10 DIY Furniture Projects for Beginners
If you’re looking to add some new pieces to your current decor, but don’t have the budget for big-box stores, make your own with these 10 DIY furniture projects for beginners. My formal carpentry training consists of wood shop in grades 7 and 8 – and while that is two years of pretty intensive hands-on […]
Classroom Coat Rack
*This post contains affiliate links and sponsored materials. Are your (or have your) kids ever been in a portable? Those boxes that make up classrooms outside of the school building? Miss Madison was in a portable last year, and this year it’s Chloë’s turn to enjoy the cozy atmosphere (find a silver lining folks) – […]
Caring for your bar stools
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Simple, rustic wood frames
One of my Christmas gifts this year (or last year I guess) were some laser-cut wood letters from a small company called Details 2 Enjoy. I wanted to purchase their pre-made signs, but shipping from the US to Canada ended up being more than the signs themselves, so I opted for a smaller shipping package, […]
DIY wood lanterns
Looking for an easy tutorial on making DIY wood lanterns? You can check out my blog post on rustic lanterns here; or you can follow the tutorial from The Stonybrook House and make these adorable white ones from scrap wood. I won’t steal her thunder any more than to say I made these DIY wood lanterns […]
Laundry drying rack
As a continuation of my laundry battles, dilemmas and infatuations I decided that I would build myself a laundry drying rack for those items that need to “lay flat to dry”. I don’t wear a lot of delicates being a DIYer, but my ENJO cloths cannot be dried in the dryer, so each week I […]
Scrapwood drawer organizer
Have you seen the gorgeous desk organizer that Jen Woodhouse made? Absolute perfection – the bar for the greatest drawer organizer has been set, and set HIGH. I looked into purchasing the plastic divider strips that she recommended but they were too tall to fit my shallow desk drawer. If I wanted my desk to […]