Welcome back to week three of our One Room Challenge, where we are making over a shared boys bedroom for our two sons. Today I’m going to show you how I prime and paint the custom builtin beds to make them look bright, clean, and seamless. Week 1: The Plan | Week 2: Building Cabinets…
Over the next six weeks Tony and I will creating built-in beds in a shared bedroom for our two sons who are now 7 and 2.5. We chose to do this bedroom as part of the One Room Challenge because our baby is no longer a baby, and it’s time to get him out of…
Here is a tutorial to make a sparkly blue magnet using epoxy resin. For this project, I used sparkly blue stones and decorative white sand, and some glitter. These are perfect for spring and summer because they remind me of the beach and clear blue skies. I’m fairly new to resin crafts, but Environmental Technology Inc…
With Valentine’s day coming up, I thought it would be a fun little craft to make handmade paper gift boxes. This was a great craft to do with the kids to occupy some time, but they also loved it because they came up with some ideas of crafts to make and give away. I’m posting…
Last week I showed Part 1 of this tutorial, how to quilt the front and back pieces of your Christmas stocking. This week I”ll show you how to sew all the pieces together, add a lining, and the cuff. Sew front and back pieces together After you have made your front and back…
Remember as part of my Christmas home tour I showed you a sneak peak of the quilted Christmas stockings I made for the girls? Today I’m going to show you how! Yes I know it’s after Christmas, but this is a great winter project that you can do now and be all prepared for next Christmas.…
January is a great time for setting goals for the year and to make a list of things to accomplish. It feels so satisfying to cross a task off the list when it’s complete. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. When it comes to the house related goals, DIY projects are a combined hobby…
Happy new years eve everyone! Thanks for following along with me this past year. Now that it’s the end of the year I thought it would be a good idea to look back over the last twelve months and do a year in review all the projects Tony and I completed. Sometimes in the daily…
I had a request to make a wood nativity for my sister-in-law’s Willow Tree nativity figurines. I love getting requests and coming up with a design to create something. Here is how I made a DIY wood nativity from some scrap wood I had around the house. You can adapt the design to whatever size…
Today I’m going to show you how I made some easy DIY birch branch candle holders! One Christmas tradition we did growing up was to light some candles and list to the Boney M Christmas cassette while decorating the Christmas tree. This is a tradition that I loved and that we want to continue with…