How to make a shutter shelf

Dollar Store Bathroom Shelf & Towel Bar

I have been making so many projects being at home so much. I’m using up all the supplies I have on hand so it’s really made me think what I can do with what I have and today I made this super cute bathroom shelf. I think you’ll love it! Let’s get started...

DIY Peg Board Shelf

Who else has been seeing these super cool, modern peg board shelves all over the place???? I have been waiting for the perfect spot to put some and I finally got it. There are a lot of great tutorials out there, but this was my take on the shelves. You can head to instagram.com/frommhouselove and check out my story highlights to watch my whole process of making these shelves.

TOPIARY TIME

Are you a topiary fan? I am. I've never had one, I am always looking in the stores and the ones that fit my budget don't appeal to me. I love preserved boxwood but not faux boxwood. Moss ones? Yes.

No Sew Ruffle Bed Skirt, Cottage Bedroom, Bleach Dropcloth

Learn how to easily create your own no sew bed skirt with drop cloth. This bleached drop cloth bed skirt is budget friendly and customizable!

Clay Pot Gnome Garden

In my quest to make my garden pretty this year, I have a bunch of fun projects I want to complete. I am taking you all with me on my garden decorating journey! I made the Garden Stepping Stones, and the Garden Flower Stake. They came out so cute! Today we are going to make a super cute clay pot garden gnome.Follow along and make one for your yard too!

The Old Sign Shutter Shelf That Saved My Home

The best day ever was when my neighbour paid me a visit... to inform me he was knocking over his old fence, and did I want the wood? That poor man... I sprinted past him, running down the road faster than my own two feet! (old wood vs chocolate? I can't tell the difference) So this weekend I was giddy to make something cool with it. I painted up the wood planks to look like a chopped up crate, added a couple of old shutters, and ended up with the cutest old sign shutter shelf in the land. This little shelf came at a really good time. I had been feeling kinda 'meh' about my home, but this one, new project really brightened up my outlook...

MINI WINDOW SHUTTER SHELF

My sister was helping our brother clean out his garage. She came across these two dusty window shutters and started to put them in the donate box but decided to put them aside for me. I'm so glad she kept them for me. There is something about shutters, old doors and windows I love. I guess because you can repurpose them in so many ways. They sat in my livingroom for about a month and then my basement. I was deciding what I would make with them. Well I got one of them out today to do a project. I got on Hometalk & Pinterest for inspiration. Wow what a big selection of choices of projects using shutters. Then I came across this shutter turned shelf for sale. I was shocked when I seen the price $58.50 plus S&H. I knew this was the project for me. What was great about it was it wouldn't cost me a dime!

Use an Old Shutter for a Table Runner

About three years ago I found some green shutters at a garage sale with the intentions of decorating my home with them. Ever bring a piece home and just kind of feel like you hit a wall? You know you had good intentions when purchasing the item, right? Or was my inner hoarder coming out when I saw how cute and inexpensive they were? {did I just admit that I am a hoarder, shhh don’t tell my hubby!} With that said days turned into months and here I am three years later with the perfect use of my shutters- hallelujah! I will spare you the time that it took me to figure out a cute and original idea that I actually liked. After all we have all see the shutter headboard, the shutter mail carrier, the shutter shelf- but none seemed to scream make me! Until now….Original Blog Post

Solar Light Cleaning Hack

So if you have solar lights, then no doubt at some point and time they developed that white hazy film over the panel. I have tried several hacks, the toothpaste, WD40, vinegar, nail polish remover...you get my drift. Some worked temporarily, others not at all. I finally found a product that works with little effort.

Update Your Terracotta Pots!

Terracotta is beautiful on its own, but add some huge cord and a bow and you got something better!

Easy Window Transformation

Ya’ll! I didn’t think some black spray paint could make a girl so happy, but man! I LOVE the way my windows look now!! All it took was some tape and a can of black spray paint! Taping is the worst part because I’m so impatient and just want to get going to the fun stuff - just me? All of the prep work is worth it in the end but I always want to rush through it so that I can move on to the real part of the project!

