Upcycled doll house bedside table

This little table started out as a buckle from a shirt I bought at Goodwill.

shirt buckle

I used a drill bit in a cordless screw driver to create the channel for the center of the buckle.

cordless screwdriver drill bit

The cordless screwdriver goes slowly enough so that I don't hurt my hand when drilling.

I drilled a channel in a round block

Fit the buckle into the channel.

Make sure the buckle fits

foam sheets from the craft store!

Foam sheets from the craft store filled in the opening in the table.  I cut 2 circles to size and hot glued them in place.

I hot glued a piece of foam sheet for the tabletop

Finally, a little puffy paint completed the top.

Puff paint topper

Black puff paint evened out the table top

Paint the base and you're all done!

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DIY Dollhouse Living Room Set

Over the next several weeks i'll walk you through how I made doll house furniture from an old set of blocks.  It was so easy and SO, SUPER fun!

I hope this blog post will inspire you to see ordinary household "junk" in a whole new way.

This set started off as a set of blocks that I found in a clearance bin at Walmart.

Inspiration

When I bought them these blocks were in an unlabled package.  I discovered later that they are called "Kids Kraft Blocks".

  To make the living room chair I used 2 blocks.

blocks for the chair

For this project you'll need wood glue, wire nails and a hammer.

Using a cordless screwdriver and the smallest drill bit I could find, I drilled 3 holes.

cordless screwdriver drill bit

drill pilot holes for the nails

add wood glue

nail pieces together

all done

ready for paint!

To make the sofa I sawed one of the longer blocks in half for sofa arms.

This block will be the arms of the sofa

Be sure to sand newly cut edges.

Sand cut edges

My inspiration for the majority of this furniture started with a pack of kids blocks from WalMart.  First i'll show you the finished pieces, then i'll break down the step by step.

Bedroom set

 The beds are made from 1x2 pieces of scrap wood.  The lamp is a wooden knob and an empty tape roll.

Bedroom set version #2

 The end table and chair are from a set of kids blocks from Walmart.

Dining Room Set

 The chairs are blocks.

Living Room Set

 The living room set is made from blocks.

Bedspreads

The bedspreads are felt squares folded down and stitched across the top.

Bed without bedspread

 Here's an "unmade" bed.  The fitted sheet is painted on with glitter paint.

End table

This end table is an old belt buckle, puff paint and a block.

Dining Table

The dining room table is a piece of 1x2 and a scrap piece of 2x2 wood.

Personal Trash Bag for your purse

I work in NYC - the land of big purses and shoulder bags.  EVERYBODY carries some sort of backpack, purse or messenger bag.

Shoulder Bag

Messenger Bag

The bags are GREAT!  The only problem is that they can tend to collect trash.  Yes the city is filled with trash cans, but the the cans are not always usable.  Especially at the end of the day.

Yuck!

Most of my garbage ends up at the bottom of my purse -which is pretty gross.

Purse trash :-(

My solution to the purse trash problem is a personal trash bag.

Purse Trash Bag

This little trash bag attaches to my purse strap and holds all of my garbage.  The top has an elastic opening so that trash doesn't fall out.  The bottom of the bag rolls and snaps closed so that it's easy to empty.

Easy empty snaps

Easy Empty Bottom

Once the trash goes into the bag I never have to touch it again!

The bag can hang outside of your purse or remain neatly tucked inside.

Roll up the bottom and snap it closed

I sewed this little bag one afternoon and tied it on to my purse.  Over all measurements are 5" wide and 10" long when rolled closed.  It's lined with leak resistant rip stop fabric.