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...]
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...]
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...]
Rustic Barnwood Twin Bed Plan
Late last summer my Dad called me up and told me that they are leveling Remo's barn. (Each section of the family farm is named after whomever they acquired it from over the years, Lee Halls, Ray's, Henry's, Neeley's, Remo's, etc that's how we roll :-) ) Remo's was a sizable area with a little farm yard on it. He had built a big hay barn back in his day, but over the years it … [Read more...]
Bracket Frame Pattern
Does anyone else suffer from a case of the procrastinations? Me, Me, Me, I do! Luckily this blog is helping me actually finish projects :-) My friend bought this cute vinyl cut out on a group dealz of sorts oh maybe 2 years ago (from StyleWithVinyl). She thought it would be so cute in her daughters room. The vinyl is a chalkboard/dry erase vinyl, so awesome for a … [Read more...]
Whimsical Birdhouse
Oh I am so excited for Spring! Nothing says Spring like hearing the birds chirp, keeping the windows and doors open because the temperature is perfect, the blossoms on the trees, and everything turning green again. Ahh how I love Spring. A fun way to celebrate spring is to build a birdhouse with the kiddies. I've made a pattern for a fun little whimsical birdhouse. … [Read more...]
Entertainment Center (PB media center plan) Doors
This is final part (part 5) in our PB media center build! Wahoo, we are making doors. We first built the TV Console, Cabinets & Toy Storage, Bookshelves and Bridge. We have a few options with our doors. In the PB magazine, they used inset doors. Inset doors are flush with the face frame. Overlay doors stand out from the face frame. I made the media center with inset … [Read more...]
Entertainment Center (PB media center plan) Bridge
This is part 4 of the PB media center build. We first built the TV Console, Cabinets & Toy Drawers, then the Bookshelves for the PB media center. Now we will tackle the bridge. … [Read more...]