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No-Sew Pom Pom Quilt

Kelly from The Lily Pad Cottage loves some pom poms. So when she saw the adorable Crinkle Puff Quilts at PB Teen, Kelly had to have one for her daughter’s room and knew she could easily fashion one herself.

Kelly got to work making her own pom poms out of yarn and then attached them to a white quilt she already had.

Kelly says, “This project is so easy and no-sew! I’m so happy with how it turned out.”

Pottery Barn Knock Off Pom Pom Quilt ~ Follow this simple, no sew tutorial to add pom poms to an existing blanket or throw!

Kelly was inspired by the Crinkle Puff Quilt + Sham set from PB Teen.

Crinkle Puff Quilt Sham

Kelly shows you how she made her cute quilt at The Lily Pad Cottage.

Fashion Wall Art — For Your Closet!

Megan from Latte Everyday is a girl who loves to craft and create for her home and is slowing filling up her walls with her creations.

That even goes for her closet!

Megan loved the classic, vintage look of PB Teen’s Fashion Sentiment Art and recreated it for about $12.

She says, “It is a little silly to have artwork in the closet, but it does make it feel more like a real room.  Plus it cheers me up and makes me smile, and that is desperately needed early in the morning!”

pottery barn inspired fashion closet art

How to Make Yours?

First, sketch out six dress forms in your favorite silhouettes. Megan didn’t have a large space to hang large pictures, so she had to downsize the whole project a bit.

Next trace the pencil sketches with a fine tip sharpie. Megan did the same thing on a second sheet of paper where she copied the quote first in pencil.

She chose to add one more dress silhouette to her quote because she felt like that composition would work better in her closet

Closet art sketching out

After the paint and ink dried, she trimmed the edges and framed her sweet, little masterpieces in white floating frames.

The gold frames on the originals are great, but in this space, Megan wanted a light, airy feel. She contemplated painting them gold, but the white won out in the long run.

Full closet view with artwork

Megan was inspired by the Fashion Sentiment Wall Art from PB Teen.

Below is the original photo. The simple black and white color scheme with the clean classic design caught Megan’s eye immediately.

She also liked the quote and the overall vintage feel of the pieces.

These are 21 x 25 inches each at a whopping $299! While she appreciated the fact that they are giclee print with gold wood molding, Megan made hers for about $12.

fashion sentiment wall art

 

How to Make Fun Wall Storage Out of Wire Baskets

Kristen from Lipstick and Sawdust got a call from her church’s youth pastor requesting a storage solution for rec room supplies.

She got right to work, scouring the internet for ideas and stumbling upon a wood and wire basket rack from PB Teen.

Kristen easily recreated it only 45 minutes by attaching wire baskets to a wood board and stenciling on numbers.

wood and wire wall basket storage

This DIY tutorial is pretty straightforward. Each step is relatively quick, all leading to a satisfying result. Sometimes simple designs create the best uses.

This happens a lot with storage-based projects. Hanging wire baskets in this throwback industrial-age style is no exception.

Let’s take a quick look at how Kristen built these and then cover five fun ideas in which to use these – you need at least a few excuses to build this, right?

How to Make the Wood and Wire Wall Baskets

Wire baskets aren’t the best bargain in the world, but they look great. Kristen found hers for under $10 each at her local Home Goods store. This is a pretty good price for 10″-12″ baskets.

Grab the cheapest thing you can find. Treated or styled baskets cost more, so check Target, Big Lots!, KMart and places like that for generic white ones, for example.

Why go cheap?

Well, to save money right? But seriously, you’re not going to be dropping in and storing bowling balls in these…and color doesn’t matter because you can easily paint them.

Painting is exactly what Kristen did. In her industrial theme, she chose silver, and they turned out great.

DIY Wired Baskets on Wall

Next, Kristen sanded down her board then lightly stained it before adding a couple layers of pasted wax for protection.

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For the stencils, she printed out what she wanted on her home printer, then trimmed them out. This is time consuming, but you get the exact font you want this way!

Once she had them where she wanted, she “dabbed” them with a small brush and black paint.

5 Uses For These Wall Baskets

The ideas below are some ways you can use this creation to get you thinking. The focus is organization because you can never go wrong with organizational ideas, right?

As you explore options you may realize that stenciled numbers don’t have to be…well, numbers. You can print and cut out initials, abbreviated words or even symbols and graphical icons.

Books in Wall Baskets

1. Books Above Child’s Bed

This is actually the example depicted in PB Teen’s marketing. It looked so good, we thought it deserved a spot here. What a cool looking way to store some of your favorite books.

2. Sports Items in Garage

A garage is often a place where industrial truly is functional. If you have kids and especially boys, then you have balls you need to pick up and get out of the way. These baskets will work great for basketballs, footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, mitts, gloves, cleats, swim goggles and more.

3. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in the Kitchen

This is where graphical stencils could be helpful. Use an “icon” to designate different fruits and veggies.

An apple for hard fruits, an orange for citrus… When you come home from the store or farmer’s market, use your baskets to quickly place and organize the stuff you don’t need to use, refrigerate or wash right away.

4. Backyard Supplies and Equipment

The options are countless here. Think gardening: gloves, nozzles, bags and bottles of fertilizers and pest remedies.

Store towels in wire baskets Have a pool? Then small pool treasures, toys, towels and sunscreen can be at easy reach anytime you need them.

