I’ve showed you a lot of projects lately that have not been finished. Maybe my brain is too overworked, or off base, I’m not really sure. I tend to take my time unless something just comes to me. I showed you how I made the vinyl for this sign yesterday. Remember this font? I think…
I am really loving my Silhouette! I love to do quick and easy projects with it. The software is pretty easy to use and I like that! This is one of my layouts. See all those flourishes? I didn’t need them all, but I like to fill in all of my dead space. The BEWARE…
Last week I showed you how I made some Photo Display Stands. Most people said I should paint the appliques. I have not done that yet. I’ve been too busy making another version. Do YOU love bead board? I do! I had some scraps in the garage, but the bead board was too thin to…
Last year I made these Candlesticks and more. Recently when I freshened up my fireplace I changed up my candlesticks and took out a few of them. The one on the far right (brown) and the one that matches it (white). They’ve been hanging around the living room for a couple of weeks. I was…
Don’t pass up the opportunity to rescue doors form a piece of furniture that is too large to haul! I had the opportunity to curb and entire armoire, but it was TOO big. I settled for a couple of doors and shelves instead. This is one of the doors: Before I sanded (using leaf blower…
I was going to make you guess what this is going to be, but I’m sure it would have been a no-brainer. I curbed two doors last year. Cathy and I came across a huge armoire that was in really good shape. However it was too large and much to heavy to transport. So I…
It’s my birthday! While I was visiting Jamie last week she surprised me with this painting for my birthday! She actually painted it in late 2010 but decided to save it and give it to me for my birthday! I LOVE it! I think she did a great job. I picked up this tray last…
Did you know that you can get free fonts off the internet? I went to dafont.com and chose “new fonts”. Up in the left corner you can see the words Custom preview I typed in the words “Life is good”. That phrase is then shown in each of the fonts below. I also choose to…
I have the cutest frosted vinyl project to share with you today! The Silhouette SD is a fairly simple machine. You can tell by the inside that there aren’t a lot of things that the user needs to do. That little green dial locks in the blade. This is the blade. Only one blade,…
Anyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows I have some favorite items to repurpose. Two of those favorite items are doors and windows. Last fall I made these two repurposed window cupboards for the mother (Mary) of a good blog friend, Missy @ My Cottage Charm. These cupboards have been in my top 10…
Jamie told me that she would love to have some chalkboard speech bubbles for the photo booth at her wedding. I had a lot of scrap luan laying around the garage, and we had temps around 50 one day recently, so I got to work. Scrap plywood pieces I gathered my scraps of wood,…
Do YOU love chalkboard paint as much as I do? I love how it’s so easy to paint any surface and make it a chalkboard. I love any kind of chalkboard, small or large! Surely you have used chalkboard paint too! Materials used: DecoArt (Americana) Chalkboard Paint Foam brush wooden hearts (I got mine from…
How to Paint on Glass Did you know that DecoArt makes a great glossy paint for use on glass? For this project you will need: DecoArt (Americana) Gloss Enamel Some type of glass ( I used a clear plate and a white plate) Alcohol (to clean glass as recommended by DecoArt) Stencils (I used…
Do you have a headboard with bad veneer? My nephew Jimmy dropped this off for me to repair and paint. Isn’t it a beautiful bed? Excuse the blurry picture. It’s the only picture I have that shows how bad the veneer was warped. The veneer was pulling away from the front and the…
Small 4×4 tiles are easy to turn into coasters. Do you remember this box of tiles I got at a yard sale? I decoupaged some small calendars on some of them last year. But today’s project is not about decoupaging. For this project I used: DecoArt (Americana) Gloss Enamels (black) Cutting Edge Stencils…
Do you remember the vintage coffee table makeover? That was a Christmas gift for Jamie, but it wasn’t the only “mom” makeover she got. This base is something that Cathy and I curbed. She had it for about a year, and then said I could have it. I’ve always called it “nubs” because of it’s…
This post will show you how to make a cabinet door repurposed into a tray. This is an easy project, perfect for beginners. Cabinet doors are easily found at your local Habitat for Humanity Re-Store. I get mine in various places and many times for free. I measured and drew my lines for a Harlequin…
Let’s revisit yesterday’s post about building a kitchen island from a desk. I took the desk from jamie’s room. I added a little of this and that. Used some fabulous Gorilla Wood Glue to glue some luan on top of the ugly OSB. Put it all on some casters. I added a little trim here…
I made a kitchen island. It is going to be multipurpose. It is almost bar height. Most of the year it will be my “craft” station in the kitchen, hopefully keeping me a little more organized. This is not a teaser post (like some people I know). The island/bar/craft center is not finished. I hope…
I have had this microwave cart for years. On top is the microwave, in the middle is a convection oven. The bottom was mostly used for junk storage. See, the doors closed, you have no idea how much junk I have! Then I have this tv that has been hanging on the wall since I…
I would like to welcome my new friends who have hopped over from Kim’s place: Kim wrote a very nice feature on me yesterday. She called me the “wood whisperer”. I like that, it has a nice ring to it. Kim has a great blog, be sure you check her out. (AFTER you read…
How to make a toddler bed out of a repurposed door pin it! I showed you the toddler bed made from a door last week, but I didn’t explain any of the particulars. Today I will fill you in. This is the door I started with. I had already applied primer and paint to…
pin it! Featured on: I ripped this old door on my table saw with the help of a neighbor. This was a solid and very heavy door, impossible to handle by myself. After I ripped it I needed to do a little repair on it. Some of the dowels were cut in half….
