Ever since i saw a pic of something similar about 2 years ago, i have wanted to make an embroidery hoop wall somewhere in my house. It was one of those pics that i gasped when i saw it – i loved the idea that much! If you follow me on Facebook, you will know that last week i finally started my little project :) (check out my growing collection of old watering cans, cant get enough of those!) I love the mismatched fabrics and the fun colors – plus its unique and you can bring in colors and fabrics that will match your home. And the fabrics can easily be changed out. You could even add in fabrics for different holidays/seasons. I waited for a while before finally doing my wall because i really wanted to hang curtain panels on all the windows on my back wall to soften [...]
My table re-do with new wood top!!
Oh – you guys, i am SO excited to show you my transformed table! I love it so much and after wanting to make the change for a couple years, am so glad i finally did it! It was a fairly easy re-do with a big impact, i dont know why i waited so long! Anyways – its done now :) This is the last pic i took of my table. It was a good decent table that wasnt exactly cheap so i just didnt want to get rid of it, plus i really like the lines of the chairs. But what i hated so much besides it being black, was the table top. It had all these lines in it to mimic wood planks and trying to keep it clean (on top of being black) was a nightmare. Plus the black was so heavy and just didnt flow with [...]
Tips for removing peeling veneer
Im sure lots of you already know this, and it may seem pretty self explanatory. But, when i started working on this vanity and removing the veneer i thought maybe i might have a couple tricks that some of you may not know. ………………….. Lets take this antique vanity that i just finished up. We found it outside and obviously it had been out in the elements for a bit. Overall it was in good shape, but the veneer on the tops was peeling up. 1st – did you know that under that peeling veneer is good wood! Just because the veneer is peeling, doesnt mean that the furniture is trash or cant be fixed. a. If the veneer is in good enough shape, you could glue it back down. Even if it has small gaps or some pieces missing and you plan on painting, glue it down [...]
{Christmas 2012 Mantle} – with ornament wreath tutorial
I know that ornament wreaths are nothing new. I remember when i first saw one about 3 years ago (i cant remember the 1st one i saw) – i knew that i had to have one. SO, i stockpiled ornaments for almost 3 years. Every time i went to goodwill the 1st place i went was the Christmas isle and i looked for and took all the vintage ornaments i could get. I think i ended up using about 40 boxes of ornaments! This wreath is huge! Like 3 ft wide huge! I knew i wanted my wreath huge and i wanted it mostly in pastel colors – no traditional christmas colors for me. I was able to find lots of vintage ornaments but i did have to mix in some new ornaments as well because the wreath is so big and i needed lots!! So this year i finally [...]
{DIY Lintel Molding} – so easy!!
For the entrance into our “casino” room, we wanted the molding to be a little more grand. We added the lights to each side of the door, but still needed something more to make that entrance a little more special. I’ve always wanted to add molding to the doorways upstairs, so this was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. We love the way it turned out and it was so, so easy. It seriously only took about 20 minutes per side + painting time. …………………… Luckily, all of the moldings in our house are the flat 1×6′s, so that makes it easier for so many of the projects that we do such as adding bead board to a room, or the board and batten treatments, and now this style of door molding. If you do have the decorative molding, just google image search “lintel molding” and you will see [...]
{How to easily customize builder cabinets}
We have pretty much wrapped up the bathroom finishing, so now we are focusing on the basement kitchen/bar. Before we started on this process, we had a couple bids for custom cabinets. Super pricey for just the 6 cabinets that we needed. We did a little measuring and it turned out that all of our cabinets were actually stock cabinets and we could easily purchase them @ home depot or lowes (we ended up going with home depot). I did have to paint the cabinets to get the color that i wanted, but it was worth it to save the $1000. I will work on a post to show the before/after of the cabinets. There are of course lots of ways to easily customize builder cabinets and one of the easiest is to add molding. In this case, we decided to add base molding instead of a traditional toe kick. [...]
{Antique Dresser turned Bathroom Vanity} – and bathroom sneak peak!!
The last month has been pure craziness around here!! We have been working non stop in the basement, just trying to get everything done. Lots of late nights and early mornings. The kids have been totally neglected and the rest of the house has gone to hell. I am just ready for all the building and painting to be done so i can get to the fun stuff – furniture and decorating!! ……………………… We have gotten the bathroom about 95% done. There is still a little trim work, some caulking and a little painting to be finished up and then we can call this bathroom done. Ive had a vision for this bathroom since we moved in almost 6 years ago, and although we made a few changes to our original plans, it turned out exactly how i wanted it too. Something i knew that i wanted in there right [...]
{My cutest table EVER!!}- old door turned coffee table
> I posted about a year ago, this awesome door that I got and didn’t know what I was going to do with it. Well, it has been in every room of my house waiting for inspiration to strike. I could think of tons of uses for the door – but nothing that would work for my house. I really didn’t want to cut up the door – but I love the door so much that by making it a coffee table for the room that I am in everyday – made sense. And I love the character that the table brings to the room – its perfection Before… And after…I basically just cut about 32 in off one end, cut that in half for the legs and put the rest on for the table top. I love its simplistic rustic yuminess. And the color – so perfect. I cant [...]
{Repurposed Headboard/Footboard}
> I have seen tons of headboards turned benches out there and its been on my to-do list for about a year now. I finally got around to it and I think it turned out pretty cute :) This is not a detailed tutorial – but you will get the gist. I think that you just have to play around with it because every headboard/footboard is built different and this can be done all different ways. Just make it up as you go along – that’s what I ALWAYS do!!! Before…I used the headboard and footboard The headboard wasn’t altered at all – just the footboard. The footboard was used for the arm rests on my bench. I could of also used the footboard for under the seat if I wanted a different look – it just would have a closed bottom and no arm rests – both ways would [...]
{Ana-White plans}
> A few weeks Ana from Ana-White (formerly Knock-Off Wood) contacted me and asked me what i thought about her drawing up some plans for my washer/dryer pedestal. How could i not be excited?!? Her site is awesome and being featured on there is very cool and quite an honor :) If you haven’t visited Ana-White then you need too, right away! Especially if your in the mood to build something with your bare hands! She has tons of cute furniture plans that she puts on her site for everyone to use for free. You can find all sorts of plans there – beds, dressers, tv consoles, kids play stuff, islands – seriously everything and anything you could think of. She is awesome – go visit her and then build something :) Anyways, she drew up the plans for my washer/dryer pedestal and posted all the directions for building, [...]
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