Hope you enjoy this video! Omg my apologies to Jorge for mispronouncing his name! What was I thinking!? Anyways, please check out all the creator’s channels linked below! 👇
So glad you mentioned it, because I love you both and always cringe when people call him George. He’s an awesome creator, love his style, it’s definitely a lot like yours!
Great list! Personally I really like the Canadian channel DIY Danie, she's been making a big effort to make sure the projects she DIYs are now pieces that you would keep. I like her "Can I make it for cheaper" series, especially the one with the mirrors. Some of the rest take more time and familiarity with wood working, but she shows all of the step-backs and frustrations in the learning process which makes it a lot more accessible. I really loved her angled Forrest green slat wall I saw her do for a nursery, and I feel like I saw a ton of angled slat walls done after her.
Nick, I’m not that interested in DIY because I’m like you, most look cheap and furthermore ain’t nobody got time for that. But I clicked on this video because I always learn something from you, even if it’s from a passing random comment. Also, you always make me lol at least once. You are not only knowledgeable but always hilarious, entertaining and never mean spirited.
THIS! It's so frustrating to see all these channels talking about how 'cheap' it is to DIY something or thrift-flip when they have an obscene amount of expensive tools already!
And the time that goes into the DIY and the time to acquire the skills. And the space you need for the work in progress. If you do things yourself, you should enjoy it. You shouldn't just do it on a whim thinking it is cheaper than buying the stuff. Many things really need dedication.
Well you dont start with 1000's of dollars worth of tools right away. You start with 1 or 2 hand and basic power tools and very small projects. As your skill set improve so too does your collection of tools and your projects become increasingly intricate. I started with a power drill, two power saws and a stack of salvaged fence runners. Made some pretty funny looking coffee tables to start, but the pride of having created something out of nothing was beyond immense and i still love those tables today even though a true master craftsmen would probably fall over laughing at seeing it. From that point on my husband started gifting me tools for birthdays and christmases and my projects always improve. The main driver though is all about the personal satisfaction of accomplishment.
@@whiskybrush3219 I want a table saw soooo badly! But my husband put his foot down lol. It's the only thing he's ever said no to for me (in 30 years!), and he's serious! He thinks I'll saw my fingers off. I have a small chainsaw! You'd think that would bother him, but nope. Only the table saw. But I could do so many things with it. Sigh.
Nick, I can't believe I'm a 72-year-old gramma and I just love all of your ideas and agree with all of your opinions about decorating!! You are so practical but so fresh in your ideas. I wouldn't miss your RU-vid broadcasts, they are so much fun. About the DIY thing, I think a lot of young people just wanted a lot of high-end pieces but couldn't afford them, so they started doing a few things here and there, hoping that it would look pretty good and maybe even pass for high end. An idea like that catches on and pretty soon, EVERYONE thinks it's so cool. But like so many really popular things, it got kind of carried away with itself and now you see all kinds of DIY that is not high-end looking, although it is attractive. AND I've noticed a lot of repetitiveness (is that even a word?) in the DIY community. like, if you glue a bunch of hemp style rope around it, it's suddenly high end. Anyway, just wanted to say hello and that I am tickled to death with your channel!! Sincerely, Kathy Boles
I'm a 73-year-old broad. And I'm BoHo and collecting and anything else that I like. And some of his stuff is hysterical. I do not DIY. Because I can find something funky and make it nice and paint it if I want. But like talking about pool noodles. I didn't even know if those things were until some kid in the neighborhood showed them to me. Just of no interest. But he is so funny you were just gonna love this video
I enjoyed this a lot. I'm from a generation that did most everything for ourselves---sewed curtains, painted walls, reclaimed claw-foot bathtubs, etc. We built a traditional home in the country (because we knew it would sell to city people for a weekend home) and my husband built a mantle and surround for the fireplace out of plywood and trim elements you can buy at the lumberyard. Everyone though we found an antique mantle at an auction. I agree that a lot of the DIY stuff looks cheap, but if you know what you're doing, you can save a lot of money.
