My Experience with Radiant Heat Flooring using the Cozy Winters Rug Heater
Learn about the types of radiant heating and an easy way to add radiant heat to any room with a rug heater
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Butterfly Life Cycle Project
Grow your own butterflies and watch their life cycle as they turn from caterpillars into chrysalis. My son’s kindergarten class planned to study the l...
Alice in Wonderland Tea Party Birthday
A Mad Hatter tea party for an Alice in Wonderland birthday with invitation, decoration, games, and fun ideas for a teenager’s birthday, including a rabbit hol...
How to Replace a Light Fixture
Learn how to install a new ceiling light and how to remove an old fan or light from this video tutorial. Remove a dated light fixture and replace it with modern...
How to Add a Spice Rack to an Ikea Cabinet Door
Adding a spice rack to a cabinet door is an easy DIY home project, especially on an Ikea kitchen cabinet. It makes spices and jars easy to reach but hidden from...
2019 Home Improvement Resolutions
Our home improvement goal for 2019 is to finish all those to unfinished projects around our house and yard. This year we will get it done. Looking Back ...
How to Buy the Best Sheets for Your Bed
What makes high-quality sheets so soft and comfortable? Here’s what you need to look for when buying new sheets for your bed.
California Design Den recentl...
How to Make a Fez Hat for Doctor Who
How to Make a Fez Hat for you Doctor Who costume or cosplay, specifically for the 11th doctor played by Matt Smith.
My son was the eleventh Doctor for Hallow...
How to Attach an IKEA SEKTION Cabinet Door
See the IKEA SEKTION cabinet door instructions in real life images, step-by-step tutorial so you can see where each piece and part of the door and hinge fit tog...
Loft Bed Refinish
An old loft bed refinished to fit in a little boy's Star Wars room, plus tips and ideas for refinishing large furniture. This loft bed refinish is part of the F...
Clean Silver Without Polish
An easier way to clean silver without all the hassle of polishing. Remove tarnish and make your silver shiny with this easy DIY alternative to chemical polish.
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How to Repot a Silk Tree
Learn how to repot a silk tree so you can change the ugly pot that came with your faux plant to a planter that looks more proportional and matches your home dec...
Make a Basket with Living Grass
Grow wheat grass in a basket for a beautiful addition to your Easter decor. The living grass basket can be used as an Easter basket, a centerpiece, and so much ...
How to Repair Bathtub Chips and Peels
Read how to fix a chipped bathtub and how to repair a cracking and peeling bathtub with an epoxy finish. There’s no need to refinish the entire bathtub to fix...
How to Make a Roof Vent Cover
Winterize your home by putting a cover over your turbine roof vent, or whirlybird vent. See how to make your own roof vent cover with an easy to follow tutorial...
Refinish an Old Globe with Chalk Paint
Refinish an old globe using chalk paint to create a beautiful and changeable piece of home decor.
In the post A Design Makeover, one of the best decor pieces...
2018 Home Improvement Resolutions
Our home improvement goals for 2018 involve a lot of getting things finished and looking good so we can enjoy our home and yard.
2017 Home Improvement Review
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Top 10 DIY Projects in 2017
Check out Simple Practical Beautiful’s most popular DIY Projects in 2017. A year of Do-it-yourself furniture, crafts, cleaning, succulents, and lots of projec...
IKEA Kitchen Services Review
An IKEA kitchen planning service review and IKEA delivery service review, plus some tips and ideas about planning and installing an IKEA SEKTION kitchen.
We rec...
How to Assemble an IKEA SEKTION drawer
See the IKEA SEKTION drawer instructions in real life images, step-by-step tutorial so you can see where each piece and part of the drawer and hardware fit toge...
How to Assemble an IKEA SEKTION base cabinet
See the IKEA SEKTION base cabinet instructions in real life images, step-by-step tutorial so you can see where each piece and part of the cabinet fit together.
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How to Patch a Hole in the Wall
Patch a hole in your drywall or plaster wall with these easy steps. Repair any hole of any size with the right equipment and make your wall look like new.
Pa...
How to Keep Brass Shiny
A few simple steps to keep brass shiny permanently. This process works for copper, stainless steel, and other metals too. Never polish metal again.
After res...
Kitchen Demolition
Our kitchen demolition and some of the lessons we learned while demolishing our kitchen.
I was so excited to demolish our old kitchen. The cabinets were fall...
Framing a Wall in Place
Framing a wall is an easy do-it-yourself home improvement project. Build a small interior wall by framing it in place, then add drywall, mudding, texture, and p...
