DIY Inspiration: Yarn and Weaves

Hello friends,

Hope you are having a wonderful mid-2016! While most of you are probably basking in the summer sun, we here in the southern hemisphere have the onslaught of winter upon us, which on the bright side, brings plenty on indoor time for me and my hot chocolate!

I have been really into yarn crafts for a long time now and lately, although they have been around for a while, I'm loving the plethora of colorful and fun woven wall decor that has been going around on inspo boards everywhere. (Maybe its the winter talking, I don't know ) Say what they may, I think they're here to stay! Some of the weaves seem great for summer too! 

Check out these gorgeous weaves from across the internet that are calling out to me right now :)

Aah the colors! 

-JE

DIY Chevron Renter's Decor

Its quite a challenge to D.I.Y when you basically don't have any materials for the "I" part - considering the major offload usually done at the time of move! Yet the mind is a restless thing - wandering incessantly when you're unemployed and have all the time of the day. You would think of all possible ways to savour this time and enjoy the stillness and laziness of this moment - but when you are trained to time-manage to the nth second of the day, it kind of becomes like "WTH happened?"! Well I always said, "Bad weather and a pair of scissors is a dangerous combination!".

 

So today we have a very easy, very fast and very fun DIY Renter's Décor:

 

What you need:

• A pair of scissors (even blunt ones will do!)
• Chevron printed duct tape
• Items of furniture you find rather bland ;)

 

Step 1: I started with the door. Start from the top and slowly smooth over the duct tape onto the side of the door up till the latch. Right above the latch cut the duct tape in a straight line.

 

 

Step 2: Fold over the extra duct tape at the side towards the front and neatly cut the extra in a straight line. Save the extra cuts. At this point the duct tape should cover the door side exactly. Fold over any additional tape backwards on the door back. Ensure that this is not more than 1-2 mm to preserve neatness.

 

 

Step 3: Align the extra cuts to match the pattern at both sides of the latch. Trim off the additional tape if any.

 

 

Step 4: Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the bottom half side of the door.

 

 

Ta-da! Here you have your chevron door that you can plain-down any time you want! Restricting yourself to the door is a hard thing to do though!