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HOW TO MAKE A SOLID TRAY

30. May 2016LIFESTYLE, VIEW IT ALLbasel, blogger_ch, chopping board, creative, CUTTING BOARD, decoration, design, diy, do it yourself, drilling machine, fashion, handles, holes, how I drink my tea on the couch, interior design, isawsomethingnice, lifestyle, pratteln, Rope, shopping at ikea, solid, swiss blogger, tray, whats newisawsomethingnice.ch

1 VIKTIGT tray (found via IKEA)
2 ROPE
3 TAPE
4 DRILLING MACHINE
5 SCISSORS
5 SAND PAPER (optional)

another simple DIY that I have made with another cool piece that I have found at IKEA. I love to use things a bit differently, and thats why we use a cutting/chopping board for a tray today.

I am sure that some of you, including me, love to hang out on the couch and drink tea or whatever. my problem is always where to put my cup of tea so that it is close to me but on a solid spot. thats how I got the idea to make something solid, the perfect solid tray.

step one
start by drilling four holes, two on each side. I used a hole puncher to measure the distance between the holes. also make sure to not drill too close to the edge or the wood may break, and not too far into the center, as you want the holes to be on the cut side of the tray. another thing I did was to keep the plastic on the board to avoid scratches.

step two
use a piece of sand paper to smoothen the driled holes.

step three
measure enough rope so you can put your hands around the handles and have enough to tie a knot. loop the rope thru the holes and tie knots at the ends.

thats it, very simple and easy, right? I had so much fun creating this DIY and I hope you all like the way it turned out. in case you did something similar or feel inspired to make your own tray please leave a comment below, I love hearing from you. X

and now lets have a look how you can use our newly made DIY in action. my intention was to use it for drinking tea on the couch and be sure that the tea wont spill but now I saw how cute it can look as a simple presentation board. so as you can see the options to use are endless.

that was it from today. I am looking forward to your comments and am sure that there will soon be another DIY feat. IKEA on the blog. stay tuned. X

PIMPING THE POTS – DIY

17. May 2016LIFESTYLE, VIEW IT ALLdecorating, diy, do it yourself, ideas, ikea, ikea.com, inspiration for the balcony, isawsomethingnice, lifestyle, pimping, pimping the pots - DIY, pots, Rope, sailor, shopping, swiss blogger, switzerland, what to do, whiteisawsomethingnice.ch

finally spring is here and this is the time to start decorating your balcony. like last year I also grow tomatoes this year and somehow I was not so satisfied with the regular plant pots that I have found. thats when I had the DIY idea to make my own pots, or lets say the idea for pimping the pots.

lets see what we are going to need for this PIMPING THE POTS DIY:

pots KALASA (I found them via IKEA, small 14.95 CHF / large 19.95)
rope (I found it at JUMBO)
scissors
clear tape

its very very simple and easy to find all of these things. and in case you dont like the white pots you can spray paint them before starting the pimping DIY. I love white and therefore I leave them the way they are.

step one:

take your pot and ropes and place them on a table or floor. then I wrapped the rope twice around the pot and made sure to have enough rope left to tie the knot.

step two:

cut the rope with your scissors and seal the ends like in the photo above. this will prevent the rope from opening and will make the knot look a lot neater.

step three:

tie a sailor knot like in the photo above. start with a normal knot and then do the opposite to the ends. this will create such a lovely result on your simple white pots, voila, thats it!

I absolutely love the result of this pimping the pots DIY. I continued these steps and made four pots for the balcony. that was a very easy DO IT YOURSELF and I am curious to know if you like it, so please comment below and in case you are doing this too please share your photos with me via my social media channels. I always love to hear from you. X

final result:

DYI – BELT

12. April 2013LIFESTYLE, VIEW IT ALLbelt, color, diy, do it yourself, fashion, fashionblog, fashionlover, for men, for women, Holland, isawsomethingnice.ch, Loek, love it, Rope, whattowearisawsomethingnice.ch

DYI – BELT (with a rope) –
seen at ART Basel 2012 on Loek S.

ART BASEL street style

14. June 2012FASHION, VIEW IT ALL43, art, basel, fashion, Loek, pants, Rope, trends, what to wearisawsomethingnice.ch

everyday is a new color – to make the sailorlook complete use a rope as a belt – great combo with striped shirt, bluejeans and sneakers! #luvit

1 VIKTIGT tray (found via IKEA)

2 ROPE

3 TAPE

4 DRILLING MACHINE

5 SCISSORS