Nothing freshens up an area's design like a fresh coat of paint on the walls, lamps or even the furniture.

Corral Clutter With a Tray Trays are indeed handy-dandy items --  both useful for turning assorted coffee table tchotchkes to a vignette as they are for serving cocktails when guests arrive. Purchase or craft your very own decorative tray and utilize it in the living room to corral coffee table requirements or in the restroom to stylishly store toiletries.

Upcycle an Old Calendar Calendars, especially classic versions, are often filled with amazing images. A collection of budget-friendly eyeglasses and stock white mats make it easy to turn a classic calendar into a colorful gallery wall. Our buddies at HGTV Magazine share 4 ways to dress up your house with items you already have available.

Stitch Up a Cozy Pet Bed Produce a detachable, washable cover to your furbaby's bed that's oozing with enchanting, farmhouse style. This simple sewing project will change a bed your pet enjoys into one you love as well. Make your own using our step-by-step directions.

(Finally!) Hang Those Draperies Hanging curtain sticks can be a nuisance! You spend lots of time measuring and marking the mounts' placement, yet the final result might still be off. We've got the solution!   This easy glass corner shower doors . DIY template makes hanging drapery hardware straightforward and worry free.

Brush Up Your Bookshelf FYI: #shelfies really are something. That's right, folks everywhere are using their bookshelf, then submitting photographs for the world to see. The trick to a well-styled bookshelf would be to start with an intriguing backdrop, like background or a kicky paint colour, then layer on more colour and pattern with assorted books or magazines and mix in a few of your favourite tchotchkes. To take your bookshelf to another level on the cheap, turn prefab cabinets to some custom built-in.

Soften the Stairs This DIY stair runner not only looks fantastic, it also makes glossy wooden staircase safer by providing a little padding and a non-slip coating. Using cheap woven table runners, it is a budget-friendly fast fix to boot. Learn to create your own using our step-by-step directions.

Place Even the Smallest Spaces to Work Particularly for urbanites and flat dwellers, each square foot counts. Here, designer Brian Patrick Flynn mounted a floating shelf to a corkboard wall to turn this unused space into a functional home office. Get more of Brian's small-space hints.

Dress Up the Walls With Wainscoting Wainscoting is a classic way to add architectural interest to any room. Consisting of horizontal rails and vertical stiles, this relatively easy woodworking project relies on a design found in historic homes and is guaranteed to lend old-home appeal to builder-basic new spaces. Learn how to recreate this classic style with our step-by-step instructions.

Concentrate on the Floors Dress up worn hardwood, concrete or even vinyl flooring with a few coats of primer and durable floor paint. Tape off wide stripes with painter's tape for a lively look. Get more tips for adding style underfoot.

Give an Old Coffee Table New Usefulness If your wood coffee table is scratched, stained or just plain outdated, our step-by-step directions will explain to you how to change it into a cushy tufted ottoman with built-in hidden storage. Insert a tray and your new ottoman also can double as a coffee table.

Style Your Sips Even if happy hour is not your thing, you've likely noticed that dwelling bars and cocktail culture have become the toast of the plan world. Really, it is no wonder -- cocktails are delicious, plus bar necessities are so stylish. Short on space? Partake in the trend by whipping up a fold-away pallet bar with our   step-by-step directions. Or, if you're thirsty, wet your whistle with a few of our simple cocktail recipes.

Switch Wood Scraps Into a Custom Coffee Table Salvaged timber and architectural remnants are prime candidates to be repurposed as furniture. In the case of the table, pieces of an old rope mattress and a beadboard door were upcycled to a practical and one-of-a-kind coffee table. Our step-by-step instructions make it effortless for you to construct your own.

Insert an Accent Wall Every living room needs a focal point; for most it's the fireplace but even a hearth as beautiful as that one can get a style increase when surrounded by a picture background. Limiting a bold print into only 1 wall lets it really shine without feeling overpowering; plus, it is a quick project that keeps the cost down also. Get our hints for hanging background like an expert.

Make Storage a Snap Storage is a must for every house. This rolling cubby was designed to be a multifunctional storage bit for pet owners, crafters or homeowners at every stage of life. The open cubbies make it effortless to stash away or grab backpacks, shoes, pet supplies, kids' toys or any other essentials you need to keep at hand at the mudroom, living room, playroom, closet or garage. Learn to construct your own.

Dress Up a Lackluster Lampshade Vintage drum-style lampshades are available for a steal at estate and garage sales but they generally show a few indications of the age. In under 30 minutes, give that old colour a trendy new lease on life with just a bit of upholstery trim and glue. Get step-by-step directions.

Go to get a Gallery Wall A fantastic way to set your memories on display, a gallery wall's directional installation makes it a DIY job anyone can tackle. Just gather up chosen framed bits and some other flat, lightweight items which may be hung, such as architectural remnants, shells, trays or other serveware. Pick the positioning of the largest items first, then fill in with smaller bits. Get more tips for a picture-perfect gallery wall.

