Home decor items are the little details that make a space stylish. Vases, artwork, sculpture, trays, and other accent items. Whether you just use a few, or pack a room with a bunch, it all has the power to make an impact on the style and visual experience of your environment.
The cool thing about home decor today is that there are a lot of resources where you can do it yourself. That doesn’t mean you’ve got to get crafty with a lot of glue and appliqué. It can be something ultra simple that takes just an hour to make. The options are endless.
Not only are there plenty stores that sell items for creating your own home decor (Michaels, JoAnn, art supply stores, etc.) but there are a pretty good amount of local shops and studios that allow drop in or single session classes to make things for your home.
You’ve got just as much natural born talent to make your own decor. After all, great art, design and decor is in the eye of the beholder, and the more abstract, unique or unusual all the better. In fact, take a look at Etsy, home decor stores, or any art/craft show and you’ll see people pay for just that.
Here’s how to make home decor yourself:
- Pick a medium. There are a ton of different materials you can use for your home decor project. Plenty you can purchase and bring home, some that you can create in a studio or shop that offers open sessions for the public. Ceramics, paper, canvas, painting, crayon, watercolor, charcoal, markers, sculpture, glass. Materials like markers or crayons on paper are going to be the easier choice, so if you don’t have time or want to extend a project over the course of more than an hour, go with that. For more advanced mediums, like pottery, consider a shop that offers walk-in decor classes.
- Pick your idea/item. There are all kinds of home decor items you can make, and you’ll find it in all kinds of different shapes and sizes. If it’s something more complex, like stained glass or glass etching, you’ll usually find kits to help. Base the item you choose on the space you want it to decorate. Make something specific to that color palette, size, and so on. As you plan out what you want it to look like, consider what you’ve already seen or what’s common — flowers, shapes, stripes, mixed medium, colors. Remember, anything goes when it comes to home decor! Collages and photos also count.
- Set aside time. It can take as little as an hour to make decor for your space. It all depends on what you are making. Pick a weekend, or an evening. You can do the project alone or with family/friends. Just be sure to allow enough time to complete it, or be diligent to finish it within a few days so you can get it done and out of the way. If you are afraid you won’t finish what you’ve started, stick with something easy. Or do it in a studio/shop, where your time is limited and you have plenty of space and materials dedicated to doing the work.
Ignore the urge to be your own critic. You don’t have to have talent, and what you make doesn’t need to look like you’re Picasso. Think about how you created as a child — you didn’t think about whether or not you were making something that looked amazing. You were too caught up in simply making something.
Once you’re finished with your item, put it on display in your space as you would any other decor item. You probably won’t have anyone guess you made it --- and they’ll think it’s ultra cool that you did when they find out.