Category Archive for "DIY Tips"

DIY Shadowbox Mirror

Here is how we created a maple shadow box mirror for the powder room. Originally we sourced the Ikea Molger mirror, but in real life the shadowbox was much too deep, and would not only block the faucet, but also jut into the room too far. This is what we made instead:...

Cool Projects, DIY, DIY Tips, Powder Room

November 10, 2014

Kristen

bathroom, decor, diy, mirror, shadowbox

Half a power outage?

Saturday evening we were sitting in the dining room painting things and chit chatting when El Granto decided to go upstairs and grab something. He found the light "burnt out" to our master bedroom then proceeded to find the upstairs hall, bathroom, staircase and livingroom lights out as well. Our cable and tv were out,...

DIY Tips, Misc

September 9, 2013

Kristen

blackout, hydro, outage, problem

Concrete Countertop Test Run

I really want to build concrete countertops for my kitchen. My laminate counters suck, and the coffee bar is curremtly covered in a $20 wood shelf from Home Depot. I had a bag of concrete hanging around the garage (don't you?!) and decided it was high time to put all my researching to the test and...

Cool Projects, DIY, DIY Tips, Kitchen

August 14, 2013

Kristen

concrete, concrete countertop, countertop, diy, kitchen

Make Your Own Custom Table

I know you're probably all "tabled-out" with my table talk last week, but I just wanted to give you all some ideas for creating your own dining table. As you know, we made a new top for our pipe leg table. It was easy peasy. Three boards, some supports,...

Decor, DIY, DIY Tips

July 22, 2013

Kristen

diy, table

Quick no Plan Project: Beer Can Carrier

Last weekend while Kristen was sanding a new project and I had little to do. Sure I could have helped. But why not whip together a quick project while she did all the boring work? I have seen many beer/can carriers on the internet and decided to give it a try myself. I started by measuring a...

Cool Projects, DIY, DIY Tips, Friday Libation, Woodworking

July 10, 2013

El Granto

beer, beer tote, carrier, diy, drink and be happy, home made, scraps, woodworking

Update Chairs w/ Spray Paint + The Best Paint News Ever!

We re-used our old dining chairs when we made our DIY iron & wood dining table. As you can see below, it's not ideal. The chairs don't "match" the table, yet they're not different enough to pair well with the table. Why didn't we get new chairs? Chairs are expensive! I wanted pretty metal Navy...

Cool Projects, DIY, DIY Tips

June 10, 2013

Kristen

chair, dining room, refinishing, spray paint

Essential Tools for the DIY Beginner

Recently I was fortunate enough to receive an invite to a DIY 101 seminar put on in conjunction with Rambling Renovators and Home Depot. It was a super fun event where we got to learn about gardening, tools and spray painting with the Home Depot pros. I...

DIY Tips, Tools

May 31, 2013

Kristen

diy, tips, tools

Installing Ikea Kitchen Hardware

We needed to add hardware to the coffee bar that matches the rest of the kitchen. We found the hardware easily enough. The previous owners bought everything for the kitchen at Ikea, so its been super easy to add new cabinets etc. When we picked up the new...

DIY Tips, Kitchen

March 20, 2013

Kristen

cabinet, hardware, ikea, kitchen

DIY Tips – Fill Them Holes

***UPDATE! THESE DO NOT WORK WITH BILLY BOOKCASES*** So you know how Ikea (or any prefab) cabinets & bookcases have all those shelf holes for allowing you to move your shelves around willy nilly? They're super useful, but they leave unsightly dark holes that clearly give your shelving unit away as not being custom built. I...

DIY Tips, Kitchen, Office

March 12, 2013

Kristen

bookcase, cabinets, diy tips, fill, ikea, kitchen, shelf, shelf holes

Dumpster Diving

What did you do this weekend? I spent my Sunday morning dumpster diving. (more…)...

Backyard, DIY Tips

March 4, 2013

Kristen

backyard, brick, patio

Category Archives: DIY Tips

DIY Shadowbox Mirror

Half a power outage?

Concrete Countertop Test Run

Make Your Own Custom Table

Quick no Plan Project: Beer Can Carrier

Update Chairs w/ Spray Paint + The Best Paint News Ever!

Essential Tools for the DIY Beginner

Installing Ikea Kitchen Hardware

DIY Tips – Fill Them Holes

Dumpster Diving

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