Oh my god, how refreshing to hear a youtuber telling their audience to just get over it with the unnecessary commenting about unimportant things! Love it! So many other youtubers that take their two, three minutes to apologizes and put disclaimers, but you just "get over it, ok?" :D Great, keeps my faith in humanity up! :D Oh, and how refreshing, as well, that somebody finally told the truth about so many of those DIY projects, that they more often than not look cheep, simple or just unstylish! THANK YOU! :D
omg I love how you featured an artist who makes similar stuff to the DIYs. I would love more videos where you take an aesthetic or items from like target/ikea and then recommend artists whose original work is in line with that aesthetic who we can support instead!
Love that! Yes check out Jenna! I bumped into her the other day and mentioned that she was featured and she was THRILLED! Love to shout out creators and artists!
Artist here. Thank you, Nick, for supporting our work and getting it out there. It really means the world to us. Love your videos. So many people assume that art made by a professional artist costs millions of dollars and don't even consider shopping for a unique, handmade piece because they think they can't afford it. Which is so sad! There is SO much art out there for all price ranges, and wouldn't people rather support individual artists than hand their money over to some big corporation? As far as the plaster paintings go, I'm not sure what plaster they are using, but if it's typical plaster of Paris, it's not flexible and it shouldn't be applied to a flexible support like a stretched canvas or it will crack eventually. Better to apply it to a panel (thin MDF would work) and then frame the panel. (There's a reason we go to school to learn this stuff!)
I love DIYs that actually just the first steps of a proper trade/skill. You know the type! Make your own art using some very specific steps, make your own furniture using really simple patterns, pillows, embroidery, ect.
I love Nick he just keeps it real about home decor and renovations he makes me laugh because he doesn’t make excuses just honest as hell 😂😂 and I click on so fast because of those reasons❤️
Oh my gosh, NIck! Your sense of humor and cheeky comments always make me laugh out loud!! You truly are a joy to watch and listen to! I hope you are having a wonderful time on your trip and thank you so much for another excellent video! (I'm not much of a DIY'er either. I have zero talent in anything, haha!!)
Everything cheap looks better in photos and RU-vid videos--DIY's for home decor, wish clothing hauls, Instagram fashion influencers, etc. We don't have cameras that capture that cheapness accurately yet
I agree. Nor can cameras catch the beauty of lovely woodgrain or natural stone, or even of oil paintings. A photo/video of painted wood may look prettier than a photo of the same wood with a clear finish, but real life could be the opposite.
As an industrial designer my DIY's are a little bit more involved 😁 I designed many of my own cabinets and my TV stand(definitely a unique piece). I have bold ideas of creating an Arts and Crafts/Art Nouveau inspired moody wallpaper, designing and DIY'ing my own original Tiffany inspired glass light fixture, and my own line of earthenware, so on... I think learning the basic principles of design would improve %90 of DIY's out there.
Where do you recomend getting basic design knowledge? I'm actually designing my bedroom and while I have some architecture background, I'm not a designer nor architect (I will bring it to an actual architect when actually doing it, but yeah). I like bureau desks, 4 post beds (ie aestetic mosquito nets), an oriental style low desk + floorsitting and also hammocks... it looks like a mess just like that, but I did sculped the pieces in clay and made a miniature and it looked quite harmonius, even though I did it based on practicality, playfulness and preference and not actually have any education on it. I would apreciate guidance.
@@sarahhavillamelooliveira5825 somehow my reply to your post disappeared! i dont have any handy quick resources for you but i could take a look and give you critique if you still need it.
@@beseggg Thanks, It's quite unfortunate a mishap happened to my miniatures, but otherwise would love guidance. Even so just naming a few beginners books is already great!
