Showing posts with label DIY & Home Projects.
AfterBefore AfterBefore BEFORE and AFTER Painted Light Fixtures When we moved into our home we did a major makeover on it. Of course the work is never done, but we have gotten to a point where we live comfortably in it without feeling like it isn’t ours. Almost every light fixture in the house was… Continue reading Painted Chandeliers / Light Fixtures
After making / diy’ing my Custom Pinch Pleat Curtains, I also wanted a new curtain rod.I knew I could figure a way to make a curtain rod myself without having to buy a new one. So I started searching some of my favorite DIY sights and found this at House of Hepworths.com It provides a detailed account… Continue reading DIY Curtain Rod – How To Make A Long Curtain Rod For Less Than $10
OUR NEW FIREPLACE: DIY Wainscoting, Molding, Trim (or whatever else you want to call it)I posted a while ago that I wanted to paint the built-in shelves that surround my fireplace. When looking at this room from the kitchen, it always appeared so dark because the brick, wood beam and built-ins were darker in color. Before:After:… Continue reading Paneling the Fireplace – diy
I am so excited about this project that I have to post a few pictures now. I will post a full tutorial later because I took several pictures along the way, but for now here are just some Before and lots of After shots! My mother-in law was getting rid of this coffee table. It… Continue reading DIY Upholstered Ottoman
DIY Custom Pinch Pleat CurtainsI recently came across some beautiful fabric and when you find beautiful fabric (that is also on clearance – $4/yard!) you have to find a project for the fabric! I knew it would be the perfect fabric for curtains in Eliana’s room. There were only 5 yards left on the bolt… Continue reading DIY Pinch Pleat Curtains
AFTER:A fold-away wall drying rack made from a baby/dog gate. Spray painted white and repurposed/upcycled as a drying rack! BEFORE:It looked very similar to this type of gate.We had an old gate that we used when our dog was a puppy – we had purchased it for a specific spot in our Florida house and… Continue reading Diy Wall Folding Drying Rack
Painting a Pumpkin – A New Autumn TraditionThis year we decided a painted pumpkin was more appropriate than a carved pumpkin.Eliana wouldn’t have been able to participate as much with carving a pumpkin. This way she enjoyed it and we had fun watching and helping! First we had to pick out our pumpkin. So we… Continue reading Pumpkin Painting
Our homemade, or better yet, “Child Made” wrapping paper looks a little bit like modern art – freeform shapes and lines that intersect in beautiful disarray! It looks a little bit like our Child Made Thank You Cards except we only used red white and green paint for this art project. It is a fun… Continue reading DIY Wrapping Paper
After having countertop space to fold my laundry, I decided I needed shelves to hold laundry baskets of organized laundry piles. They aren’t anything fancy, but I figured I might as well use the space next to the refrigerator. And after finding lime green baskets that would fit there perfectly, I decided it was meant… Continue reading Shelves for Laundry Baskets – diy
Christmas Artwork After taking our painted pumpkin down with our Fall Decorations, we decided we needed some Christmas artwork to replace it. So now we have Eliana’s newest masterpiece on display in our house. It was a fun process. I found a recipe for homemade edible fingerpaint online at: The Imagination Tree – I love… Continue reading Edible Fingerpaint
