Showing posts with label DIY & Home Projects.
DIY’ing My Mudroom: Our garage enters into our basement “mudroom”.It is a very small “room”. I would call it more a hallway with a collection of doors leading to several other areas of the house.After finishing the laundry room (doors on the far right side of of picture above), I wanted to do something in… Continue reading Basement Mudroom – DIY
Building a Laundry Room Pantry Our laundry room was lacking storage. We have a pretty big room designated just for laundry, but the only thing in there was a utility sink, an old fridge and the washer and dryer. So I decided I needed to build some shelves. I wanted to use the corner… Continue reading Laundry Room Makeover – Part 4: Pantry
Materials: An old coffee table (Craigslist or hand me down) 2″ Foam Batting (thicker is better) Staple gun 1/2″ plywood cut to size (Home Depot or Lowes can make your cuts for free) Spray Glue Fabric Sander Primer Paint Most upholstered coffee tables wrap the foam/batting/fabric around the entire top of the coffee table and… Continue reading DIY Upholstered Ottoman from an Old Coffee Table – A Tutorial
I decided my basement entry needed some inspiration! After scouring online for something fun and not finding anything that I absolutely loved, I decided to try and make my own. So, here is my free printable! It is inspired by Albert Einstein’s quote: “I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious”.… Continue reading “Be Passionately Curious” – Free Printable
When trying to maximize the space in our laundry room I decided I wanted to separate our washer and dryer and add a counter to go between the two appliances. Previously, our washer and dryer were side by side leaving the space to the left of the dryer open and wasted. After building this very… Continue reading Laundry Room Makeover Part 5 – MORE Counter Space
An Afternoon DIY – Framed ChalkboardPhoto taken by Paul Lorei Make your very own chalkboard with only a few supplies. Items needed: Frame Plywood cut to size Black spray paint primer Chalkboard paint (I used Krylon spray paint) Chalk Screws (slightly longer than width of plywood) Drill Drill bit Picture hanger hardware Long thin piece… Continue reading DIY Framed Chalkboard
After making my “Be Passionately Curious” printable, I decided I needed another. I wanted something for the other wall in the basement entry (for above my hooks). It hasn’t been hung there yet because I need to get a 3M sticky hanger for the wall (it is concrete and much easier to just put… Continue reading “Be Uncommon Today” – Free Printable
Installing New/Old Cabinets Above the Washer and Dryer Anyone remember this? This was our kitchen when we bought our house. See those cabinets on the upper right corner of the picture? We took those out (along with some others) and they got moved to the basement. Now that we have finally started getting around to the… Continue reading Laundry Room Makeover – Pt 3: Installing new/old Cabinets
One of my good friends, Kim, showed me how she transformed an old cedar chest into a file cabinet! Brilliant! We have one file drawer in our house that is filled to the brim – we have files from old taxes, old houses, adoption papers, etc. So, when redesigning our office into a reading room… Continue reading Cedar Chest File Cabinet Ottoman
Laundry Room Makeover – Part 1: Updated Utility Sink I have been working on transforming my laundry room into a place that is more organized and therefore a better place to work in. Our laundry room is actually quite large (for a laundry room), but it is in a dark basement. On top of that… Continue reading Laundry Room Makeover – Updated Utility Sink – Creating More Countertop Space
