Teen Life DIYs

DIY Letter Decoration Hello! Today I will making a new decoration for my room. It is a cardboard letter that I turned into something beautiful. I have been working very hard to make my room look better and more trendy. The problem is though I don't have a lot of money to spend on decor. So my mission is to try to redo my room and make it look amazing for as little as possible. If you have a problem like mine I hope you join me and make things like this for your room too. So anyways here is the DIY project for today. Here is the finished product and I really need to get better at taking pictures of the steps but anyways here is what you need and how to make this room decor. Materials - Cardboard letter - Paint - Hot Glue - Buttons Steps 1. First you paint the letter any color of your choice, I chose gold because it goes with my room theme. 2. Hot glue the buttons on to the letter, I would have liked to have the buttons all the same color but I just...

Free DIY wooden box This is honestly one of my favorite DIYs and it cost me no money at all. It took me awhile to make but that just because I did it over multiple days a little bit at a time. It took about 6 hours total but like I said I just split it up into about 30 minutes a day. So anyways here is the finished project. I used this to hold my art supplies but if you make it from a bigger box you could use it for clothes or really anything you want. So here is how you make it.  <-- cardboard box Materials - cardboard box - popsicle sticks - hot glue - paint (optional) Steps 1. Cut all the rounded ends off the popsicle sticks, this takes the most time and you don't HAVE to do it but I just prefer the look. 2. Start hot glueing the popsicle sticks onto the box, I staggered mine to give it a more real looking effect. 3. Take a break at some point because this is a lotttt of work and also hurts your hands a lot if you are cutting the popsicle sticks. 4...

DIY Storage Window Seat! Hello! For my first post I am going to be showing how I turned my shelves into a window seat. It's a very simple DIY that can really add to your house. Window seats are getting pretty popular in houses so I thought I would just think of a way for a teen like me to make one. This is the final window seat. I am very happy with how it turned out. I don't sit on it that much but by dog and cat love laying on it. Below is Loki the cat and Poppy the dog. So anyways here are the steps to making this. Materials -cube shelf -wood planks -blanket -decor (optional) -foam (optional) Steps 1. Empty the shelf and lay it down next to your window. 2. Since this is also for storage you can now also fill the cubes up with things. 3. Put the wood over the boxes, as your place to sit. 4. If you want to make it more comfy you can add foam or cushions. 5. Put a blanket over it to hide the fact that it is r...