How to Hide a Laundry Utility Tub Sink

We've all seen 'em, the boring white plastic sinks. Why not dress it up with inexpensive wood lath for a cool, hip look?

How to Propagate Pothos in Water

Looking for ways to grow your indoor garden on a budget? Propagating plants is the easiest way to grow your garden for free! Learn how to propagate pothos in water with these 7 easy steps.Pothos is one of the easiest houseplants to grow and care for.They are low maintenance, resilient, can tolerate different levels of light, boosts the mood, and purifies the air.But did you also know that they are super easy to propagate in water?It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of easy-care houseplants.My plants grew so much while summering outdoors.So it’s time to clean them up and cut some of them back.But what to do with the cuttings?I’m going to grow more plants!

How to Propagate and Plant a New Pothos Plant

The other day my mom gave me some Pothos stems that she had recently propagated. If you don’t know what propagating is, it’s when you grow new plants from an already established plant. This is done by cutting of one of the stems and placing it in a jar of water until it grows roots. Once the roots have sprouted you can then plant it and grow a whole new plant.This is such a cost effective way to fill your home with beautiful live plants, and is also a lovely way to share new plants with family and friends. Below I explain the steps that I used to plant and propagate my new Pothos stems.

Growth Chart Ruler DIY

Learn how to create a growth chart ruler to keep track of your child’s growth throughout the years. The perfect keepsake project that the kids can take with them when they grow up! Keep reading for the easy tutorial.

DIY Citronella Candles in Coconut Shells

I hope you’re as excited for the summer as I am! The season has started where we live so I’m sharing my new DIY citronella candles made with coconut shells – to ward off any mosquitos trying to put a damper on your summer nights!I always keep citronella candles on hand to keep the mosquitos away because they seem particularly attracted to my freckles… In the spirit of upcycling, I tried making my own by recycling some containers I salvaged, which turned out to be coconut shells!Find the detailed step-by-step here!

Saving Soap!

As part of our eco mission we ditched bottled hand wash a long time ago in favour of bars of soap. This has been one of the easiest swaps ever, but it does have one drawback. When the soap gets too small to use it means wasting some, they occasionally snap and sometimes they just start looking plain awful after a while (have you ever been in a public loo with a bar of soap that you're convinced would add dirt to your hands rather than remove it? Well, like that but obviously not as bad haha). Here I show a solution to all those problems.

How to Edge a Flower Bed Like a Pro

Upcycled Beehive Birdhouse

How to make an upcycled beehive birdhouse using two plastic containers. I used butter containers, but you can use other plastic containers. This is a fun upcycling project for both kids and adults.

French Vintage Friday – DIY Trumeau Mirror

Happy Friday, friends!!! I hope you all have had a wonderful week! Tomorrow is the first day spring! I’m so excited!!!Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing how I turned a free mirror into a simple trumeau mirror.Here is the mirror that I started with….

DIY Oversized Fabric Covered Cork Board

DIY Olive Tree

I've been eyeing all the faux olive trees that I've seen online lately. I have also been side eyeing the price tags on said olive trees.

Hanging Plant Ladder

You know those inspiration pictures you see and you just have to have it or build it? That was to is project for me. I’m a plant lover and I had the perfect window for several plants but no room to have them. A plant ladder to hang plants off of was the perfect solution. This inspiration picture is everything, especially the dogs!

Star Wreath Dollar Tree DIY

All you need to create this adorable small star wreath is $2 and a few minutes! Keep reading for the easy step-by-step tutorial.

FaBrick Coasters – Upcycled Fabric Scraps

Hanging Rug as Wall Art

Hanging a rug as wall art is an excellent way to cover a large area of wall in your home with a new texture, I love that instead of another hard surface on the wall like framed art it can add some softness to the walls & sometimes in a less expensive way if you aren’t hanging anything precious. I recently found this rug for $5 (at 5 below) & knew I had the perfect place for it…and you can probably already tell it wasn’t going on the ground! I put a plan together to hang this rug as wall art & it worked out so perfectly that I had to share it with y’all because I just love sharing a good DIY ( you can see them all here).

