DIY projects and tutorials for anything from simple decor projects to more in-depth renovations!
If you aren’t familiar with our latest project, we are working on building a desk in the old closet space for our office remodel. There is some existing shaker cabinets in this space that houses a Murphy Bed and we want to keep those and add new cabinets that match the ones that are already…
If you have been following along on my office makeover, you know that I have been thinking about adding a wood shelf in my desk nook. I have been on the hunt for wooden shelf brackets that I could paint that were charming and cute and my search has come up a little short. I…
Filler strips are an important part of any cabinet project. Even with custom cabinets, there are still places where a filler strip is recommended, such as adjacent to a wall. In our recent office desk build we used a ton of cabinet fillers to make our desk have a built-in look. In this post, I…
Somehow in our house we still seem to have a lot of paper to store, so file cabinet storage is something we need. But have you ever looked for a cute filing cabinet? Cute filing cabinets are not something that seems to exist in the current market. So instead of buying a new file cabinet…
Two holiday seasons ago, our fireplace was brand spanking new and we were in the middle of larger renovations. I set out to create a beautiful Christmas DIY mantel garland and create some beauty among the chaos. I got a lot of questions about how I did it, as I didn’t buy any of the…
Every time I show my bedroom, I get a question or two about the art in there, in particular the grid-style gallery wall with chains. How the heck did I hang that? The answer is, that the wall art is on a picture rail molding. I have used picture rail a few times, so I…
The last few years we have been deep into a renovation in the fall and haven’t done much in terms of seasonal decorating. When my kids were little, we were always very into Halloween décor. I decided to try my hand at a few seasonal crafts and it morphed into a whole Harry Potter-themed Halloween…
I have been crafting up a storm this holiday season working on some DIY Halloween decorations. I made this super creepy wreath and it turned out awesome! I thought I would put together this quick tutorial on how to make a DIY dollar store Halloween wreath. How I did it, as well as a few…
A few years ago I made myself an easy upholstered DIY ottoman for a coffee table to fit inside my U-shaped sectional. At the time, I chose a bold blue Ikat fabric (with a tufted top) to tie into a stencilled accent wall I was creating. A few years later, I painted my basement a…
In my mom’s kitchen refresh, I wanted to give her some updated stools but she didn’t want to spend very much on the upgrade. I found some inexpensive stools from Amazon with one problem – they had an upholstered seat that didn’t really go well with the overall design scheme. That is not a…
