Growing up, my Mom always decorated the house to make us feel special on our birthdays! Some of my siblings relished in the birthday festivities, others down played their birthdays. Nevertheless the birthday party table cloth, blow up birthday cake, happy birthday balloons and reusable contact paper stickies adorn the house on birthday morning! What fun things do your … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Americana Door Art
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I love Memorial Day, it gives us a day to celebrate the lives of those that have passed & for those that serve our country. I wanted to add a little more Red, White & Blue to my porch, so I came up with this Americana pallet art. The idea is inspired from a cute stars and stripes pillow that I saw at Pottery Barn and this cute … [Read more...]
Pottery Barn Media Center Building Plans on Remodelaholic
Hi Everyone, today I'm very excited to be sharing my Media Center Plans over on the amazing Remodelaholic site. Go check it out! … [Read more...]
Chevron Twin Bed Plan
This Chevron Twin Bed Plan is based off of the fun Rustic Barnwood bed that I built for my son that used rough cut reclaimed lumber. This chevron twin bed plan uses readily available lumber from the hardware store so anyone can build it. It will be cute stained or painted, antiqued or sleek. If you don't want an entire bed, just the headboard would be a great addition to any … [Read more...]
Travertine Versailles Pattern Tile Tutorial
Want to try something new in your house, practice on your sisters' houses. That seems to be my motto lately :-) The Versailles Tile pattern is my favorite tile pattern. 4 1/2 years ago when we bought an unfinished home, I wanted to install it in our master bath. However I was working full-time, had a brand new baby, and had just sold my current house so I didn't think I'd … [Read more...]
Pinewood Derby Medal
For the last few years, I've cut wood slices to make placement medals for the local nature center's annual Fly with the Flock fun run. This year as I was cutting the wood slices for the fun run, I thought that they would be fun for a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby medal. I volunteer with the local cub scouts, and whipped these up for the boys. I think the boys liked their medals, … [Read more...]