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Home > Search for DIY Projects by Trade Type > Complete DIY Guides to Painting, Decorating and Finishing > DIY Ideas and Guides Covering Interior Design

DIY Ideas and Guides Covering Interior Design

This page includes links to all of our Interior Design DIY how to projects. Find information on different interior design techniques including decopage, creating a feature wall, fabric wall coverings, colour theory and many other topics. Browse through the below list and click on your chosen link to view the project information.

  • Alcove bookshelf

    Alcove Walls - Tips and ideas for alcove and recess walls - In this DIY project we look at 15 different ideas for turning alcove and recess walls into practical and useful spaces


  • Decoupage

    Decorating - decoupage - Learn all about decoupage and upcycling and how you can rejuvenate old furniture and objects to give them a new lease of life


  • Fabric wall panels

    Fabric Wall Panels - Learn how to make your own fabric wall panels - In this DIY guide, learn how to make a fabric wall panel or headboard yourself using either diamond, button, blind or biscuit tufting


  • Fabric Wall Coverings

    Interior design - fabric wall coverings - In this DIY guide you will learn about the different types of fabric wall coverings and how you can easily make them yourself


  • Feature Walls

    Interior design - feature walls - Learn about how to make a feature wall in your bathroom, kitchen, bedroom or any other room in your house and what to use


  • How to Hang Mirrors and Heavy Pictures

    Mirrors - how to hang - How to hang a mirror or heavy picture: Methods of hanging mirrors and heavy pictures with mirror hanging brackets


  • Types of Interior Paint

    Painting - types of interior paint - Different types of interior paint for use in the home including what paints should be used for what surface type


  • How to Hang Pictures

    Pictures - how to hang - How to hang pictures correctly so that it's square and secure including what you need and instructions for hanging pictures at home.


  • Space saving beds

    Space Saving Beds - 12 tips for space saving beds - The 12 best space saving beds for small bedrooms. Find out what types of bed offer the best space saving and storage solutions for small rooms


  • Button tufted sofa

    Tufting - Different types of tufting and finishes for upholstery - In this DIY guide, learn about the different styles of tufting such as diamond, biscuit and channel and finishing them using tufting buttons or blind method


  • Wall Coverings

    Wall coverings - Find out about all the different types of interior wall coverings you can use in your home other than standard wallpaper or paint


No DIY project is complete without putting the finishing touches and working on the interior design aspects – which is a fancy way of saying making it look like home. Achieving a good finish can make all the difference and here are a number of projects designed to help you do just that.

Interior design needs to be planned carefully with the mood of each room thought about

Interior design needs to be planned carefully with the mood of each room thought about

If you are simply looking for ideas there are a number of projects from decoupage to paint effects that can help you get inspiration and get you started. There are projects all about the different types of wall coverings to how to create a feature wall.

Decorating and Painting:

Decorating and Painting is a huge part of finishing any project and like most things a little preparation can go a long way. Researching ideas and understanding a little about colour theory will help you plan your decorating project, even it is simply working out which colours go with your planed colour scheme.

Get your tools ready before you start as it is a real pain to stop half way through to go and get the right tool. We suggest that you need the following tools:

  • flexible bucket
  • good quality paint brushes from 25mm to 100mm
  • skeleton gun
  • tube of decorators caulk or flexible filler
  • hobby knife with retractable blade
  • dust sheet
  • masking tape
  • Stripping Knifes
  • sanding block with fine and medium faces
  • latex gloves for paint protection
  • roller tray
  • paint roller
  • dust mask

We recommend wearing old clothes or overalls as this can be messy, and don’t forget to wear old shoes which you don’t mind being splattered too which – this is a common mistake.

Read our painting projects for more information, but here are some great tips to get you started:

  • Cutting in – where a wall meets a ceiling use a firm and steady stroke to paint along the wall where it joins the ceiling. If you do this first it means it will give you a nice sharp edge to the join which is especially important when the ceiling is a different colour to the wall.
  • Clearing up slit paint – Try using cat litter if you catch it before it has dried and it will soak up a surprising quantity. Paint thinner is good for spills that have dried.
  • Dispose of unused paint responsibly – Do not pour your unused paint down the drain as you can give it to schemes that will collect it up and pass it on to people that need it. Community Repaint recycle paint from both trade and consumers.

Design Features:

Ceiling coving, picture rails and dado rails are all covered in our projects in this section and have the potential to really change a room. And doing them yourself can be relatively cheap and quick.

Hanging pictures and mirrors will make your home feel like home so most people do this almost as soon as they moving in.

Don’t forget that bathrooms and Kitchens can be enhanced with a little design inspiration. Be it steel baths or chrome pipe work, it can turn a plain bathroom into a feature bathroom. For Kitchens, preparation is again crucial and we recommend that you start with our planning a kitchen project as this will get you off to a good start.

This section is a collection of our projects that are related to interiors and should give you ideas about design features, hints and tips for decorating and painting and how to go about adding the finishing touches that will make your house home.

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