Home decor, recipe, craft, DIY blog.
Hey guys, guess what? I'm famous! OK, not really. But I was on the radio. With Frank Fontana. You know, from Design on a Dime on HGTV? One of the best DIY shows of all time. Yep, it kinda freaked me out a little too. I mean who gets to talk on the phone with [...]
I have been staining a couple of wood projects the last week or so, and I wanted to pass on a little DIY tip for any of you that may find yourself working with wood stain. The reason I am sharing this tip is to prevent you from making the same mistake I did. When [...]
Remember when I wrote about our DIY disaster recessed can to pendant light adventure? After making one more attempt and failing, we decided it was time to hire an electrician. Guess how long it took a professional electrition to do what was supposed to be a 5 minute DIY job of converting recessed cans to [...]
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about using things you love to decorate your home. I mentioned my grandmother's spoon that is on display in my kitchen. Today I'm going to show you how I made the shadowbox that it hangs in. Shadowboxes are a great way to display sentimental items that might [...]
I've been wanting to do the big reveal of our kitchen makeover for weeks. But I haven't been able to. And it's all because of the CURSE! Yes it's true. Our house has a curse. Don't believe me? Let me explain. It all started 15 years ago when we were building our house, and it [...]
We have a cabinet ledge in our family room, which is right next to our kitchen. I removed the doors and painted them with my kitchen cabinets, but the actual cabinet just sat there with its orange oak finish. Mocking me. As soon as I had my kitchen cabinets all finished, I knew I had [...]
I have been meaning to finish this little home decor project for a long time. An embarrasingly LONG time. Last year when I attended the SNAP! Conference, Poppyseed Projects offered a hands on class with some seriously cute wood signs and frames. I was helping a friend clean up from a previous class and I [...]
A couple of years ago I gave my knife block a DIY makeover with some sandpaper, a little bit of paint, and a vinyl decal. It went from plain old ugly stained wood to this: Now that I am re-doing my kitchen decor, I decided my little knife block needed updating. So I busted out [...]
