3 DIY Projects To Spruce Up Your Student Space

Brighten up the back-to-school season with these colourful DIY projects for your study space.

Feeling like your study space needs a bit of colour? Here's how you can easily spruce up three IKEA finds:

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Heat Trivets As Colourful Cork Boards

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Materials required:
HEAT trivets

Paint

Paintbrushes

Paint tape

Drop cloth/paper to paint on

Instructions:

1. Gather HEAT trivets and choose paint colours.

2. Tape HEAT trivets in design of your choice.

3. Paint the HEAT trivets in desired colours. Once the painted side has dried, move the tape over to the other side and paint.

4. Tape HEAT trivets to the wall and use thumbtacks to hang pictures, jewelry, and reminder notes.

Painted MOPPE Drawers

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Materials required:

MOPPE drawer set

White paint

3 additional colours of paint for pattern

Paint roller

Paint tray

3 paintbrushes (or one brush per however many colours of paint there are)

Paint tape

Drop cloth/paper to paint on

Instructions:

1. Set up MOPPE drawers on table with drop sheet.

2. Remove all drawers and paint the exterior of the unit white.

3. Tape the drawers in desired pattern and paint them.

4. Remove tape once dry and move to other side to paint the rest of the pattern.

5. Once dry, remove all tape and move MOPPE drawers into the desired location and fill with any desired items.

Personal RÅSKOG Cart

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Materials required:
1 RÅSKOG utility cart

Set of sticker letters

Paint tape

Measuring tape

Magnets

Instructions:

1. Measure the tray to find the middle and mark it with paint tape and a pen.

2. Put a piece of paint tape straight across the bottom of the tray. This will be used as a guide to put the letters on straight.

3. Lay out stickers in the arrangement desired. Measure to find the middle and use the middle of the phrase matched with the middle of the cart.

4. Working from the middle out and apply each sticker to the tray above the paint tape. Repeat steps 2–4 on the next tray down.

5. Remove all of the paint tape. The phrase should be centered and straight.

6. Add magnets and fill cart with desired items.