Last week I put together a board on Hometalk of some of my favorite unique DIY shelving projects. I had so much fun looking at all of the unique shelving ideas, I probably could have spent all day on it! In case you’re not familiar, Hometalk is a website that allows you to “clip” (kind […]
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What do my wife and Matt Foley, the motivational speaker, have in common? No, she doesn’t live in a van down by the river. But they have both crushed their share of tables.
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If you’ve spent any time on the interwebs lately, you’ve probably noticed that farmhouse tables are kind of a thing. We didn’t really want to miss a ride on that bandwagon, but we don’t need a dining table. What we did need, however, was a new train table for our son. See, his old one
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When we moved into our house, all of the windows were finished with sheetrock returns. They were really boring, so one of the first things we decided to do was get rid of the sheetrock and add white painted trim. I’d never done this before, so I had to learn how to trim a window.
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About a week ago, I promised a look at our brand new shelf, inspired by this one made from a reclaimed door. Jess loved the look, but we didn’t have access to any old doors. So I drew up a plan to build something similar from dimensional lumber. We are both really happy with how
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Jess had her eye on this shelf made from a reclaimed door on Pinterest. (By the way, make sure to follow us if you want to see everything we like on Pinterest!) It’s a pretty cool way to reuse an old door. Problem is, we don’t have any old doors laying around or a place
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We’ve needed some additional storage in our dining room for quite a while. We need something with a drawer for placemats and a cabinet for the kids’ art supplies. The only space for a cabinet is between the refrigerator and the basement door. It’s kind of a tight spot and to make matters even worse
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This week I spend a lot of time giving new life to an old, dark, outdated bookcase. We got this bookcase a few years ago, and although it has been extremely functional, it completely lacked visual appeal. Fortunately, it was really sturdy and provided a great base to work with to create something (sort of
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