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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 you Doctor Who costume or cosplay, specifically for the 11th doctor played by Matt Smith.
My son was the eleventh Doctor for Hallow...
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...
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...
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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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...
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 ...
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...
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 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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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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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.
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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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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'...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 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...
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...