Hello Nick! My name is Lori. You don’t know me at ALL, but I feel like I know you!! I’ve been a big fan of yours for about a year. I rarely comment, but I really felt the need to tonight. It’s really just a “Thank You” for making these videos. You are so awesome! I LOVE your approach to styling all different types of spaces, using all the various styles. You aren’t afraid to break a rule or two, in order to achieve unique looks that inspire me and so many others!! I love your quick wit and your self-deprecating humor!! I have never made it through an entire video of yours without laughing at least once. So…. I felt like the LEAST I can do is to say, “Thank You!!!” You are my “Go-To Guy” for everything from color choices, to “Buy this, NOT that”, and NOW… DIY!! LOL. But seriously, I loved this video, and I hope you incorporate more “DIY’s that I don’t hate!!”, into your video repertoire!! Thank You!! 😁🎵
Yes! Just because it can be made doesn’t mean it should be made. First time I’ve seen someone talk about DIY in this way. So many are made from things that don’t break down and often combine materials so they can’t be recycled and it drives me nuts. But I do love a good DIY that is quality and won’t be thrown in landfill within a year. Thank you for highlighting some good ones ☺️
I have a few of those plaster canvasses in my house . Super easy way to enhance a space. I use Sheetrock 45 to make them. Another plus is I can use that material to patch my walls
I'm really happy to see that you mentioned the textured art. I needed a huge piece above our fireplace when we moved in to our new home and art just wasn't in the budget, so for $100 (canvas, tools, and plaster), I made it myself. While I'm not exactly getting compliments on it, it does the trick, and people are shocked when they hear that I DIYd it.
I don't hate you Nick! Seriously, I love anyone who punctures the pomposity and ridiculousness of our world, wherever it may exist. Bravo. Keep on chooglin. Big smooches.
Hilarious video Nick! I actually wondered if you had had too much coffee for lunch, or had been hitting that bottle on the cabinet behind you, before this shoot. (I did look back at the video from 3 days ago and saw that the bottle had the same amount of beverage in it as it does in today's.) Your DIY is your highly verbal style skills, so don't think that just because your canvas is video, that you aren't an artist. Have a great weekend, and have a drink to celebrate your own talent.
Buying plaster art is super expensive, which is why I love watching people DIY it. I'm going to take a crack at trying it myself because I just can't justify paying $400+ for plaster on a canvas. ETA: we're doing a wood slat wall but I used 1x2s so there's no worrying about cutting a long perfectly straight line. We stained ours in special walnut for warmth, but you can stain or paint them. We're also doing two slat wall closets, like nothing behind the wood slats. Got the inspi when looking at Japandi ideas. It works perfectly for us since we were concerned about ventilation in the closests as we live right next to a body of water and in the Mid-Atlantic, so it can get very humid. Trying to eliminate things, especially linens, from getting sour/musty
Agree that these are all awesome!! Honestly my favorite diys are people making furniture for their pets :) anything store-bought for pets has such a high markup because of how niche the products are, even for things that are relatively simple like cat shelves, a scratching post, or a dog house. You see something like a scratching post that is just wood and carpeting costing upwards of $150, but you know the materials cost more like $30. LOVE to see people making those themselves, with their own pet's needs in mind!
I’m not much a DIYer, but did haul back some cut down tree trunks from a nearby trail to build a hugelkultur from scratch, ie, dig down two feet into the ground in my back garden and fill it with semi decomposed logs, branches, fall leaves, kitchen organic scraps and topsoil. After the winter season, I added more topsoil with manure and it’s ready for planting.
Dear Nick, You do have a right to taste. And a right to believe in art being objective. Cause if people really believed in art being subjective, then they shouldnt be out here telling you, you cant say stuff.
I bought an old Victorian with a nasty kitchen ceiling, so I bought a stencil and covered the ceiling with "copper tin tiles", made with plaster. Backbreaking, but came out beautifully. It was a flip, when the realtor came to see it, she said "Ooooow, were those here when you bought it?" Covered them with oil based copper and aged with a sponge and hints of black and green to age it.
My husband painted a matte black wall in our master bathroom and then we replaced the old mirrors and towel holders with brushed gold finishes. Our Robe hooks, paper holder, and towel rings are Ollie Nickel. I was admittedly hesitant at first, but the room is large and gets a lot of great natural light, it was such a beautiful result.
