Saturday October 28th, 2017

How to make a light bulb vase

For quite sometime now I was looking at pictures with pretty light bulbs with flowers or pebbles in them, so nice and cute! And I always admired those who do it because I thought it needed crafty work to get it done. Well, it actually is rather crafty!

You will need: ίA pretty bulb, pliers, screwdriver, a hammer and rope.

Now let’s get this thing done!

FIRST OF ALL, WEAR PROTECTIVE GLASSES!!!! Tiny pieces of glass might come your way, so best be prepared.

So, you see this round metal thingy? This is the first that has to go. It’s rather easy, you could probably do it by hand. You could also try pliers.

There, gone! Now, you see the black part? This is glass and you need to – very carefully – break it.

Hold the bulb by it’s metal part and start hitting the black glass with the hammer. Every now and then, turn the bulb upside down so the broken glass falls.

Now it’s time to get really crafty and try to pull all the rest out. In this case there was another piece of glass which I broke by pulling it to the metal side, applying pressure on the metal sides.

I managed to pull the rest out, by using my pliers, slowly changing it’s form, breaking it little by little so finally it came out.

Tie the rope round the metal part.

Cha ching! Ready, empty and now it’s time to put some flowers in it.

A twig from the pomegranate tree will do!

Nice idea, huh?

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Wednesday October 18th, 2017

just diy | how to make a spooky halloween wreath

Dear friends, JUSTDIY’s favorite season is finally here! It’s almost Halloween and the place will be filled with skeletons and spiders! This year, I took the whole Halloween thing a step further and I did some half skull make up for my video.

Today I am making a decorative Halloween wreath, just a bit scary, a bit ugly but definitely suitable for the occasion!

To make a similar one, you’ll need:

green branches
small pieces of dry branches
rope
black spray paint
any other spooky decoration bits you might like
glue gun

How to make it (full steps, although in Greek in the video above)

Weave the wreath as you would normally do.
Every once and a while use some rope to make sure it won’t tear.
Decorate with the dry branches
Spray paint the whole thing
After it’s dry, use the glue gun to glue spooky decoration.

Done!

You can also hang spiders, or other stuff.

Happy Halloween! 🙂

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Wednesday October 11th, 2017

just diy | make a cat friendly armrest-scratch post for your couch

This project is really very simple. The concept is to make the outside side of the armrest much taller so as to have space for a lot of rope for your cat to scratch on.

Before you start this project, you need to do is to measure your couch.

You’ll need:

3 pieces of plywood (actually you can use whatever you like, I prefer plywood because it’s easier to drill, cut etc)
Rope (prefer a thin one, it’s easier to wrap)
Wood glue
wood screws
Drill

The process:

Glue the pieces of wood together. If you are alone, it’s best to let dry and then screw the screws. You don’t need to drill the wood before. The screw itself go into the wood just fine.

if on the other hand have someone to help, then you can screw right after you’ve glued the pieces. After you’re done with the main construction, you are ready to start wrapping. Glue first, then rope, glue again, the rope and so on and so forth.

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There’s also a video i made, but there’s a big chance you won’t understand a thing, because it’s in Greek. You can try though! 🙂

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Sunday September 17th, 2017

The ladder that became a hanger

So here I am! Yes, yes I suck. I was on vacation and must admit found it hard to “come back”. BUT ladies and gentlemen, today, even though it’s Sunday I didn’t have a nap, which is very important to me. Can you guess why I didn’t get my nap? Because I finally decided to fix the (very bad shaped) ladder I had in the kitchen for almost a year.

Also, I decided to start making videos. It’s my first attempt (it’s basically my instagram story – follooooow me!!) and I do say some silly stuff, BUT when I become a rich and famous DIYer I promise you I’ll hire a whole production team. Until then, you need to be patient and watch my humble videos and pics)

So let’s start with the pics.

This ladder was not only broken, but also missing a small piece of wood which didn’t allow me to glue it together normally.

So I used some glue and duct tape (is that spelled correctly?)

I gave it a sanding and then primer.

Primer done.

The thing with the pictures is that you don’t see the whole process. So you tell yourself “Yeah, that’s easy” and then you fall in to the trap of DIY and become it’s slave FOR EVER! For example below you see the ladder after 3 coats of paint.

After I was done with the painting, I tied the broken part with some rope.

I also used some glue.

Cha-ching!

Last detail, a small nail to hang the oven mitts.

That was it! You see? Pictures are misleading 🙂

And now the video. Drama button! (I do realise you probably don’t speak Greek, but give it a try)

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Tuesday April 18th, 2017

A mountain of jewellery!

Just like almost all my DIYs, this too derived from an actual need. I was trying to organise my jewellery when I realised I didn’t have a place to hang my necklaces. And I don’t know about you, but if I don’t see my necklaces, I forget about them and never wear them. So, out of inspiration but in need to solve the matter, I checked the web and found this on etsy which I am not ashamed to say I copied. Also let me note that it costs 65 euros and it only cost me an old piece of wood and some paint (which I already had). However, at this point we should say that hand-made objects have a special value due to the creation process behind them, the creativity, the idea, the design and it’s all worth it!!

So let’s see. You design your mountain on a piece of wood and then cut it with the saw.