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Chelsea @ Making Home Base

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I'm a wife, stay home mama, and blogger. I love all things crafty and DIY. After moving 5 times in 6 years, I am having fun decorating our new home!


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Split Stump Side Table

Transform any stump into an awesome outdoor side table!
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Shayna @ The Wood Grain C... Delta, CO
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West Elm Knock Off Wall Art

When I came across this fabric scrap wall art on West Elm's website I knew it was something I could DIY to suit my taste! For a fraction of the cost I created a fun knock off version that will look great in my Master Bedroom.

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Chelsea @ Making Home Base San Diego, CA on May 03, 2013
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New Spring Pillows!

I just about to move, and didn't want to put much money or time into spring decorating in my current house, but new spring pillows were a must. See how I made them as inexpensively as possible with some fun, new fabric!

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Vintage Ruler Box

I found a vintage ruler from a business on my childhood street. Then we made it functional by turning it into a desktop box for sticky notes and binder clips. Check it out on the blog.
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Denise On A Whim Lowell, MI
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DIY Chalk Paint Side Table and Tutorial

Want to update an old piece of furniture with paint you already own? You can turn it into homemade 'chalk' paint with this simple recipe. See the recipe and tutorial "Mellow Yellow: DIY Chalk Paint Side Table" at http://thehappyhousie.com/?p=1578
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  • A simple Spring vignette ... on the lookout for a narrow basket or trunk for underneath the table and *then* it will be complete!
  • A cute ship from Home Goods takes center stage. 1
  • IKEA has some of the best faux plants!
  • HomeGoods is my "go to" place for buying awesome products and reasonable prices!
  • I'm one of those "what's on the left needs to be on the right" decorators!  If left unbalanced, my OCD self loses sleep! 1
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A Simple Vignette

A new vignette in our great room created using my OCD self-inflicted decorating rules!
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Adventures in Decorating Little River, SC
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Milk Crate Herb Garden

I love vintage metal baskets of any kind--locker baskets, milk crates, etc. I nab them whenever I see them. I remember putting my towel and pool stuff in a locker basket each day at the pool when I was growing up. {Remember those silver/galvanized?, metal pool pins you had to have to get into the pool? They had a little number on them. Love those, too. I sometimes kept mine on my towel-and it would leave rust spots by the end of the summer.} ...»

This past weekend I pulled out one of my Flavo-Rich metal milk crates and filled it with a mini herb garden. I love it-and it adds some fun character to a hole I had in the garden. Nestled right in with the ballerina roses and gardenia.

#OutdoorProject #diy #Gardening #Repurposeingandupcycling #BeforeandAfter

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  • Last summer my husband and I planted our first garden, a compact container garden between our driveway and house. 1
  • You can imagine how upset we were when something started eating our produce before we had a chance to.
  • My mother said it might be slugs and to get rid of them by getting them drunk.  All you do is to fill small plastic containers with beer.  Don't worry.  The slugs will drink any kind.
  • Right before dark, dig small holes and position the containers so that they are even with the soil.  Then fill them with beer.  The slugs are attracted to the sweetness of it.  They will crawl in to have a drink, and then they drown.
  • I got over 50 slugs in each container, and I only needed to do this two nights.  Then they were completely gone.  I knew that if other slugs appeared, I could repeat the process. 2
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Did the Slugs/Snails Enjoy Eating Up Your Garden Last Summer?

Here's a simple and environmentally friendly way to get rid of them, and you probably have it in your frig right now. It's simple - beer. You have to use it in a special way. See how here: http://the2seasons.com/2012/06/05/lets-get-d...

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  • Reach for the sky peas! That trellis is sturdy enough to hold you all.
  • Start by placing a row of bamboo stakes solidly in the ground. Weave another length of bamboo back and forth between the stakes. Repeat with another stake but alternating the weave.
  • Keep going until you have a complete and very sturdy trellis.
  • Train your plants up through the first few poles and then let them do their thing from there...these peas know what to do!
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Making a Woven Trellis

It couldn't be easier to make a sturdy yet stylish trellis for peas, beans, or other climbing plants. This project uses just one material and takes very little effort and time. What could ...»
be better?! More information on how to choose the proper sizes and shapes for your plants in the full tutorial: http://gardentherapy.ca/woven-bamboo-trellis...

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Stephanie @ Garden Therapy Canada
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