Another project built all by myself! It's kind of sad my husband can't help since he has to work so much, we had a lot of fun working together on former furniture. But it's kind of empowering for me to buy, cut, build and finish a piece of furniture all by myself. Going in Home Depot and knowing my way around the lumber...
Our patio is nothing fancy. When we moved, it seemed the previous owners had tried to make it a cage. So for a while we lived like this, and it was OK, but we really didn't use the patio, because it felt small and closed off. So I got out my husband's drill and took off all the vinyl lattice. With the pressure...
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This is really simple, and I debated whether or not it really deserved a post. But here is a super easy, no-brainer project that took 3 minutes. I had a scrap of mat board from this project, and a photo I printed of my mom. I cut the scrap to measure 4.5" x 6.5" to leave 1/4" border all around. I glued the...
This is going on the floating shelf in our dining room. I've always loved this saying: all good things come from the kitchen Growing up, the kitchen was the center of my mom's home, where we ate, laughed, told stories, learned, and just spent time, and we still do when I go home. So for me, the kitchen is the heart of the home, and...
I had a space on my floating shelf in my craft room I needed to store all my huge patterns, mainly toddler backpack patterns. I thought of different ideas, but found this metal file chest at the thrift store for $2.00. I kind of liked the brown, but it was not going to clean up very well, so I had to paint it....
I painted my mantle a while ago, and since then have been slowly adding items. I think I'm at a point I like it. I did take every one's advice and lowered the mirror to sit right on the mantle. A combination of family heirlooms, thrifted, purchased, and made items. I found the blue vase for $2.00 - thrift store. The twigs are...
