Countertops are one of those things that can creep up on ya and take a big bite out of your project budget fast. These DIY countertop ideas for built in cabinets are creative and easy on your wallet. When I installed the built in cabinetry in my recent office makeover, the one thing I didn’t…
DIY Projects
DIY Built-In Office Cabinets using Stock Wall Cabinets
By far, one of the best things I did when I completed my office makeover was adding in built in office cabinets. They gave me loads more storage – hidden storage! I can just close the cabinet doors on all that clutter! These DIY built-in cabinets were made using stock wall cabinets as base cabinets….
DIY Wall Mounted Drop Down Desk
This project has only been completed for a month or so and I can already confidently say that it is hands-down the Circus’ most favorite thing I’ve ever made her – a wall mounted drop down desk. Y’all, she is at this desk everyday. In fact, before I could even get photos of it, I…
DIY Chippendale Desk
I almost gave up on this idea no less than 10 times. I mulled over tons of different options and ideas for how to build this chippendale desk for weeks. Nearly every idea I came up with seemed to eventually hold up a bright red STOP sign. I would go back to the drawing board….
DIY Clothes Rack and Free Printable Size Dividers for Your Next Yard Sale
Yard sale season is so close, I can almost taste it. Nearly every Friday come spring, the Circus and I will load up and hit all the area yard sales. And then on Saturday morning, we’ll do it again, courtesy of our chauffeur, Grunt Labor. And of course, my friends and I have become quite…
Types of Paint for Cabinets
I get multiple painting questions every week. I thought I had covered most all painting topics with my Complete Guide to Painting Anything, but getting those questions tells me that I haven’t. And that’s totally ok! That’s what I’m here for – to answer as many of your DIY questions as I can or be…
How to Build a Children’s Stage with Hidden Dress-Up Clothes Storage
All I ever wanted to be was either Reba McEntire or Dolly Parton. I mean really, that isn’t too much to ask, is it? I didn’t think so either. When my singing voice never quite caught up with my dreams, I decided I would be ok being a Modern Day Minnie Pearl. I mean, Minnie…
One Stop Workshop: DIY Mobile Workbench + Pegboard Organization
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of True Value. The opinions and text are all mine. As you know, I’ve been on a purge streak lately. I’ve said good riddance to so much clutter in our house that I’m actually a little embarrassed by just how much we had. Quickly followed…
NuCore Flooring: How It’s Holding Up After A Year
Multiple times a week, I get questions about the NuCore flooring we put down throughout the living room, dining room and kitchen in our house. Apparently, it’s become a very popular option in flooring. NuCore is an engineered floor, that looks like hardwood, but is actually a tough top layer of luxury vinyl adhered to a…
Easy DIY Lemonade Stand
This post is sponsored by Velvet Finishes, however all opinions are 100% my own. Affiliate links may be included in this post. Sometimes life doesn’t hand you lemons. Sometimes it hands you an adorable little girl with blonde curls full of personality who also tends to lean on the “hustler” side. She comes by it…
A Diamond In the Rough
Disclosure: This post was sponsored, and paid for, by SunTrust Mortgage. All opinions are my own. When we found the 70’s Landing Pad, it was not perfect…by any stretch. In fact, it was downright ugly inside and out. We weren’t necessarily looking for a new home, but this one was in the perfect location. We…
DIY Kitchen Banquette
Disclosure: This project was in partnership with Behr Paint, however all opinions are 100% my own. Affiliate links may be included in this post. I really like building things. I’m not an expert in it by any means, but I’m pretty good at basic builds. I’ve most definitely mastered the art of those built-in shelves I make,…
How to Make Crystal Magnets
Hopefully you’re not too sick of these crystal projects yet. I have just this one and one more up my sleeve to share with you soon! This is another easy, ten minutes or less total craft for using the faux crystals. Crystal Magnets! Refrigerators deserve to have a little bit of bling in their lives too,…
How to Make a Crystal Lamp Finial
This crystal project might just be my favorite project to come out of the faux crystal tutorial I shared a couple of weeks ago. A crystal lamp finial. You guys know that I’m a big details person and one of my favorite places to add those little wonderful pops of detail is with lamp finials….
DIY Faux Crystal Vase
I’ve got another quick little 10 minute faux crystal project for you today! I really love these little things – they are so pretty and simple to make! This time around, I used one of the faux crystals to embellish a simple vase. You may already have one of these vases lying around! Doesn’t the…
DIY Faux Crystal Knobs
I am a details person. I love little knick-knacks and those small things that make a statement. As a prime example, I have way too many brass lions because I just can’t stand to leave one behind at thrift stores. I think all those little details really help to set a space apart and even…
How To Make Faux Crystals
This has been one of those projects I’ve had in the back of my mind for a year. A freakin’ year. That’s how long I’ve had the idea and supplies. And I did try it a year ago, but it didn’t work out the first time around, so I put it to the side. Finally,…
DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting
One of my favorite things in our recent half-bath remodel are the walls – the glorious black and wood stained paneled walls. Grunt Labor and I came up with this idea when we first started brainstorming ideas for the bathroom and they turned out even better than we thought. If you have never done any…
Eight Ways to Extend the Life of Your HVAC Unit + Free Air Filters
Disclosure: This post was in partnership with FilterEasy, however all opinions and references to potentially having to run around in your undies because your A/C unit went out are 100% mine. Affiliate links included in this post. **Don’t miss out on the free air filters! Be sure to see #2! If you read my post about…
Three Things That Could Cut Your Electric Bill In Half
Affiliate links included in this post. Ahhh, the joy of renovating a house. Picking out new paint colors, flooring, new bathroom vanities and maybe even some kitchen cabinets. You put your heart, soul and waaaayyy too much thought into finding that perfect shade of gray, deciding what kind of pattern to lay the tile in…
Door Upgrade in a Day
*This post is sponsored by Schlage®, however all opinions and over-thinking of design ideas are 100% mine. I’ve been decorating and DIYing for a little over a decade now and the one thing that still surprises me sometimes is how much impact a simple paint job and a hardware switch can have on a space. Two…
How to Build Wall to Wall Shelves
There’s never enough storage in our homes, right? Use this guide to learn how to build wall to wall shelving that will increase that storage space and maybe even create a little eye candy while doing so. Sweet Lord, it is unbelievable to me how much a person who has been on this earth for…
How to Create an Object and Text Feature Wall
Man, this wall has been nearly a year in the making. When I found out we were moving and started plotting out the Circus’ room, I knew this wall was a must. I really wanted a way to convey the Circus’ unique personality and I think this object and text feature wall was the perfect…
7 Wall Treatments That Aren’t Shiplap
Honesty is the best policy. And in all honesty, I don’t think I could ever lie to you guys anyway even if I wanted to. I’m not a shiplap fan. That’s not a secret around here. It’s not so much that I dislike shiplap itself, I think I dislike more that it’s freakin’ everywhere. Everywhere,…
