Answering 10 DIY & DECOR Questions | Tips, Tricks, and More

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This week I'm following up with 10 hot subscriber questions about DIY and Decor. How do you read a tape measure? What color should I paint my kitchen? It's all here.
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[@Julierue]

Serial Killer metaphors for planning DIY are why we love your channel. 😂❤

[@LaughCryDIY]

It. Is. The. Truth. And. I. Will. Not. Be. Caught. 🔪

[@alicebabler9996]

You are wise! I got answers to some questions I didn't even know I had. You alluded to spending 6 months to create a project, and that is so important to remember. We are used to seeing content creators finish an awesome project in one episode. The reality is that it takes time and patience to create something beautiful.

[@LaughCryDIY]

Absolutely. That’s the hardest thing about my channel. I remember one project (my midcentury credenza restoration) took 9 weekends.

[@thepeacefulprof]

Yay!! Thank you for answering my question, Katy. I’m determined to face my fears (and laziness…) and paint my cabinets.

[@LaughCryDIY]

Baguette and I truly believe you can do it. ❤️🙏🐈

[@musictheorywithmalia]

Thank you for answering my IKEA question!!! I love the faux front option for the Alex drawers and the arch for my Billy bookcases! I also really like the contact paper option. Thank you thank you thank you, Katy!!! Of course I'll send you pics of the after! xoxoxo

[@CeeLeeLEMT]

I contact papered my IKEA desk (the top and keyboard 'drawer') at least ten years ago and it did last - and I'm sure the contact paper quality is even better now.

[@musictheorywithmalia]

@@CeeLeeLEMT good to know!!!!

[@LaughCryDIY]

Love to hear this

[@Lullalies]

18:05 - I placed a dead butterfly I found in my garden over a flower magazine photo and framed it.

[@LaughCryDIY]

Ooh I dig!

[@bethwatkins6163]

AITA for not remembering to send Katie a photo of my kitchen so she didn't have to mock it up? Yes. Is Katie a paint whisperer for nailing the colors and mocking it up perfectly? Also yes.

[@shamikab1385]

Yes, we just might be. Every week I'm like wtf am I waiting for?! Every. Damn. Week 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@shamikab1385]

Yes, we just might be. Every week I'm like wtf am I waiting for?! Every. Damn. Week 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@LaughCryDIY]

Haha. You painted such a good picture, I could see it in my head. I love these challenges. Also got me down a rabbit hole of gorgeous vintage kitchen ads.

[@LaughCryDIY]

Hahaha

[@lindaroyal8161]

Trays are our "friends"! And.....shut up on the tape measure. I can't believe I'm old, really f'n old (73) and did not know tape measures came with ALL the little lines marked, in between the inch marks. Where the hell have I been, that I did not know this or didn't pay attention when it was announced somewhere in my life! I have to go to Lowe's next week, guess what I'll be checking out! I've always said, there should be a class in school that teaches basic "stuff" and how to read a tape measure should be part of that class. Cabinet door hardware - Excellent tip, really appreciate this one. Kitchen revamp in my future. These were all great tips & suggestions.

[@LaughCryDIY]

Yep! Hardcore carpenter’s tape measures have ‘em marked because those fellas can’t waste their time on that nonsense. Haha. And, yes, I agree. A life skills class is very important. I’ll never forget getting my first car, but not knowing how to fill up the gas tank because nobody covered that in driver’s ed. ❤️

[@dianeguy7452]

So happy I found ur channel!!! At 65 I’m still creative and decorating ❤

[@LaughCryDIY]

I love to hear it! It never stops.

[@shamikab1385]

Sooooo basically, you're a DIY & decor genius? I mean....we knew that, but now you're just rubbing it in our faces 😂. This was all such good information!! And shout out to the babe (or dude babe) with the witchy/pagan question. I have all of my "stuff" tucked away behind a curtain. I have so many style preferences and struggle so bad with incorporating them all without making my home look like a circus.

[@LaughCryDIY]

I 100% feel you on that. It’s always a challenge with eclectic taste, but I do believe you can make it all work. I love a circus house over a boring museum house 😂

[@jadestone8552]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all these topics

[@LaughCryDIY]

Super fun to answer these.

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

Thank you for this, you give really unique advice and finding refrences photos which are spot on..Regarding white melamin desks: I put a cheap recycled cork yoga matt cut to size on mine (basically an off brand flexispot) and waxed it for protection (with some wood wax which i already had on hand). Now im not virtually freezing looking into that white void and its basically a giant mousepad. Also, tested the waxed surface basically everyday with milkcoffee spills and it works totally fine.

[@LaughCryDIY]

OK, another great tip you’re casually dropping. I love that you’re my remote DIY lab (aka the Germany office). Haha.

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

@@LaughCryDIY hhh laugh cry diy german lab. I like it :-) But actually I ve been inspired by how you covered your friends flexispot in contact paper. Because I always wondered how to cover these rounded edges? I tried the heat method on another, less curvy, thiner desk and it barely worked. Still some wrinkles.And then I watched your office makeover where you just didnt! You just covered the top and not the edges! And that opened up a world of possibilites!

