How to Build a DIY Train Table
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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Woodworking
DIY Train Table Plan
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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How to Trim a Window
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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How to Build a Leaning Door Shelf (Without a Door!)
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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Leaning Door Shelf
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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How to Build Bedroom Storage Towers
Several weeks back, I posted plans for the storage towers I intended to build for our oldest son’s room. As I mentioned before, these were inspired by a bedroom set from Pottery Barn, but we added some of our own details to make them unique. I finally got them built and installed in the room,
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Easy DIY Poster Frames
We recently needed three 18×24 poster frames for some LEGO wall art in our oldest son’s bedroom. We were surprised to find that they can be a little on the spendy side, coming in at around $12-20 a piece. That’s pretty steep, considering that we only had about $7 into the 3 posters we were
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Kitchen or Dining Room Storage Cabinet
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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DIY Bookcase Upcycle
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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