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How to sew a Ruffle Flower Pillow
Ok, the New Year is here and I’ve got my resolution in place: set small goals and write down how I am going to work toward them daily. So often I get overwhelmed when I’m looking at the big...
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How to cut plywood with a circular saw video
Ok Mel, here it is!! I had one request for the cutting plywood with a circular saw video so I edited it last night and uploaded it to You Tube. I have it on the setting that only lets you see it with...
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DIY Geometric Painting
I’m not big on store bought art for my walls. If I do purchase something, I like for it to come from a person and not a machine–or at least have some meaning if it comes from a machine. We have...
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How to make a camera bag insert for a purse
I discovered, as I was completing my teaching degree in recent years, that one of the state standards for Ohio’s school children is teaching them the difference between a “want” and a “need”. Many...
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DIY Ruler Growth Chart
My nephew turned one last July, and his mommy had discovered that generally, by the time you get to child #2, you have all the toys you will ever need without getting more! And she had recently...
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Scrap wood heart collage
I’m getting closer and closer to having ONE room in this house that is completely and truly done!!!! I can’t wait for that day Pip is really liking her desk hutch, but the project I am writing about...
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Quick Tip {Painting walls and furniture}
When we built our house we decided that we would do all the interior painting to save some dollars…but then decided we would paint all the walls and ceilings and hire out the trim. That was a very wise...
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Living Room Built-In {post 4: Coping Base Moulding}
I have attempted to cope moulding in past projects with limited success, so I was a little leery of how well it would go this time. It was one of the things I was determined to learn because I would...
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Quick Tip {Painter’s tape as a third hand}
I’m just not sure why evolution hasn’t stepped in and fixed the problem of only having two hands. Every mother certainly needs more than two. I mean come on–why does an octopus get eight??!! I have...
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Board & Batten {post 6} Angle cut at the baseboard
Hi all! I had a recent question in the comments from Kelly asking for close up photos of how the batten meets the baseboard when I posted my Laundry Room board and batten project. Since it was awhile...
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Today’s Project
It’s a beautiful day for painting! We just had a shed built in the last few weeks and decided to paint it ourselves to save some money. I love the look of our Woodshed, as the Hubs has taken to...
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Dining Room/ Home Office {How to make a hanging file drawer with a Dremel}
I love hanging files, so when turning the Dining room into a Home Office space, hanging file drawers were a must. I played around with my own design and measured existing file drawers in our house to...
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