A contest for DIYers

Nothing gets me motivated like a contest does.

Let me rephrase that:

Nothing gets me motivated like the chance at winning a prize does.

The good folks at Apartment Therapy recently announced their annual Do It Now: The February Jumpstart Project.

To enter, you must complete a small home improvement project—the kind of thing that can be tackled in a weekend or two. There are five categories:

-Kitchen (recover your cookbooks in coordinating fabric? build a system for organizing mail and keys?)

-Children’s rooms (create a wall mural? build a homework station?)

-Home decor (paint a bureau and replace its hardware?)

-Home office and tech projects (hmmm … I can’t think of a single idea for this category. What does that say about me?)

-Green home improvement (make a coffee table from a secondhand door?)

Need some inspiration? Here’s a link to last year’s entries . The photo above was created by the blogger at Flipt and was one of last year’s finalists. You can learn how to recreate the project here or get inspired by Flipt’s other repurposing projects here .

Six people will win $250 gift certificates to Etsy . The deadline is Feb. 23. Get on it!

Photo courtesy of Apartment Therapy .