Before You Go Stir Crazy, Try These 26 Home Project Ideas
26 Things To Do At Home To Entertain and Distract
1.Sort through your phone photographs. Delete duplicates, bad shots, and what you know you no longer need. Star your favorites, and from those, make a list of the images you want to print and frame.
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2.Make a list of home/decor projects that need to be done and come up with at least 25 action items for your list.
3.Create activity zones. If you like to play games in one area of the home, that’s the game zone. Do you have a reading corner? The quiet reading zone. Where do you like to sit on your laptop? The home office zone.
4.Start Spring Cleaning. Itemize your linen closet, vinyl records, or any other collections you chose to keep, such as jewelry, books, or sports memorabilia. Use the organizational maps to find things later quickly. Also see: Organization on Pinterest
5.Research a creative topic on Pinterest. Want the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe? Need to know how to make a birthday cake for your dog? Thinking about wallpapering? Pinterest is full of ideas on all of these topics, and so much more. See: Organizing Pinterest for Renovations
6.Make a vision board for your home decor ideas. Cover a piece of cardboard with images and words you’ve cut out from old magazines.
7.Browse decorating websites and make a private Pinterest page of images you would like to include in your dream home.
8.Take a nap on new bedding ordered online.
9.Watch Nate & Jeremiah by Design, Sarah Off The Grid, Million Dollar Decorators, Genevieve’s Renovations, Queer Eye, and/or my favorite Project Runway.
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11.Try sudoku on your new dining room table ordered online.
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12.Keep your immune system healthy by exercising . . . on your new elliptical ordered online.
13.Read the Top Design Blogs
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14.Bake something on your new kitchen island.
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15.Create a yoga room in your home.
17. Wash your windows. When was the last time you washed your windows? Can’t remember? Grab the Windex and paper towels, and clean them now.
19.Organize your bookshelves.
20.Start a garden. Even if you don’t have any outdoor space, plant some herbs in an indoor planter. Also, See this and this.
21.Read your favorite books in your new reading chair ordered online.
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22.Online shop. Search for that rug, mirror, shower curtain, or clock you’ve been thinking about getting for months. Search until you find the perfect one; then order it. See: Shop The Look
23.Browse Zillow looking for your dream house. Go big or go home. What happens on your computer stays on your computer.
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24.Order online a slow cooker or instapot to make your life easier.
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25.Stage a photo shoot. Take pictures of something you love, be it food, your apartment, or your dog, then edit and share on Instagram.
26.Get really excited about everything, just for fun
Which of these ideas are you excited to try? Share your thoughts in the comments at the end of this page.
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