Hi Nick. I loved this content today! I’m a big proponent of “staying in your lane” and why I would never try any type of DIY. So I don’t look at the creative folks with envy but appreciation for their talent...just let me know where I can buy it🤪thanks for the giggle about the “stripper pole” upgrade. You’re the best Nick. Have a good weekend.
I love DIY's. I'm not much for the artwork type, and i cannot look at a piece of furniture and re-imagine it as something else, but i have furnished most of my home myself with custom built pieces i taught myself how to build over the years. I would never have been able to buy those pieces in a store as those designs do not exist anywhere. But it all started with basic and simple DIY's.
I love the idea of making things but I stick to jewelry, yarn, fabric, candles, and small things involving acrylic paint. Even so, I am overtly critical and seldom happy with my creation. They usually don’t see light of the day. Btw, Nick you are the perfect dinner party guest. Having you doing your monologue would never be boring ;)
We used to have Column covers as part of a large fat TV unit, in the good old days. Every evening we would close the two half’s of the cabinet over the front of of the screen, when the TV went off air about 12 midnight. And no, there was no remote control, it was probably also black and white. But it looked like a piece of furniture !! Now I really am old. ! 🤣
I actually love a lot of DIY's. I totally understand what you mean about there being a lot of situations where they don't make sense though. Besides your point about a lot of them not being sustainable, there's also the major pet peeve of mine where if it costs more to make the DIY than it would to purchase it from a professional or a company, it makes absolutely zero sense to me. HOWEVER in recent years there's seem to be a major increase in quality DIY's out there, a lot more power tools and less hot glue. DIY Danie, in my opinion, does some of the most beautiful and impressive DIY's I've ever seen. She also does a whole series of "can I make it for cheaper?" videos where she recreates beautiful but very expensive pieces for a lot less, and honestly, so most of them turn out SO beautifully. I also think Lone Fox does some great Ikea upgrades specifically, he actually recently did a really beautiful Billy Bookcase makeover with the same basement column cover! I absolutely HATE that plaster art. I'm a big colour person so I think that's a major issue about it for me. 90% of them are white on white... barf.
Loved this video! I’m with you I’m not a DIYe. I saw a meme that said “why spend seven dollars to buy something when you can spend $93 at the craft store to make the same thing!” This is so true.
I like this guy so much! He always makes me laugh, that's why I never miss a video, even if I'm not specially interested in the subject, and I agree, 99.9% of DIY end up looking like kindergarten projects 😧
You know, that girl-whats herpickle! Literally adding this to my vocabulary stat. 😂 Forget “whats-her-name” - “what’s-her-pickle” will be the term I will be using from here on out! 😂 That made my night so much better…I SO needed that laugh! 🫶🏼
LOVE this! I have enjoyed all of your videos since October 2021, when I discovered you as I bought a new house. I'm an artist, and one of my areas is the textured art that some people are DIYing now, (with a different artistic approach). It's cool that people have embraced it. I get inspired by your channel in many ways, and want to thank you for acknowledging that there are diy projects that can be classy! Please, PLEASE keep doing what you're doing.
If you like what Alanna did with the shoe cabinet. You have to check out Lone Fox Architectural Digest bookcase. It's awesome. These were all great suggestions Nick.
I love making things! It feels so good at the end with the final product, and that feeling of accomplishment. Thank you for sharing these beautiful ideas 🤗
A lot of DIYers do it because most people are broke and still want to have nice looking personal spaces. Those slated covers are available at Lowe's as well. And are made to cover those structural support poles that are functional but ugly. They are great because they are cuttable but still on the expensive side. Which brings me to content creator DIYers... They have more money than most people still and can do higher end DIY, which is still under the category of for people that want nicer looking spaces than they can afford. Concrete is great, and I think a lot of what makes DIY stuff seem disposable is that it's light weight. But if placed well, and not meant to be touched or used, so it's simply for a look, it's fine. I don't DIY so I can brag, I DIY because otherwise I live in a low income box with the same type of industrial tile floors you find at Walmart. And I mean the floors of the store itself, not can be bought there. I get that you're being real and I applaud that. Just saying, there are lots of reasons people diy money is the top reason, customized items would probably be second, it doesn't exist out there yet is in the mix, but I've never heard bragging rights on the list till RU-vid content creators started putting it into their videos, and I've been a DIYer since I was like 5 helping up make my grandmother's bespoke cane out of a branch I dragged home from the cemetery I lived near and now have to use the cane myself. The content creator DIY reasoning is still very far removed from the average people decorating their homes.
