Make Your Own Outdoor Clock
Summer means backyard playdates, lazy afternoons and late-sunset evenings. If you have to keep track of time, make your outdoor clock a piece of garden art. Bring in the colours of your patio furniture, or paint a rainbow and make counting the minutes bright and cheerful. Supplies: One, 1” x 6” x 6’ (2.5cm x […]
Hockey Storage from a Pallet
Looking for an easy, inexpensive but WOW gift for Father’s Day? One you can complete this week? One that will make his eyes light up? My friend Serena had planned to make a hockey storage rack for her hubs (brilliant!) We found this solid-faced pallet and she was done…. Clearly we are not as close of […]
DIY Branch Table
This DIY branch table post came about because my Step-Dad did some extensive pruning in their backyard. I can’t remember if he asked me if I could use the branches, or if I saw them and asked him for them – but I had this branch table from Brent Comber pinned as a wish-list project […]
DIY Plant Stands
If you want to add height, dimension and movement to your porch, patio or deck – you’ll want to include some plant stands to elevate and create interest in your plantings. You could buy several different sized pots and group them, or you could take your existing planters (of any height) and build a DIY […]
DIY Pool Towel Rack
If this isn’t the easiest DIY you do this year, I don’t know what is. In fact, I might be over-stating when I even title it DIY because this DIY pool towel rack is really just a matter of paint and hooks. You may remember the last DIY pool towel rack I made a couple/few […]
Farmhouse Gallery Wall
It’s done! Happy dance, happy dance! I quoted this project at “it’ll only take me about three hours”… oops, business mistake #1. This is the wall we were looking to mimic: This was the plan I came up with to keep the feel, but change out the names: THIS is the finished product: This farmhouse […]
How to Make Wood Frames
Step 3 – time to make wood frames for our farmhouse gallery wall! I’ll show you the easiest frames first, mainly because they’re so easy; Line up a 1×2″ piece of wood against the top of the picture you want framed. Mark your cut lines and cut two the same size. Now, with your picture […]