Balancing creativity and planning in DIY project design is important. Here’s how to do it:

1. Planning:

   • Spend about 30% of your time coming up with fun ideas.
   • Use the other 70% to carefully plan how you will make your project.

2. Design Principles:

   • Functionality: Most successful projects (80%) are made to solve a specific problem.
   • Aesthetics: Around 90% of people remember how a project looks.

3. Flexibility:

   • Many DIY fans (65%) change their original plans based on what materials they can find and what the project needs.

4. Evaluation:

   • Getting feedback helps a lot. More than 70% of creators say that advice from others improves their designs.

Finding the right balance between creativity and structure helps you create amazing and useful DIY projects!