How to Hang a Vintage Dough Bowl!

A girlfriend and I hit up an outdoor flea market near me this weekend in Dover, New Hampshire. Followed up with a lobster roll at Stonewall Kitchen’s flagship store in York, Maine. Aren’t those just the best kind of days? Thrifting with the Gals I’d love to invite you to join me, along with some of the best thrifting gals I know over on Instagram every Wednesday, where we share all our thrifting adventures, and tips and tricks. We also share how we decorated with all of our finds every Thursday of the month here on the blog. So be sure to sign up for my newsletter to follow along.

DIY Lake Themed Patriotic Wreath

An upcycled tire inner tube becomes the perfect foundation for this fun and easy summertime DIY Lake Themed Patriotic Wreath.

How to Make an Easy and Inexpensive Patriotic 4th of July Centerpiece

This oh so Patriotic 4th of July Centerpiece is a wonderful way to give three cheers for the Red, White, and Blue – it’s also super easy to make and cheap!I love almost anything patriotic. I always have for as long as I can remember. I got it from my Dad. He was in the Marine Corps and instilled that love in me from an early age…and I am so thankful to him for that.

What It's Really Like to Stencil a Floor

Stenciling a Floor sounds like a great idea, right? It's easy, super affordable compared to new flooring and relatively durable (if you do it right). What could possibly go wrong?Our house was built in 1997 and as such the tile flooring screams 90's! After scrolling Pinterest (where else are great ideas born?) I decided to take the plunge and paint the bathroom floors. But I wanted to do it the right way, so I purchased the rustoleum kit and supplies. After a week of procrastinating I got my painting clothes on, played Netflix on my phone and went to work.

Upcycled Chicken Feeder Birdfeeder DIY

Couldn’t resist making one more fun piece for my garden before getting on to things I should probably really be doing. 🙂I’d like to attract more birds, and thought a small feeder in the garden would help.An old metal chicken feeder has been hanging in my garage for several years now, so why not put it to use.

Framing a Scarf: a Cheap, Easy DIY With Big Impact

Today we’re talking all about framing a scarf.Not too long ago a reader asked me how to frame a Hermes silk scarf. While I don’t own any Hermes silk scarves, in our conversation I realized that I’ve framed a lot of vintage scarves and I have opinions about how to do it!Vintage scarves can easily become a piece of art in your home that feels fresher than a boring art print.So I’ll show you a couple different strategies for framing a scarf all involving mounting your scarf onto fabric, and I’ll give you my best tips for where to find great scarves.Learning how to frame a scarf is seriously one of the easiest DIY projects you will attempt. Even better, it’s the one project that anyone who comes into your home is going to comment on every time.So dig through your vintage scarves, find a gem, and let’s do this.First, let’s answer a couple questions.

Anthro Inspired Painted Pillow Case

I love the look of Anthropologie textiles but unless they are giving them away, they’re not in my budget. So as usual I created my own dupe!!

Upcycling Gazebo Frames for the Garden

One of my favorite things to do when I go north to my mom's house is to visit the local dump. My hometown small dump separates all of the stuff brought into the dump in piles and has a big storage container for used furniture, household items and books. It's open to the public and I'm on a first name basis with the dump manager! On my last visit home I found two gazebo frames calling my name. With the help of my sister we loaded them and took them home. I already had a plan for this find.

Farmhouse Wall Hanging

I stage furniture a lot. So sometimes I need to think of inexpensive wall decorations with items I already have.

How to Make a Slat Wall DIY Shoe Rack in 5 Simple Steps

Today you’re going to learn how to make a super simple DIY shoe rack using a popular slat wall effect. Keep reading to find out how to make this slat wall DIY shoe rack to display your favorite pairs of shoes.I’m just going to say it. My master closet is a DUMP!Clothes are everywhere. Shoes are everywhere. And there are piles of randomness lurking under each hanging rack.My closet is a sizeable 10’x7′, which I’m extremely thankful for, however, it has become an awful habit to toss things every which way and simply close the door.I knew it was time for a change.