DIY Life

Impatient for those golden and red leaves to start falling? Make this Whimsical Autumn Leaves Windcatcher while you wait. Easy enough for kids to do with help. You supply colorful fabric leaves and beads and let them have at it. – Centsational Girl

Pasted with vintage maps, any object becomes a unique and eye-catching collectable. A chic headboard or a stack of antique books. How about paper butterflies crafted from old music score sheets? A collection of photos to inspire you. – Bromeliad Living

The Young House Love bloggers are working hard on a sleek nursery design for blogger John's sister's house. The emphasis is a decidedly non-prissy nursery, with nary an iota of pastel pink or blue in sight. Instead, contemporary lines and colors rule ... all on a tight budget. – Young House Love

Take tired stuffed toys and give them a new life as hand puppets. If you have basic sewing skills and tools, you can do this. I promise you, the whole family will be playing with these cuties. – Infarrantly Creative

Love the vintage domestic look of these fabric covered clothes hangers. No, they're not padded so they won't prevent the dreaded "shoulder nipple," but they are truly adorable. You can use actual vintage or vintage-look fabrics for this one. – Design Sponge

Speaking of vintage style ... stencil your walls. Get the vintage-chic look of wallpaper without the extreme hassles of unraveling paper and mixing buckets of glue. – Whitewall & Co.

Compulsive organizer? Not sure? Find your organizational style with this fun quiz! – Shelter Pop

Sleek and stylish, this amazing coffee table is a homemade job. Really. Visit the blog and see how it was done step-by-step. – Chez Larsson

Like unconventional exteriors? I'm really loving this photo assortment of creative ways to display house numbers. Jumbled up. Painted on flowerpots. Cute. – Urban Nest