Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: DIY Vanity Table

I’ve been using my three story computer desk to do my makeup since I moved back home from my pathetic excuse for a room in college. My two train cases take up the top two tiers of my desk and I can never find the right black eyeliner when I need it.  Then, when it comes time to actually wanting to use my desk for its regular purpose, my laptop has no place to go. I started perusing the WWW to find the right vanity table for me. I wanted something modern and chic and something that was multi-functional for when I–hallelujah–finally move out of my parent’s home, I will have useful furniture. Not that my grandmothers hideous Pepto-Bismol colored chairs don’t serve a purpose by giving my cats an excuse to leave all their excess fur in my room instead of on their bodies, but I think they’ve long surpassed their expiration dates, back in the 1960s. One of the sites I check daily is IKEA Hackers. They take things found in IKEA stores and transforming them from cheap-dorm-room-crap to modern pieces of DIY artwork.

Supplies:

• IKEA Vika Veine Table Top in Brown
• IKEA Vika Lage Legs in Chrome
• IKEA Sandby Ottoman in White
• Low Voltage Downlights
• Mirror
• Plastic Trays
• Velcro Strips

What Do I Do Next?

1. Assemble the table top and legs together.
2. Add the velcro strips to the felt to attach the mirror.
3. Add additional velcro strips to the felt to attach the lights.
4. Lay the plastic trays inside the table, which you can use to organize make-up containers.
5. The ottoman has room for storage, which is perfect for storing space hogging hair dryers, rollers and straighteners!

For more information from Ikea Hackers on their Modern Hideaway Dressing Table, Click Here.

How’d You Do That?: DIY Frosted Wine Glasses

I have recently discovered a love for Riesling.  However, my liquid libation has caused a pile up of glass bottles in the corner of my kitchen. Instead of disposing them to the recycling gods, I decided to do my next favorite thing, GOOGLE. I googled what to do with old wine bottles and found this easy as pie DYI craft: Frosted Wine Bottles. It’s like a portable piece of winter, almost good enough to eat–with tequila–and a side of primer. That’s a joke, seriously DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EAT SALT OFF WINE BOTTLES, unless you’re looking for a phone date with someone from Poison Control, then by all means, go ahead.

Supplies:

• Wine bottle
• Primer
• Epsom salt
• Spray glue
• OPTIONAL: Glitter

What To Do Next:

1. Remove label from bottle.
2. Spray a coat of white primer on the bottle.
3. Pour Epsom salt into a tray.
4. Spray bottle with glue and roll the tacky bottle in the salt.
5. Sprinkle some glitter on to make them sparkle too.
6. Put them aside and let the bottles dry.
7. Decorate with silver leafs or branches.

For more information on this project, check out the Stylist Home website. Click here.

DIY: Lace Phone Case

People will tell you I’m just as crafty as I am culinarily inclined. But I pride myself on my ability to complete paint-by-numbers in a timely manner, so I figured I’d give this a shot. I recently stumbled upon a site called “Hey! Look What I Made!” and immediate was smitten with the easy-as-pie DIY fancy schmancy things Melissa, crafting extraordinaire has come up with! My latest obsesh is over a Lace Phone Case she made. All you need is a few things you can pick up from your local craft store! So for all of you who think you’re as artistically challenged as I, give this a shot, you might surprise yourself!

Supplies:

• Phone case — if it’s black, you don’t have to worry about the black spray paint.
• Small piece of lace fabric, big enough to stretch over the phone case.
• Gold & Black Spray Paint… or whatever colors your choose.
• Painters Tape
• Newspaper
• Foam Cork Board

Total Cost: Approximately $15

To Read More on Melissa’s Site, “Hey! Look What I Made!” Click Here.