Our New Advent Calendar…an upcycled drying rack
DIY Upcycled Advent Calendar I’m participating in such a fun blog hop today hosted by Hometalk.com and CountryLiving.com. Be sure…
No-Hammer, No-Nails Gallery Wall Tips
An easy gallery wall tutorial that lets you skip the hammer and nails. Three years ago we finished our wainscoting…
How to Mill Lumber at Home
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Rockler Woodworking. This has special significance to me because of the…
The Real Scoop on Chalkboard Walls
Welcome to the room that we never talk about. My daughter is very sensitive about changes to her personal space….
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…dress up your table with freebies
Hosting Thanksgiving or a dinner party this season? I’m jealous! We travel during the holidays, so hosting won’t be on…
Restoration Hardware Coffee Table Knock-Off
Build this gorgeous Restoration Hardware Monastery table using our plans and legs from Osborne Wood Products. We were sent these…
How we “fixed” falling drywall tape…
How to DIY Hand Hewn Wood Beams (and make them look authentically old) I’m convinced that we live in a house…
Making old art beautiful again…
Affiliate links included throughout this post. Today I’m going to show you how I repurposed old 1960’s reproduction art into…
Fall Home Tour
Happy Labor Day! First off, one of my favorite bloggers precedes me on this tour, so I’d like to thank…
Printable: “Autumn is a second spring…”
I love fonts, especially old typewriter fonts. I knew I wanted a quote about fall…but I also like the idea…
Our Deck, Before & After
If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you will notice that some of our DIY projects have slowwwwwly evolved….
DIY: Potting Bench Woodworking Plans
DIY Potting Bench Total Cost = approximately $75Time to Make: 1 Day We love our potting bench which doubles as…
60+ Chalkboard Art & Furniture Transfer Projects
How To Create Your Own Chalkboard Art & Furniture Transfers Do you want to make beautiful chalkboard art but you’re…
DIY Vintage Crates with Labels
Time sure is a-flying’…Memorial Day weekend marked our 10th anniversary in this house! I promise, this post does include a…
Summer Home Tour
If you’ve stopped by from Life on Virginia Street and this is your first time here, welcome! I’m so excited…
Our Garage Woodshop Progress
Garage Woodshop – from upcycled materials The perfect distraction from finishing my ever-growing list of to-dos? Craigslist Introducing our new “salvaged”…
Industrial Family Room – REVEAL!
For this challenge, Mark and I chose to update the most abused room in our house – our family room. Here…
DIY Industrial End Tables
This post contains affiliate links and is sponsored by DIY Cartel – a supplier of industrial pipefitting materials. A few…
$40 Restoration Hardware Vintage Map Art
Today I’ll show you how I made my own large-scale Restoration-Hardware map wall art using a downloadable copy of the…
You can MAKE your own trim!
Here is a quick tutorial that saved us around $100 in precut trim. We’re making wood trim from scratch… For…