WHY IT’S COOL TO CRAFT YOUR OWN HOME DECORATIONS

There are many contributing factors to why it is now acceptable to have a house full of homemade trinkets. Here, we will run through a few decorations you can make for your home that will impress your friends and look great as well as give you the reasons why you should give home crafting a go.

Home crafting is proven to be soothing mentally as it allows you to ignore the stresses of everyday life and place your concentration elsewhere, which in our busy, technology full lives is a welcome distraction.

It is also incredibly in vogue to have personalized items in your home and bearing in mind the cost of commissioning other people to make these for you, why wouldn’t you just give it a go yourself.

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Crafting is also a wonderful way to let every family member make their mark in the house which transforms a room full of shop bought adornments to a real home with items made together that contain memories.

We are lucky in that interior fashions are also on our side with shabby chic being a very popular decoration choice, so if your make turns out a little less than perfect, no worries, tell people it’s actually very fashionable!

When buying frames, wall hangings and candles costs a bomb why wouldn’t you buy one of the handy kits from impressive arty shops like homecrafts and attempt your own?

By making crafting a hobby you can match your decorations to your current colour scheme whilst also keeping up with trends and creating a one off unique product. check it out

So, now you know why you should dig out your knitting needles and glue gun here are some cool things you can make. Once you’ve perfected them for your own house you can save even more cash by giving them as gifts.

Frames: Wood or metal frames are readily available to paint, add glitter or pretty beads and sequins to making a completely unique addition to the fireplace. Put a personal photo into it and you will be bragging to visitors about your creation.

Candles: This may have never been an item that you imagined you could make at home, but now it is! Choose your mould, colours of wax and fragrances, the decisions are all yours. With kits available for children the whole family can experiment together.

Canvases: These can be as creative or not as you wish. Whether you use just paint or a mishmash of magazine cuttings, paint, pastels and beads you can make it abstract or a realistic representation of a family portrait. Go wild, you might even surprise yourself!

Bunting: Even for sewing novices these are doable and are especially sweet in a baby’s room or retro kitchen. Collect offcuts of material you like as well as a long piece of ribbon as well as your needle and thread (or sewing machine for ease) and you’ve got your bunting kit ready.

Cut triangles of your material and either sew them straight onto the ribbon, or pad them with a cheap wadding to make them a little less flat.

Freestanding MDF Letters: This pretty much says what it does on the tin. You can buy 3D wooden letters individually to spell any word you like, which again is great for gifts or the children’s room.

You can decorate with paint, feathers or something more experimental like cut up comic strip for the comic geek in your life.

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