Best Bloggers DIY Project Tips and Tricks
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You’re never too old to learn a new trick, right? When it comes to DIY, even the smallest DIY project tips can save lots of headaches, time, and money! When I posted the word on Facebook, some of the best DIY bloggers in the business gave me their favorite tips to help you out!
Pin these DIY Project Tips for later!
Painting, Sanding, Distressing Projects
From The Space Between Blog—how to clean oil paint out of paintbrushes.
Home Made by Carmona gives you DIY project tips for cutting in without using painter’s tape.
Remodelaholic will show you how to get a great washed paint look with this color washing paint technique.
Pneumatic Addict will show you how to spray paint MDF and get great coverage instead of blotchiness.
How do you get a really smooth paint job on a tabletop? The best DIY project tip is sanding between coats, but not with sandpaper. See the article Small Pedestal Coffee Table Makeover.
Paint and update your brass doorknobs. Today’s Creative Blog has figured out the best way to change up your door knobs with spray paint.
Use an emery board to sand and distress small places.
How To distress paint comparison using 3 different techniques from Refresh Living.
How to spray paint by Dogs Don’t Eat Pizza. Spray painting is a quick and easy way to update old decor.
Are you looking for the perfect paint for your furniture DIY projects? This article, Selecting The Right Furniture Paint, may help you with your decisions.
Easily add gold details to a dresser from Salvaged Inspirations.
If you’re looking for DIY project tips on peeling veneer, see this article, How to deal with bad veneer on your furniture flipping projects.
Cher from Studio C says that wet sanding is the only way to achieve an extra smooth surface on furniture projects.
Quick Fixes and DIY Project Tips
If your solar lights aren’t working, Kathe, with an E, has some suggestions.
Homeroad will show you her tip for changing out a drawer knob to a handle.
How to select and replace hardware on your furniture project: Petticoat Junktion explains all the little details.
Easiest way ever to hang a picture from The Scrap Shoppe—you’ll want to remember this one.
11 Magnolia Lane will show you how to hang Silver Platters.
Upholstery Tips
Slipcover shortcuts from Brooklyn Berry Designs.
Christy from Confessions of a Serial DIYer has the coolest upholstery hack; you will love the after.
I’m not a professional upholsterer, but I try to find the easiest way to DIY. Check out my Button Tufting Hack.
Special Techniques
When aging a galvanized metal piece – don’t overdo your layers, says Snazzy Little Things.
With more aging and antiquing of metal buckets, Homeroad tested several options.
Ten Furniture Refinishing Essentials from Prodigal Pieces.
Hardware Ideas
Missing a handle? Make your own replacement hardware. Artsy Chicks Rule will show you how.
Add Wheels to your furniture projects: Redoux Interiors has all the DIY project tips!
How to remove years of paint from old hardware, including vintage register covers, via Serendipity Refined.
White Lace Cottage—how to install knobs, and bonus tip on how to keep your door (wood) from splintering when you drill.
My Love 2 Create has this great tip: To make things easier when attaching coat hooks, I use a longer bit; this eliminates the problem of my drill bumping the hook while I try to screw it in.
What works best for filling holes when you’re replacing hardware? A Ray of Sunlight has all the answers you’re looking for.
Woodworking Tips
How to remove baseboards from Sew Woodsy—tips and tidbits to help you with this diy project.
Tip from MRL: Do not tap your nails out of the baseboard; pull your nails through the back of your baseboard. Doing this will often eliminate those tiny holes—there is no need for patching.
From My Repurposed Life—if you’re using really long screws, adding soap will allow easier drilling.
I saved the best DIY project tips for last! Hobby Woodworking has something for everyone.
I sure hope you learned something from this post. I have some very smart DIY friends! If you have a tip to add, please leave it below in a comment.
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Great tips!
Geez Louise, these are SUCH great tips. I pinned it for later and looked at some of them individually, and wow those tips are awesome. Thanks for sharing this Gail.
This is such a FANTASTIC post, Gail! Thanks for including me. I’m pinning and posting so that I can refer back to all of this awesome information!
Love all of these tips! Thanks for including our base boards in the round-up!
What a fantastic collection of information! Thank you for putting it all together, Gail, and including my 10 Furniture Refinishing Essentials. :o)
These are awesome!! Definitely pinning as I’m sure I will need many of these in the future. 🙂
What a fabulous round up!!! So many valuable tips! Thanks so much for including mine Gail! 🙂
Nancy
Thank you Gail for including me on this post….I’m honored to be in such great company!!
So so awesome, of course pinned! Thanks for including my tip Gail!
Hey Gail, thanks for the feature! You have a great round-up here. I’ve already checked several of the links. Pinning and bookmarking so I can read more later. Thanks again!
This is a GOLD MINE of information!
Pinning to reference the ones I will forget, but the emery board one is now in my brain for the future.
Thank you, Gail, for adding my wet sanding tip to such a great list! I really appreciate it!