10 Home Projects You Can Get Done Over the Weekend

10 quick projects to refresh your decorWeekends never feel long enough, but we have to make the most of them. And a Saturday or Sunday afternoon project can completely transform your living space. Here are 10 quick and easy weekend projects that will refresh your home. After you're done, you'll even have time to relax and enjoy the final product.












Garden Markers
1. Garden Markers
These garden markers made with polymer clay are super cute and so easy to make!
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Workspace
2. Workspace
Create a cool desk with hollow-core door and two adjustable sawhorses. No one will believe you made it yourself.
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Hessian Rug
3. Hessian Rug
This quick, affordable, and easy project uses jute cloth.
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Mail Station
4. Mail Station
You can create a space for mail and accessories with a shelf and a few magazine holders. both easy items to buy separately.
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Related: 24 genius ways to decorate your home with a Sharpie


Beach Towel Cushions
5. Beach Towel Cushions
All you need to make these summery cushions are some colorful beach towels, cushion inserts, and a sewing machine. They're great for a family room.
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Steamer Storage
6. Steamer Storage
Create a unique shelving display using Chinese food steamers.
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Lightshade Wire Coffee Table
7. Lightshade Wire Coffee Table
The wire of a large lightshade is used as the base for a coffee table for this DIY. You'd never know it.
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Bucket Shelving
8. Bucket Shelving
Create a unique wall shelf display with mop buckets ... or really, any bucket you can mount.
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LACK DIY Table
9. LACK DIY Table
With the help of four brass corners, the ubiquitous LACK table from IKEA gets a totally new look.
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Related: The 10 best IKEA hacks


Bookshelf Made from Encyclopedias
10. Bookshelf Made from Encyclopedias
Don't know what to do with those old encyclopedias? Make a bookshelf out of them!
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- By Jan Halvarson

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