired! Here is one of my favourites in the Teeny Tiny division from Natalie in San Francisco. I couldn't believe the size of her place, I had to do a double take... are you ready...285 square feet! She manages to make it look cozy and oh so romantic. Go check it out at AT and see the other entries,  and don't forget to vote for your favourites.

All in the details...

There is a serious lack of projects around WALLPAPER casa lately...don't worry they are still in the process but to be honest I don't have too much left to do as far as reno's, but I have lots of decorating planned for the months ahead.

So in lieu of project pics I wanted to share some detail shots of things I LOVE around my home:

Costume jewels

kaleidoscope of colour

my new Chanel coffee table book

Anthropologie knobs

blackboard art

Talk soon!

Additions: The deck gets some furniture

I recently added some furniture to the deck. Now I can enjoy this great Easter long weekend weather outdoors in the comfort of my new patio furniture! I still need to add some greenery, some potted plants, some lighting and a great outdoor plate and cutlery set, but hey you have to start somewhere... What do you all think?

Have a great Easter everyone!