Make a Portable Kids' Play Table Place an older square galvanized bathtub to work as a handy place to stash kids' toys. This easy project generates mobile storage for construction blocks or other toys and includes a built-in play surface at the top. Make your own with our step-by-step directions.

New Life for Old Crates Need more storage? Cheap wood crates piled together and secured with a sturdy wood framework might be just the ticket. Hit antique stores and flea markets to find the specific article or purchase new crates at craft stores, then blot and discomfort them for a timeworn look. Learn how to properly protect them.

Pick Multifunctional Furniture When selecting furniture, look past the piece's unique function. For instance, the coffee table in this sunny living room is truly a classic map file cabinet while one of those side tables is a classic steamer trunk. Both pieces include a boost of personality to the space while at the same time providing handy hidden storage. Watch more of the home furnished on a budget that was showcased in HGTV Magazine.

Give Timeworn Charm to New Furniture Want to give a plain-Jane or damaged piece of furniture a charming new lease on life? A new coat of paint followed by just the ideal number of painful will work like a charm. Learn how to distress furniture like a pro.

Frame Fun Finds Skip mass-produced printed posters and instead get creative when framing things to use as artwork. This living space, from HGTV Magazine, features an eye-catching part of a ship's sail that once raced in the America's Cup.

Give Pets Their Own Space Designer Brian Patrick Flynn converted a drum-style side table into a cozy hideaway for cats or dogs. Want to produce your own? Hit thrift stores to discover a side table that is big enough for the pet to be able to stand up and turn around. Eliminate the doors and add padding and upholstery fabric to the table's interior. Finally, add a cushy pillow for lounging.

Store Firewood With Design By removing a door with this built in, Fixer Upper's Joanna Gaines created a readily accessible niche for stacking firewood so it is convenient while adding a woodsy, rustic touch to the area.

These Accents are Sew Easy Throw pillows are essential for adding just the ideal amount of color and pattern to your living area -- but they do not need to cost a fortune. With basic sewing skills, whip up your own while binge-watching your favourite series. Get our step-by-step instructions.

Locate Your Happy Hue Nothing freshens up an area's design like a fresh coat of paint on the walls, lamps or even the furniture. In this small-but-sunny living room, bright yellow paint makes the timeworn rattan furniture feel trendy again. Watch more of this home, showcased in HGTV Magazine.

Stitch Up a Simple Slipcover Slipcovers are equally useful for protecting fine fabrics or covering up stained or torn upholstery. You may even use vintage fabrics, such as old vases, to give your slipcover a period-perfect look. Get step-by-step directions for dressing up a outdated footstool.

Wow With Wood Repurposed wood walls are popping up everywhere -- from formal big-city living rooms to cosy country dens.   Kitchen Cousins  sponsor John Colaneri set old barn planks to work to give the living room in his new home a rustic, timeworn decorative.   See more of John's trendy-savvy home, which was featured in HGTV Magazine.

Construct a Storage-Rich Trunk Trunk-style coffee tables are not just trendy, but they also provide practical storage for toys, extra throws and cushions, a movie collection and whatever needs to be stored for a busy household. This rustic trunk-style coffee table is a simple construct, but the result will have your friends thinking you're a pro woodworker.

Go Crazy for Color Filling your living room with colors of your favorite colour is a surefire way to make a space you will love living in. Blue-and-white is a no-fail color combo; mix in a few bright splashes of yellow to energize the appearance. Our friends at HGTV Magazine discuss  more ways to create a colorful living room.

Produce Furniture By Flea Market Finds Turn a single long wood seat into a set of space-saving end tables using a designer trick that is a secret no longer: timber cleats. Our step-by-step directions explain how to put this useful designer suggestion to work in your living room.

Brighten Up a Brick Fireplace The pros at HGTV Magazine share the steps you should follow before tackling this weekend project. Investing time at the necessary prepwork and choosing the right paint will turn a dingy and obsolete hearth in your living room's shining focal point. Discover the fireplace painting dos and performn'ts.

Stylish Storage a Go-Go Make stashing kids' or pet's toys easy with this budget-friendly speedy fix. Simply pay for a plastic storage bin rope, then add casters so it can be moved from room to room. Our step-by-step instructions make this job a snap.

Refinish Reupholster a Favorite Locate Give an old bench a fresh lease on life by massaging then trimming the thighs and freshening up the upholstery with new foam and cloth. Freshen a favourite bit with our step-by-step directions.

DIY a Space-Saving Wine Bar In just a few steps, you can upcycle a classic wood transport pallet into a custom made rack for keeping your favorite vino. The smart addition of a wine glass rack produces this room saver a sanity saver also. Build your own using our step-by-step instructions.

Create a Mobile Coffee Table Old wooden trunks are kept away in many attics and often wind up in yard sales or thrift stores at a excellent price. Give you a simple update by simply adding furniture casters to make it a charming (and mobile) storage piece for your living room. Find out how using our step-by-step directions.