I had two doors. It wasn’t really planned use a repurposed door to make a toddler bed. I was going to use them to make a book shelf, using one door for the back of the shelf, and the other door ripped vertically for the two sides. Cathy convinced me that it would be too…
World Famous DIY Birdbath Pin it! This project inspired Woman’s Day Magazine to make their own version of a birdbath. This birdbath was also featured in Reloved. One extra large candlestick+ one overpriced pot lid+ some imagination= birdbath! After I found this candlestick at…
Did you know that you can easily change cheap/free thrift finds by simply spray painting? Last week I showed you the glassware that I kept out of the yard sale. The first order of business was to pre-clean them outside in a bucket. I was NOT bringing them into the house with all that nastiness….
Do you remember these frames I had leftover from my yard sale? I’m going to show you easy dry erase ideas for picture frames! Yard Sale Picture Frames Originally I only pulled out a few of the many frames that were left over. I decided it was silly to donate ANY of the frames….
I think we all agree that a chalkboard is one of the best ways to remind yourself of something important. I’ve become quite dependent on the repurposed cabinet door chalkboard I keep in my kitchen. Gather some sample paint colors you love I have been collecting some oops paint. Notice how ugly the tubs are…
It’s been awhile since I’ve featured a repurposed headboard into a bench. Cathy and I made this twin sleigh bed into two benches. You might also want to check out my headboard bench tutorial. This is the headboard. This is the bench we made out of the headboard. We used a 2×4 across the front,…
I’ve wanted a DIY fire hydrant yard ornament for a while now. Louie feels the need to “pee” on everything I display in my yard, my totem, my plant bench, and my plants. I bought these pvc parts at Home Depot. Cathy gave me this large piece of pvc pipe. Here is the pipe after…
Do you remember this shade I got? It was one of the last things I got from Joey’s booth. I showed you this .88 cent lamp recently. Not a fan of the lamp, but I like the base. I spray painted it black. Then I experimented with a spindle, trying to see if I could…
I am revisiting this post because it is timely with school starting this fall. I started with this curbed headboard. I turned it upside down, painted it with chalkboard paint, and added hooks at the bottom. I added a removable memo board for those all important permission slips and snack notes etc. Every good back…
Repurposed GuitarPin it! I don’t remember when I’ve been so excited to show you a project! You know I love a good repurpose, and saving stuff from the garbage. This might be one of my all-time favorites! This clock was a curb find several months ago. I tried to do another project with it using…
I showed you in the Purdy Paint brush review that I painted something black and white. Did you guess what it was? Just a quick reminder of what you last saw. Yes, the wood is a little “rough” but for .51 cents, I can’t be too particular. There on the top is the green paint…
Ho do you make a diy corner cabinet with old plywood? I hope to explain that to you in this tutorial. I started this project in June, but it’s been sitting in the garage waiting for me, while I have been waiting for cooler weather. It was somewhat cooler last week, so I pulled it…
This little side table was a curb find. I wanted to cut it in half to make two tables for beside my bed. I used a jigsaw to cut it. Look at this pitiful spot! It is/WAS my bedroom. This spot had been without baseboard for years. So sad! After I painted my bedroom…
Do you remember this large plant stand/display post I made earlier this summer? I had a little time last week, and couldn’t figure out what I wanted to make, so I decided to make another. This blue one has one square piece on top of the other (at the bottom). I decided to use some…
Yesterday I showed you how to print on drop cloth fabric. Today I’m going to show you how I printed on bead board wallpaper. The sticky label paper I used on the drop cloth is very sticky. I think it would be too sticky for the backing of the wallpaper. This sticky label paper is…
For those of you who do not know, I was given this fence. All I had to do was remove it. The first thing I made from the fence was this rustic Americana flag for our Independence Day. I showed you this rustic shelf I made out of some of the fence pieces. When I…
Free Fence? Make a plant shelf! You remember that I got this stockade fence from my friend Regina last month. I made this DIY Americana flag with some of it, but had quite a bit left over. I cut the boards to the length I wanted and then fastened them together. I decided to use the…
