Category: tutorials
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HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS FOR GIFTS
**Tonight is the last night to enter to win the Holiday Gift Basket! Go here to enter!** I love making Christmas ornaments and always try to add a couple new ones to my tree each year. These were pretty quick and so easy to personalize. I cut some scrap wood about 3 inches x 4 inches…
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HOW TO PAINT YOUR KITCHEN CABINETS WHITE
I have always loved white kitchen cabinets. When we were looking for houses, I really wanted to find one that already had white cabinets. I just knew it would be a pain to paint them and then you always have to worry about chipping paint, etc. But we had no luck finding one with white…
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KITCHEN FLOATING SHELVES
I just love the show Fixer Upper and dream to have my kitchen look like Joanna Gaines kitchen. I still have some work to do, and I don’t live in a farmhouse…. so I may never get there…. but I already used an antique hutch as a kitchen island (see here), and so my next step…
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FINDING THE PERFECT DARK HARDWOOD FLOORS
Before we moved in, I knew I wanted to refinish the hardwood floors. We sanded and stained our floors in our old house-you can see evidence here. We did it once, and that’s enough to know that we won’t do it again 🙂 I just didn’t like having our house in disarray for so long…
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FIREPLACE MAKEOVER WITH BARN DOOR
This fireplace is one of my favorite things in my house. I totally revamped it and just love how it turned out. It was just a generic fireplace like all the other ones in houses built 10 years ago, but now it is totally unique to our house. I want to walk through some of…
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{diy} HAIRPIN LEG SIDE TABLE
I love these hairpin leg tables. I’m kind of obsessed with the industrial look right now. It’s a juggle for me because I really like to feel cozy at home, but I also love the industrial look (which can seem cold because of all the metal). So I have been trying to balance the metal with…
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TODDLER HAREM PANTS
My little Elly loves wearing leggings. I made her some leggings in the past, but this time I wanted to make her some harem pants. I love the knit fabric from Fabricworm it is so soft and perfect for little kids. Materials needed: 1 yard knit fabric (with some stretch) I used this fabric Elastic…
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DIY TEEPEE
Have you guys seen these adorable teepees online? I just love them! I decided to try and make one, I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to make and would definitely be cheaper than buying one. It cost about $50 when all was said and done. I couldn’t find a tutorial that was exactly what…
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SWEATSHIRT UPCYCLE
The other day while I was at the store, I found these plain Hanes sweatshirts for $1. At first I thought, huh that’s funny you can buy that for just $1 and then I thought, hey, I could buy that for $1! And I was pretty sure I could find a use for it and if not,…