When guests come over, they’ll each have a place for their dry clothes and goggles instead of them being strewn about.

5. Laundry or Mud Room

How many of us have that space between the back door or garage entrance and the main house that collects everything? We come home, kick off shoes, place papers, bottles, sacks and anything else we picked up while we were out.

These baskets can work great if each one has the initials of family members. Make two rows and have the bottom row hold some shoes or boots. The tops can be for gloves in the winter or extra water bottles in the summertime.

Take a look now if you have this go-between area in your home and I bet you’ll see at least four categories of things that can go in these hanging wire baskets.

Kristen was inspired by PB Teen’s Wood and Wire Wall Basket. As you can see, you can stain your wood any depth of color you like to match your decor. You can even paint a light color and use a darker stencil color.

wood and wire wall basket

Find Kristen’s complete tutorial at Lipstick and Sawdust, and see how easy it is to kick up the storage function and appeal around your home.

Ladder Shelf with Wire Baskets

Katie from Addicted to DIY finally crossed off a project that had been on her DIY list for awhile – a ladder bookshelf for her oldest son’s room.

While the wire baskets may account for the bulk of the expense with this project, they are also what makes it so stinkin’ awesome! In this case, they are just perfect for holding books. We think Katie knocked this one out of the park!

pb teen inspired ladder shelf

This is a knockoff project where you really CAN get close to the original. That’s because of it’s straightforward design, simple components and only a basic requirement of DIY skills. You gotta love that.

Keys to Success

Every project has its potential snags in the form of difficulty, time, needed supplies, etc. This ladder basket project is pretty easy, but there are few things that can really help you get the job done more quickly.

Building the Ladder

Wood, clamps, glue, done. That’s pretty much it. Katie used some 3/4″ dowels for rungs and used an equal-sized spade bit to create the holes for them to fit into the rails on each side snugly and securely.

If you don’t have extra long clamps like Katie used for the glue drying process, you’re fine in this case. The friction fit alone has enough grab to keep everything together while the glue dries.

One thing is you’ll need to wear your math hat for just a moment as you measure the length of the rails, decide how many rungs you want and then get them evenly spaced.

Our advice?

Follow what Katie did as her ladder height of 5-feet looks just right for a child’s room.

Painting the Ladder

This is where Katie really shined. No, not because she chose glossy paint but because she used her handy paint sprayer to knock out the painting in no time flat.

Low-pressure hand paint sprayer
Low-pressure hand paint sprayer saves you TONS of time!

If you’ve ever brush-painted poles or items with multiple pieces or full turns you know it can take some time to ensure you got every surface covered nicely 360-degrees around.

Enter paint sprayer…

We’re not talking about the big, expensive kind professional painters use to cover the walls in your house or even what they use in auto-body shops. Katie used a nice-sized HVLP, plug-in sprayer. One just like this in fact (see photo at right).

These are perfect for crafts and small DIY projects. They don’t require an air compressor and are easy to clean. You have to clean brushes if you paint conventionally anyway, so clean-up of this little machine adds no extra time.

What you get as a result though is a nice, smooth and even paint job done in a fraction of the time.

Where to Get Baskets?

This is easily the most expensive part of the project. And as Katie points out that wire baskets aren’t cheap! They look great though. Plan on spending $15-20 for each basket.

You want ones with a height of 8″-10″. Katie got hers at Hobby Lobby. Look for sales on these at your favorite store. Think Michael’s with their golden 40%-Off coupon from the weekly ads. Target also carries a variety of wired baskets.

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A Cool Finishing Touch

This ladder and basket combo looks great. Everyone’s favorite part hands down is the little car decals Katie added to the front. It’s amazing how sometimes the little things have a dramatic way of completing something.

Use a cardboard backing and zip-tie any kind of decal sticker to the fronts of the baskets. Or, keep it easy and use a magnetic vinyl decal sticker of your liking.

These don’t have to be car emblems by any means. You can use sports, outdoors and other themes if you like. Our favorites are travel themed stickers.

A “worldly” theme can be neutral yet still interesting. Check out a 50-pack like the one pictured here, and you’ll have a nice variety to choose from for your basket ladder.

Plus, they’re cheap!

Katie even thought of using chalk paint on these front “signs” so you could write numbers on them.

Use your creativity here. The car logos she chose also work really nicely since this design has an industrial vibe to it already.

Katie was inspired by the retired Ladder Shelf from PB Teen.

ladder shelf

Go to Addicted to DIY to get the rest of the details for Katie’s project get started building your own version today!

Easy DIY Pom Pom Curtains

Lauren from Blesser House was making over her kids’ playroom to take the space up a notch. First, she framed the windows, but she felt that they were still missing something. She spotted some awesome pom pom curtains at Pottery Barn and Anthropologie, but wasn’t feeling the $100+ price tag, so she decided to DIY her own! With some inexpensive Ikea curtains, a few yards of pom pom trim, and an iron, she was able to recreate the look with no sewing at all.

Lauren’s curtains turned out perfectly light and airy, with just the right amount of designer inspiration.

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These are the pom pom curtains from Pottery Barn Teen, retailing for $119

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These are the curtains from Anthropologie, retailing for $108

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Head over to Blesser House to see how Lauren made these no-sew curtains!

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