House-shaped candle holder

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Make these Scandinavian-inspired wooden houses (to hold flameless candles) with a few scraps of wood and a bit of glue. I love Scandinavian decor – ESPECIALLY come winter when every image is hygge (“a Danish word used when acknowledging a feeling or moment as cozy, charming or special.”)  I love scrolling through Instagram and seeing […]

DIY Jersey Case

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Save hundreds of dollars by building your own DIY jersey display case to show off your favourite team, sport and/or player. Easy building plans here. My Dad is a guy’s guy; he’s beer and football, dirty jokes and good times and his house is a man-cave…. which is fine and wonderful, but hanging his collection […]

DIY Wall Shelf with Hooks

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This DIY wall shelf with hooks was made entirely from scrap wood so my only expenditure was for the hooks themselves.  You can make your own in less than an hour! How were your Thanksgiving/Black Friday festivities?  I hope everyone had a fun family weekend? As a general rule, I prefer to do my Holiday […]

Wood Reindeer

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This fun DIY reindeer head can be made from wood or cardboard and can be decorated to fit your decor. *This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.  Please see affiliate disclosure in the sidebar. We went away skiing last March and rented a cabin with an old stone fireplace.  Above the fireplace was this […]

Make your own pet food stand

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Instead of spending a ton of money buying a raised pet feeder, make your own pet food stand with a few pieces of scrap wood! Most of the projects on this blog stem from a problem. Most times the problem is that I’m too broke to purchase the items I want lol. The problem I […]

Wooden Christmas Trees

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All you need to create these festive and rustic wooden Christmas trees is some scrap wood and a jig saw! I was at HomeSense the other week – which is my SAHMom version of a luxury vacation – and I was snapping photos here and there of projects that I wanted to buy, but knew […]

Low bookcase for my staircase landing

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Build this long, low bookcase in a day and use it as a room divider, to sit under a window or as extra storage on your staircase landing. Good morning! I’m working with Jen Woodhouse again (woot, woot!), where she draws up amazing plans and I do my best to execute them.  This month we’re […]