Category Archives: DIY

A DIY That Will Make Your Breasts Larger & Your Waistline Smaller snicker

March 11th, 2013 | 65 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Mosaics

A DIY shower curtain from an Ikea Throw Blanket. Learn how on lynneknowlton.com

This DIY will even make you stand ten feet tall. Why ? Because you will be as proud as a peacock. You will puff out your chest, suck in your tummy and stand taller than a super model. Wooohooo …

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Creative ideas to build your own Funky Outhouse or Wooden Throne

March 7th, 2013 | 59 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

Need some inspiration for creating an outhouse ~ small garden shed ~ or small outbuilding ? All three buildings are the same same but different. Outhouse – toilet + gardening tools = Very cool garden shed DIY OUTHOUSE IDEAS : …

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Homemade BAILEYS recipe that will knock your Christmas stockings off !

December 22nd, 2012 | 40 Comments | Posted in DIY, Holidays, My Favourite Apps, Recipes

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The Best Homemade Baileys Recipe is about to rock your Christmas world. Are you ready for it? Do you need some festive MoJo ?!! I believe we all need a little nudge of HAPPY during this crazy festive season. How …

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BEST CHRISTMAS IDEAS !!

December 16th, 2012 | 8 Comments | Posted in DIY, Holidays, Recipes

The Best Christmas Ideas are the SIMPLE ones don’tcha think? The simple Christmas ideas make us look quite simply brilliant. That is how we get our Christmas jollies. Who says the fat man in the red suit gets to have …

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Do you have d’ best Christmas ideas? Submit to WIN !

December 14th, 2012 | 15 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY

You may WIN a blog post feature on DESIGN THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE by submitting the…. Best Christmas Ornament Best Christmas DIY Project Best Christmas Decoration Best Christmas Design Idea or Any Creative Christmas How-to Idea ! …

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10 Ahhh-mazingly Simple Decorating Ideas

November 29th, 2012 | 51 Comments | Posted in Beach, Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Interior Design

Life is better when you are laughing. NOTE : If I do a blog post with that cancer word again, then someone is going to get punched in the head. Me. I will clock myself. Because I am tired of …

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DIY door track hardware. It’s d’bomb dot com.

October 19th, 2012 | 122 Comments | Posted in DIY

Do you love old doors on track hardware? Could you full frontal smooch them?!! Welcome to an epic world of Barn Door Track Hardware. Do you want to know how to create your own funky door track hardware!? A DIY …

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15 Ways to Decorate with TWIGS. Simple. Gorgeous. Just like Pocahontas.

May 12th, 2012 | 51 Comments | Posted in Beach, DIY, Unique Outdoor Design

There is something to be said about decorating with sticks. It makes you feel a bit like Pocahontas. A wild child. Living in the woods. It also causes you to think outside the decorator box. Keeping it simple. Yet beautiful. …

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A Flawless Door Hardware Design……Unless You’re A CAT

May 1st, 2012 | 25 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY

I would like to apologize to the residents of COLBORNE Street. I have no idea where your street sign went. I haven’t seen it anywhere. I swear. If I did happen to see it, I would use it for a …

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Rain Chains Are Sexy & Cheap AND Won’t Get You In Trouble With Your Spouse

April 17th, 2012 | 45 Comments | Posted in DIY, Interior Design, Unique Outdoor Design

Except my spouse. Rain chains get me in trouble with him. I don’t know why. { insert ‘pretend’ innocent face } TRUTH: Rain chains are sexy and they are cheap. I was going to say that about my spouse too. …

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DIY Grapevine Lighting Balls…What a BRIGHT idea !!

April 13th, 2012 | 220 Comments | Posted in DIY

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HOW TO CREATE GRAPEVINE LIGHTING BALLS I wish I could dream up a better NAME Other than BALLS. I can create them, hang them, make them look pretty with lights, but I haven’t dreamt up a REAL name for them yet. …

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Is Your Neighbour a Jerk face? Green Moss Graffiti to the rescue…

April 5th, 2012 | 31 Comments | Posted in DIY, Random Craziness, Unique Outdoor Design

********************************************** GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURS ********************************************** and Green Moss Graffiti makes them even BETTER neighbours. You got that right, Charlie Brown. I had a bad neighbour. ONCE. Been there. Done that. Don’t want the jerk face poster again. Time …

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How to create a MOSAIC : Peace by Piece

March 28th, 2012 | 28 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Mosaics

A Mosaic to Me is what Butter is to Popcorn. * BLISS * Seventh Heaven * Cloud Nine * Walking on Air * Was that enough descriptors for you? I had to look those up in a thesaurus. There is serious BLISS-FUL-NESS mosaic conversation about to …

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How to Bring the BEACH Coast Right In Your House

March 20th, 2012 | 12 Comments | Posted in Beach, Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Interior Design, Our Home

A view of the mountains from Gili Island, Bali

Are you living on the beach ? Do you see an ocean outside your window ? If you can see the ocean RIGHT NOW, skip this post. You are disqualified. But, but, but, but….. before you skip the post, Do …

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I Am A WHITE Paint Lovin’ TROLLOP- Just sayin’

February 20th, 2012 | 28 Comments | Posted in Beach, Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Our Home

I don’t know how it happened. I became a WHITE paint and home decor trollop of sorts. A definite trollop. A lover of WHITE. White madness. WHITE everything. A whirlwind of WHITE BLISS-FUL-NESS. This is one of my favourite …

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Great Inspirational Idea : Dreaming of Summer and Creating a Backyard Movie Theatre

November 17th, 2011 | 9 Comments | Posted in DIY, Interior Design

What did it do again today ? * S * N * O * W * Not enough snow to make it pretty, just the icky grey looking kind of day. So I dreamt of summer. And hanging grapevine lighting …

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How to create stunning outdoor lighting with grapevine

October 6th, 2011 | 7 Comments | Posted in DIY, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

Do you love these as much as I do? Clearly, not only am I a white cotton sheet hussy, I am a grapevine lighting trollop too. Are you a floozy just like me? I love them almost as much as …

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