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I am always surfing for great do it yourself projects and have compiled a huge list of bookmarks to sites that I have found interesting and helpful. This directory will be updated as I find more sites to add so be sure to bookmark or subscribe to the RSS feed.

• www.doityourself.com-Decorating and painting is a key ingredient to a beautiful home. Before you begin decorating or re-decorating your home, learn more about painting techniques and preparation, selecting paint colors and finishes, decorating and designing trends, and interior décor, accents and furnishings. Home decorating has never been easier!
• Budgeting Your Project - If money is tight, or you plan to spend over a couple hundred dollars on your decorating projects, a budget can really keep you on track and keep you from wasting a bunch of money on stuff you didn’t really need.
• How to Determine the Size of Top Treatments - Size does matter, and this guide will help you determine how wide and long your valances, cornices and other top treatments should be. Learn how to take the measurements you need.
• A Whole New Meaning to Garden Tub - Most of us that have a tub separate from the shower, don’t have any kind of curtain or valance to decorate the area. So why not put in a touch of “Garden” to make the bathing experience a little more enjoyable? This article shows you an easy way to do it.
• Country Primitive Cabinet - Patchwork door panels. Yep! Real fabric patchwork on furniture. Nice!
• Utility Shelf Under Wraps - You wouldn’t even recognize it. You could use this storage furniture in any room.
•   Make this roman shade to cover up a bookcase’s contents.
• How to arrange your ’stuff’ on the bookshelf.
• Play Island - Mom has an island in the kitchen for organization, so why not have one in the kids room? Made from wooden crates and a piece of laminated plywood this is a great piece of furniture.
• Make your kids a car bed. Free pdf of plans, measurements in metric., but I think worth it even for those of us who don’t do metric!
• Circus Room Bed - The kids will love this one!
• Corner Cabinet Headboard - This is a great idea for a bedroom done in a nautical or seaside theme.
• 4 Upholstered Headboards - Simple shapes, great for beginners decorating their bedroom.
• Upholster Your Box Spring - add decorative feet, and never use a bedskirt again in your bedroom!
• Picket Fence Headboard
• Boat Bed - Another one for the kids.
• Bookcase, draperies and cornice combined to make a headboard and canopy effect.
• Contemporary Headboard - Think craftsman style with a modern twist. Made of wood and fabric. Changing the paint job and the fabric inserts can give this headboard a completely different style.
• Art Deco Headboard - I’m not so sure I like the fabric choice on this one, but that’s easily changed. It gives you the Art Deco style idea. It could be made to look like a sports ball too!
• Padded Fabric Headboard - Hangs from curtain rod, and has pockets for the remote, magazines and places for photos! It could be hung over a desk or dresser too. It’s basically a memo board with pockets.
• refurber.com-With refurber you no longer have to do-it-totally-yourself. Get useful advice from our community before you start. There are home renovators, craftspeople, DIY’ers and plenty of other ‘handy’ people hanging out. You can ask the community a question, upload your project photos or write some advice of your own.
• Do-It-Yourself Chair Rail: Do-It-Yourself Chair Rail | Decorating …Make this elegant chair rail from two stock moldings and two simple boards.

If you have a website with great do it yourself projects or if you have a favorite site that is not on my list please leave me a comment and I will add it to the directory.

Cathy Henry