the ReFab Diaries

So... I've been a little lazy about my home tour. But this week I actually got around to taking pictures while the light was good.  So here's a bedroom project!  I'm not really a headboard person - I think the wall works pretty well.  But I do like the idea of making the wall above the bed a feature of some sort.  Especially if it's the wall you see from the room entrance.  We have very little color in this room - the walls are a green we love. Pretty much everything else in the space is wood (furniture) or natural fibers in neutral tones.  So I had no idea what I wanted above the bed. Consequently, the space was empty for a while.  Then one day we happened upon these place mats at CB2... yup - they're place mats.  They were on clearance, of course.  Since they don't really lie flat, they were never going to make very good place mats.  But I loved the wood.  

I love the melt-your-own-vinyl bowl idea.  Now, hop over to the hippest blog in the sphere (BubbyandBean) and get the how-to on this spinful dessert stand. 

To stick with a very spring-appropriate theme... another DIY butterfly!  If you look at the components as junk, this project could be considered more of a recycle/upcycle than a repurpose... or is it salvage?  Ummm... I don't know.  Mike (of Blue Velvet Chair) has a post dedicated to making this type of categorizing a little clearer ... but some projects remain fuzzy for me! Anyway, however you decide to categorize the lovely "flah-fly" (Ms Ro's word for such creatures), you need to head over to Blue Velvet Chair and make it!

Great tutorial ... because who doesn't want to make a flutter / swarm / rabble / kaleidoscope of wind-up Monarchs??  

Gap and Threadless are teaming up for a series of "TIY" (T-It-Yourself) tutorials, with a new one posted every Friday on Gap's Facebook page. In tried-and-tested blogger fashion, photo instructions will demonstrate how to turn old shirts into fun accessories including flip flops, laptop sleeves, and beach bags. I'm curious to see what they come up with. See the flip flop project here.

A printable owl greeting card with a reusable component ... and dripping in cute?  Yes please.  (Via How About Orange).

Mirrors created with some version of a plastic scoop / spoon ... they're a theme this week.  Apparently these orange scoops come from a brand of formula.  They look like something we got in cans of powdered juice when I was a kid ... one scoop of the stuff into water and you had a neon orange drink.  Wow ... yum (!)  Complete how to here.  

The amazing resin serving tray (above) got this post started.  I think it's genius and LOVE the color combination ... great tutorial overall from SomeWhatSimple.  14 more after the jump!