We do various design things with our own hands: useful little things for the kitchen

Original hand-made accessories will make your kitchen unique Interesting and useful little things and hand-made devices give the house a special charm. They belong in the kitchen – such crafts make it cozy and especially homely. Many designer items can be easily done on your own with minimal handicraft skills. So, a useful master class on how to decorate the kitchen.

What is appropriate in the kitchen

What do-it-yourself design tricks are appropriate in the kitchen? It can be just interior things created for beauty, or there can be devices that are practical for the home – for example, an original dish dryer, an organizer, a cutting board. These are no longer just trinkets, but quite used crafts..

Decorative boards can play not only an aesthetic, but also a functional role.

In general, in the kitchen, it is appropriate to decorate it:

All kinds of napkins – fabric and bamboo;
Prints;
Decorative boards and plates;
Ceramic products;
Topiary;
Dryer;
Organizer;
Board for cutting bread and vegetables;
Tack sets and other accessories.

I must say that hand-made crafts are appropriate in almost any kitchen, no matter what style they are, from classics and ethno to high-tech. Of course, handicraft is more appropriate in the ethnic-style kitchen, especially if it is a potholder with Khokhloma-style applique or knitted napkins. But even for high-tech, you can create original kitchen trinkets. For example, vases woven of wire would be just right here..

DIY decorative plates from buttons (video)

Topiary

You can decorate the kitchen by making a topiary – a kind of imitation of the tree of happiness. Today, such crafts have become very popular, because it is believed that topiary brings good luck to homes. Making such souvenirs on your own is extremely simple and does not require special skills. The master class can be viewed on the Internet.

As details of a tree – its leaves and flowers, completely different and sometimes unexpected accessories can be used – ribbons, bows, artificial flowers, artificial and live fruits, candies.

In order to make a topiary, you need to make a base. It will form the shape of a tree and any interesting components will be inserted into it.. The basis is made from:

old ball;
foam;
ready-made polystyrene balls, which are sold in hobby stores;
papier-mâché in the form of a ball.

Coffee beans are most often used to make the “tree of happiness” Topiary in the form of a fruit still life will perfectly decorate the kitchen or dining room

To make a stylish topiary in the kitchen, you need to think about the trunk. The trunk of a tree can be made from a real tree branch, wire, twisted sticks. If the topiary is tiny, then a pencil is used as a trunk..

A base is placed on the trunk. The wires are stuck into the base, on which those trinkets are fixed that depict the crown – bows, shells, sweets. The main thing is to plant the entire surface of the base tightly so that there are no gaps, trying to observe the rules of symmetry. The tree is planted in a flower pot, in which a synthetic winterizer can be placed as a filler. From above it is masked with expanded clay or decorative stones. Topiary ready.

Today, topiary is a very popular decorative element that adorns almost every home.

Drainer

Why not make some useful home furnishings? For example, kitchen accessories – dish dryers. Such a dryer can become a table decoration if you make it in an original style..

A wooden dish drainer looks very beautiful and original. To make it, you will need small blocks of wood – better than pine and anyway for wood. All details must be carefully sanded and glued. You can paint or varnish your wood drainer.

An original dish drainer can be made from wooden hangers. Vine weaving contributes to the appearance of unique products in the house

You can make very original souvenirs for the kitchen if you use unexpected accessories. For example, a dish drainer can be made from pencils. A cutting board made of wood or just a piece of wood is used as the base of the stand. On the board, markings are made for the holes. The holes should be where the racks will stand in the dish drainer to hold the dishes. Pencils are used as racks. The holes are drilled with a drill, pencils are inserted into them, glued in and the dish dryer is ready. If you take pencils with colored bodies, you get a very funny positive thing. Such souvenirs can be safely made as a gift..

Half-written pencils can serve as material for making an extraordinary dryer A tabletop dish drainer can be made from simple pencils and an unnecessary cutting board

Organizer for the kitchen

Organizers are interesting and useful kitchen gadgets for storing small things. The organizer can be made from fabric. You can even give such nice crafts for housewarming. To do this, you can take your favorite fabric and sew a rectangle out of it. Pockets of different sizes are sewn onto it. You can make appliqués on the pockets or embellish them with embroidery. Various knick-knacks can be glued to the pockets for decoration. Such an organizer will especially decorate the kitchen in a folk style..

An interesting organizer is obtained from a metal mesh. It can be painted in different colors – you can watch a master class on metal painting on the Internet. This organizer is great for a minimalist or high-tech kitchen. Various knick-knacks can be hung on the net, notes can be attached to it. The frame with all kinds of clothespins placed in it is also an interesting organizer where you can store trinkets and various interesting little things.

The organizer will allow you to keep order at home and beautifully present various knick-knacks and other pleasant kitchen trifles that sometimes accumulate at home.

The organizer of napkins and kitchen boards will stylishly complement the interior of the kitchen Wicker baskets can be used to store small items or food Kitchen organizer keeps your home tidy

Napkins

You can decorate kitchen shelves, windowsill, table with napkins. If needlework is the mistress’s hobbyhorse, tony can be crocheted or knitted. If handicraft isn’t your strongest point, you can still quickly make a cloth napkin. Napkins with various patterns will look especially beautiful. Such handicraft is available to everyone – it is enough just to apply the selected pattern or pattern to the fabric using a stencil.

There is a special master class in stencil painting. But you can arrange a napkin without resorting to it. It is enough to choose the motif you like, transfer it to cardboard and cut a stencil using a clerical knife..

Hand-sewn napkins will make any kitchen interior cozy

Then everything is simple – a stencil is applied to the fabric and filled with acrylic paint on the fabric using a cotton swab or brush. No more accessories needed.

Important: Interesting interior solutions will be obtained if the motives of the napkin are applied to the walls, curtains or kitchen cabinets using the same stencil technique.

You can make other souvenirs for the kitchen using the same painting through a stencil. For example, salt shakers with a picture, cookbooks with a picture on the cover, and other pleasant knick-knacks, which are usually lined with shelves at home, will be a good decoration of the kitchen..

Crochet napkins (video)

Kitchen rug

The rug looks very cute in the kitchen. It can be woven, braided. Moreover, to create a rug, complex devices are not required, although needlework is quite complex and already requires skills.

The simplest thing is to make the rug in a knotted manner. To do this, you will need a net for the rug and old things that you can’t throw away, having interesting colors. Old things just need to be cut into strips. Then each strip is simply tied in a knot in the mesh cage, leaving the length of the ends as long as the pile you want in the rug. The work is simple, but painstaking. The rug can be made in a couple of evenings. Here the secret is in the beautiful selection of colors..

Pigtails can be woven from strips of fabric. And already wrap the pigtails in a spiral. You will also get a beautiful rug in grandmother’s style..

Interesting rugs can be made from twine. It is better to take thick twine. It can be simply wound into a roll, securing it with threads so that the roll does not fall apart. It will turn out such a pancake, similar to a saw cut from a tree. Such a rug is made quickly, but it looks impressive..

Interesting rugs are made from fabric balls sewn together. But this handicraft takes time.

In a word – the rug for the kitchen is a stylish and easy-to-make accessory with your own hands..

DIY fabric rug (video)

Conclusion

You can make crafts in the kitchen with your own hands, guided by ideas found on the Internet or guided by your imagination and skills. In any case, do not be afraid that such crafts will look ridiculous. Even if they are not as professional as they wanted, they will still create interesting and unusual interiors, the main value of which is originality and pieceiness..