How to Repurpose an Old Knife Block Do you ever walk by something at the thrift store and your brain says, “Whooooa, hold up–I can make something with THAT!!” Well, that’s what happened when I stopped by the thrift store and walked past this section of knife blocks and inspiration hit. I’ve got a great idea for a DIY knife… View Post
I hate following with what everyone has been doing this week: posting their top 10 projects and posts of 2017. Yeah, it’s fun to recap the popular posts that have done well in 2017, but the truth is that bloggers have a dirty little secret: most of our best posts aren’t even posts we wrote this year. You read that… View Post
Watch This Project: DIY Picture Frames With a Miter Box As much as I love power tools, I do realize that not everyone who reads this blog has them, which is why I wanted to put together a tutorial on how to make picture frames with a miter box instead. And what’s awesome is that you can literally frame anything… View Post
Something’s gotten in to me. It’s called the “woodworking bug.” Ever since I built a DIY bathroom vanity from scratch, I’ve been enthralled with wanting to learn more about wood. I started out years ago as simply a furniture painter–finding stuff at the thrift store and wanting to get rid of “that ugly wood” without really understanding wood and what… View Post
Hands down, the easiest furniture paint I’ve used for painting my pieces of thrift store furniture finds has been Beyond Paint, including this china cabinet makeover in a pretty “Nantucket” blue! I scored this awesome china cabinet for a measly $40 at the thrift store. I know, right?? But I was >>THISCLOSE<< to walking away from it because if you’ve followed… View Post
I’m not even going to pretend like this post should be titled “How to Put Up Crown Molding Like a Pro.” Pros don’t have gaps. Pros don’t use special gadgets to make sure their cuts aren’t jacked up. And pros aren’t mislead by big box hardware stores into buying the wrong caulking to fill those gaps (ahem…cough). In fact, if you’ve never done this… View Post