The Best DIY Websites for Making All Your Projects Come to Life

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Other than keeping a houseplant alive and well, the instant satisfaction from completing a DIY project can't be beat. While you may get a little instant gratification from purchasing a new side table or having floors installed, it's not the same as stepping back and looking at the masterpiece you created all on your own—whether it's painted wood furniture or shelving you hung yourself. To supplement those bursts of creative energy and willingness to try something new, it's smart to have a few handy online DIY resources in your back pocket. Not only will these top-notch DIY websites give you an endless number of ideas, but they'll also provide you with the tips and tricks needed to successfully complete a new project.

So before you jump in head-first, look to the experts on budget home remodeling tips, decor, and crafts to keep you on track and in the know. Below, a list of the 12 best DIY websites, so you'll never be without inspiration—or much-needed step-by-step instructions—ever again.

The aptly named DIY network is a hub for all types of projects for your home, both decorative and reparative. You can browse by things like room, topic, and skill, but if you're unsure of where to start, there are plenty of inspirational roundups to sift through. To begin your foray into endless DIY projects, check out this bathtub tray that triples as a towel rack and a piece of wall art.

Featuring endless DIY roundups, Brit + Co. has fun, colorful projects to add extra personality and spunk to your home. You can learn how to paint modern art-inspired pumpkins for Halloween, find the perfect dupe for your favorite piece of Anthropologie decor, or make a bright matte pink wall shelf for organizing your desk or vanity in the chicest way possible.

For the happiest, most colorful crafts, look no further than Damask Love. The site, run by Amber Kemp-Gerstel, has every project you never knew you needed in your life from neon nutcracker tic-tac-toe boards for the holidays to mini, pineapple-covered picnic tables.

The same place you buy your caulk guns and plumbers you can find an assortment of fabulous home DIY projects. The Home Depot's blog section offers pointers for things like installations and renovations, but also has quite a few style-forward projects, often for things you wouldn't think of like adding decorative molding to your bathtub. 

Interior designer, and founder of the site, Brittany Watson Jepsen has an eye for style and carefully curates the projects added to her site. If you're pleased by aesthetics, the projects on this site, like the paper DIY begonia or Bauhaus-inspired sculpture, will be right up your alley.

You'll find your classic terrarium DIYs and handmade gift tutorials on DIY Projects, but you'll also come across a unique selection of instructions for things like dehumidifiers and pool noodle tea lights.

Ever wondered how to make an aqueduct planter or perhaps a remote control lawn mower? Maybe not, but those are two of the many wildly creative DIYs you can find on Instructables. These along with free plans and more basic tutorials make this site worth scrolling through.

While Lifehacker isn't solely DIYs and home projects, it offers a lot of hacks and tricks for everyday life that you shouldn't miss out on. Plus, there are a wide range of projects no one can get enough of: IKEA hacks, because who doesn't want to DIY their own arcade cabinet?

It goes without saying that some of the tutorials featured on Make: Projects are a bit… out there, but nevertheless there are still a variety of fascinating and helpful DIYs to choose from. You can learn how to build a DIY window and door alarm system or a brick pizza oven, but if you want to build a spherical droid, you can do that, too.

Another site where the name says it all, you can scan instructions for fixing a hole in the wall yourself and or find plans to design your own coffee table on Do It Yourself. Among the many larger projects, you'll find neat little tutorials that'll put the finishing touches on and around your house, like DIY porcelain coasters for your living room.

The projects featured on Vintage Revivals range from heavy duty installations to small art projects, but what they all have in common is major style. You can learn how to turn a gate into a trellis or even DIY a platform couch for your outdoor rooms.

You'll be hard pressed to find a site with a more diverse range of DIYS. Remodelaholic features plans for fire pits, instructions for installing a wood ceiling, a tutorial on installing a WiFi-controlled thermostat, and a step-by-step lessons on painting a welcome mat. There's not much you can't learn how to do from these pages.

(Re-edited from a post originally published: 7.13.11 – JL)

Source: apartmenttherapy.com