I love the terry cloth vases- could be tempted- they remind me of papier-mâché I did as a child. The burlap ikea project looked like a dust trap to me.
It's good to remember that in the past, literally everything was DIY. People just lack the passion these days, even if we have more tools, tutorials and time awailable than ever before. However, thumbs up for you looking into something that's completely out of your personal comfort zone!
I love the idea of adding doors to things such as bookcases, shoe racks, other compartment blocks to make what would have been just plain shelves or holes something beautiful that also hides what you want to hide and keeps those items clean at the same time. Thanks Nick and Thank you to all creators!
Love these ones, Nick. I’m thinking instead of a wall of (more) beadboard in my 4’ wide hallway, I may use these shoe units with the slats and stain and shellac them in my warm wood color. It’s a great idea to cover my plaster walls which are already damaged from past wainscoting applications. Love it more because the hall is at my bedroom door and just off the living room where I have no entry and will be putting up a coat rack. Thanks for posting this.
Sometimes it helps to have a backup plan for the item in case your DIY doesn't go as well as planned. For example, I will be attempting to build a console table for the foyer. Or a workbench for the garage, depending on how it turns out. Even ugly things can be useful and not go to waste.
I don't like DIYs in my own home either. I'm very crafty and love doing art but DIY projects in my home feel cheap to me too. Sure, I'll build a holiday display with my kid and leave it out for a few weeks (tops! 😬) but that's about it. One thing I've done out of necessity though that I'm pretty proud of is my 5yo's "trofast" bunk bed. I couldn't find a bunk bed suitable for her and her room size for the life of me and as she's still growing, I wasn't gonna custom order one. It turned out great and everyone's been complementing us on it. It has an intentional Noah's ark vibe, and what with all the solid wood, it doesn't feel (and it wasn't LOL) cheap at all. Thanks, ikeahackers. 😁
Pro-tip for the cabinet doors if you have cats or kids who might easily damage burlap, rattan, or caning... you can head to your local improvement store and get punched metal sheets fairly expensively that would serve the same purpose. You can spray paint them if you want a different color and the patterns available are immense. Everything from classic geometrics to more fanciful or whimsical. We've used these metal panels for several projects in my family because we have cats and cats like to scratch screening. You can also install them on your screened patio doors to prevent scratching as well. You just need tin snips to cut to fit and some sand paper to soften the edges if you don't want to hide them behind some sort of trim.
The "columns" are basement floor support beams, they are very common in my area for cheaper houses from the last 50 years in the basements which are usually also not finished.
I love this. Also, dig all that sas, 'what's your pickle, blog from 2003.' I couldn't agree more. Like calm down internet, they can't expect you to deep dive looking for the original original creator. 🤣♥️
By the way: I keep forgetting to tell you that I like how you get right into the video topic. It keeps me from having to wait to " jump right into it" and gives more time to address the topic and give examples! Thx.
I actually do a tremendous amount of home DIY, but not so much the trendy/crafty stuff. I reupholster my furniture, make custom draperies and Roman shades, refinish wood furniture and am about to redo the kitchen cabinets, 4' of which I built myself 20 years ago. I also love to find unique, thrifted lamps for $2 or $3 that I can redo. I'm getting ready to recover my first lamp shades. My goal is to never have anyone walk into my home and say, "Oh, did you do this yourself?" Thankyou for this video. The basement column cover should find its way onto a project quite soon. Yes, basement columns are "a thing". In the 70's and 80's, it was common to wrap the metal columns with jute rope glued in place.