[@LaughCryDIY]

@@KarMa-ws3llsometimes laziness is the best policy!

[@kimberlybenedict]

YOU ARE STILL MY FAVORITE KZbinR! ❤ I just love all of your videos and especially these question and answer sessions!! I could comment on every single thing you said! You are so wise beyond your years! I love all of your advice and ideas! Plus you had me rolling on the floor so many times... especially when you mentioned out running the cops... I laughed so hard my coffee came out my nose!! YOU'RE THE BEST KATY!!!! ❣️🥰❣️

[@LaughCryDIY]

You keep me going! It makes me happy to help people, and add in a few jokes along the way (even if Baguette is indifferent to it).

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

Damn, i had to drink my first coffee without you this saturday morning 🤣Just kidding. Good things are worth waiting for. :-)😁

[@LaughCryDIY]

It was taking so long to upload for some dumb reason!

[@kateshawk5141]

Enjoyed the variety!

[@LaughCryDIY]

Its was super fun to answer

[@dianeguy7452]

You’re watching my diy’s lol. Hot glue does not always hold lol

[@LaughCryDIY]

Story of life. Haha. I’m telling you. Gorilla hot glue almost holds too well, as it can be really tough to peel off if you need to start over.

[@dianeguy7452]

@@LaughCryDIY Ty! Never thought of it. I’m not a person who makes holiday crafts from the dollar tree brings them to the flea market to sell but the berries and leaves for life before I get there lol.

[@tinalundy7858]

Hey Katy you are such a fresh honest human my absolute favorite keep it coming girl!!!

[@LaughCryDIY]

Thanks so much 😘 Happy to share my real and honest knowledge.

[@melaniepeters4744]

So many great ideas! Thanks for sharing❤

[@LaughCryDIY]

These were super fun to answer

[@caleighh6]

Great advice! Was so useful, stuff I didn’t even know I wanted to know!

[@LaughCryDIY]

Glad to share! Hope it helps.

[@juliekenny9169]

so glad I'm on the metric system and could completly blank the weird imperial measurement stuff.

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

it seems a little bit insane to me, this imperial system.

[@LaughCryDIY]

I am so glad for you too. Imperial is absolutely insane and doesn’t make any sense.

[@LaughCryDIY]

I agree. It’s pretty ridiculous.

[@sunnyrivers]

Enjoyed this sooo much!

[@LaughCryDIY]

Aw yay. Hope it helps.

[@autumnzellers3855]

You answered my question! Thank you so much!! Loved this video! Excited for more!! ❤⭐️✨🩷

[@LaughCryDIY]

Aw yay. These were so fun to think about.

[@Bonnie-ww7mr]

Always accept your receipts {specially Dollar Twenty Five Store} for returns 🤸🥂🌲

[@LaughCryDIY]

Yep!

[@annamaxflair]

cool ideas

[@LaughCryDIY]

❤️❤️❤️

[@bethwatkins6163]

FIGHT THE SYSTEM! ✊

[@LaughCryDIY]

Always 💪

[@medshell4vr]

Excellent ❤❤❤

[@LaughCryDIY]

❤️🙏

[@saharshams2497]

WOW GREAT IDEAS 😃😃😃😃😃

[@LaughCryDIY]

It was so fun to answer them

[@ericaeschenbacher4921]

😻

[@LaughCryDIY]

🕸️🕸️🕸️

[@ericaeschenbacher4921]

@@LaughCryDIY 👏😸

[@tngirlz4622]

Right on, sister, fight the system! 👏👏👏 Be a rebel who knows how to use power tools. 🔌🧰 You’re so right about a capitalist culture discouraging people from doing things for themselves! I think part of the fear you mentioned comes from the idea that everyone will be able to tell that you DIYd whatever it is, and advertising has taught us that anything DIYd will be - excellent phrase, thank you - janky as hell, and friends, family, random neighbours, passersby in the street, will all laugh at you because you couldn’t afford to buy a ‘good’ one. This is not true. With just a little skill, you can often make the thing better and more suited to your particular needs than you can buy in a store. That being said, call the pros for plumbing and electrical! And gas fitting! 😁

[@LaughCryDIY]

100% to all this (especially plumbing and electrical-I would not mess around). It is also funny how DIY is looked down upon UNLESS the product is “handmade” and priced above average. So, like, only acceptable if it’s expensive?! I read a critique of the idealization of the nuclear family that pointed out that breaking homes up into 4-person units means that every single home on the block needs to buy their own dinner table, lawn mower, etc. No more sharing or community-based activities (like dining). All perfect opportunities to market items made with post-war surplus materials. Anyway, I think of that every time I see an expensive dining table. Lol.

[@tngirlz4622]

@@LaughCryDIY That is fascinating! Canada definitely followed suit with the idealization of the nuclear family. I don’t know about other countries around the globe. Certainly Eastern European countries had multi-generational households as late as the 1980’s. Really interesting to see it from the perspective of more households means more consumer goods sold!