Red, White, and Blue Centerpiece
Here's a simple patriotic centerpiece I made from some old glass bottles, a little spray paint, and a few carnations.
I save glass bottles. It’s a little ...
A Carved Wood Journal
Make a custom carved notebook or wood journal out of plywood. It makes the perfect personalized gift or treasured keepsake.
Last year, I saw Serena from Thri...
How to Replace a Light Switch
You can easily replace a light switch in your home to match you decor and paint colors. It’s a simple DIY project.
For my son’s Star Wars room, we wanted...
Turn a Box into a Nightstand
Take an old wood box and turn it into an elegant nightstand or side table by adding O’verlays and a little bling.
Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest: Cut n Past...
Star Wars Room: Finishing Touches and more Ideas
Design a Star Wars Room with space colors, a Darth Vader light switch, a Death Star light, a LEGO mobile, a wampa rug, and other fun details.
I've teamed up ...
Refinish a Piano with Chalk Paint
Make your own chalk paint to refinish furniture. See how this old, beat up piano gets new life with a few coats of chalk paint.
If you read how my sister gav...
Refinishing a Wood Bookcase
Learn how to refinish any piece of wood furniture, like this bookshelf, with simple latex paint. Give new life to old wood in any color paint.
My uncle ...
How to Install a Bathroom Faucet
Install a new bathroom faucet in just four simple steps, or remove an old faucet the same way. Just be sure to buy a faucet that fits on your sink.
Our old ...
10 Succulent Planter Ideas
Here’s ten ways to showcase your favorite succulent plants. Each succulent planter would make a great gift or beautiful decor for your home.
Succulents ha...
A Design Makeover
Five steps to the perfect interior design makeover. Learn how to give your home a charming and finished look, in the style that best fits you. For today'...
Midcentury Lighting: A Sputnik Chandelier
An affordable sputnik light is a fun lighting accessory to add to any mid-century room. It looks great and really lights up the room.
I love our mid-century...
Use Adobe Illustrator to Plan a Room Layout
Adobe Illustrator can create precise shapes so it’s perfect for planning a room layout, especially for a kitchen or bathroom remodel.
Planning the layout of ...
How to Clean Fireplace Bricks
Cleaning soot, ash, and smoke off fireplace bricks is possible and not too hard. You just need a cleaning product that is made specifically to clean soot and sm...
2017 Home Improvement Resolutions
Our home improvement goals for 2017 are ambitious, but if we work hard and keep up with our timelines, we'll get them done and have some great living improvemen...
The Best of Simple Practical Beautiful 2016
2016 has been a year of growth and a lot of fun projects here at Simple Practical Beautiful. We landscaped the backyard, upgraded a few rooms in our home, threw...
Restoring a Midcentury Table
How to restore a vintage wood table, a DIY tutorial explaining how to strip off an old finish, clean and repair the wood, then add a stain and protective finish...
Classy and Tasteful Halloween Decor
Halloween decorations don’t need to be expensive to look elegant, spooky, and bring the Halloween spirit to any room. Here’s a few tips and tricks.
This ...
Installing Dry Wall
We put up dry wall, mudded the seams, added texture, and painted our wall to make a beautiful new wall in our home. It’s work, but a great DIY project for any...
How to Replace Wood Paneling with Dry Wall
How we removed old wood paneling and replaced it with dry wall to create a clean, modern wall around our fireplace.
One of my three goals this year was to ...
Updating a Large Clock
Update a large clock by replacing the face and refinishing the wood frame. Make the style of the clock fit with the style of your home.
I really like analog ...
A collage frame of baby photos and the movie Storks
Babies are adorable. Display pictures of your babies in this easy DIY collage frame.
We saw the new animated movie Storks from Warner Brothers. It was a fun ...
Adding Color to a Cabinet with Removable Wallpaper
Use removable wallpaper from WallsNeedLove to make the back of any shelves or cabinet more bright and colorful.
I have a vintage 1940s cabinet that I love. I...
Saving an Ugly Wood Bench
Refinish an old wood bench with Varathane stain, and turn an outdoor eyesore into beautiful patio furniture. When we moved into our mid-century home, the...
PVC Curtain Hardware
PVC pipes and fitting painted silver make beautiful curtain hardware for these closet curtains.
I really like how the industrial pipe shelves in my son’s r...
Closet Curtains Made from Sheets
We made simple closet curtains from bed sheets for my kids' closet so they can easily get into their closet and easily close it up again. Either way, it looks n...