Countertop Revamp

Ottoman Reconfigured Into Dust Free Garage Storage

Our garage has mostly open shelving, which is convenient for finding stuff. But I do a lot of sanding out there, so finding places to store things I don’t want to get sanding dust on has been a bit of a challenge. I had been given a free ottoman that I used there, but because our garage is small it always seemed to be in my way! So I decided to use it differently.

You Won’t Believe This Magical Tiny Bathroom Transformation!

The Tiniest of Tiny Bathrooms. A Room that Functions. Clean. Tidy. In Constant Use by a Family of 4.And Oh, So Boring!It’s Time to Change It Up. With a Quick and Easy DIY…BUT, I’m Not the Handiest.What about a Wall Mural??? Oh Boy, Maybe this isn’t a Good Idea.But then I Discovered Photowall and I was Blown Away! Photowall – a Swedish Company that Puts the Wow in Large Scale Murals. The Magic is Real! Photowall!Exquisite Designs and Patterns. From Old World to Edgy. Every Color Palette. Every Genre.Full Disclosure…The Most Difficult Part of this Project is Selecting Your Favorite Design.The Choices are Endless. Many Images Truly Took My Breath Away.I took the Plunge. Found My Design. Measured the Wall. And Placed the Order.Hello Photowall!

Minimalist Table Legs From Flat Bar

Well, as it turns out table legs are expensive!I recently built a table from leftover oak parquet flooring. Having put quite some effort into it, it seemed weird screwing some boring legs to it. That is when I got an idea to try to build minimalist table legs from a flat bar.

Real Looking Faux Marble Countertop Update

I gave my shabby counters a beautiful realistic faux marble update.

Marble Countertop Hack: How to Tile Over Laminate Countertop

I've always had big dreams of walking into this massive kitchen, the size of my living room, with these gorgeous carrara marble countertops. Marble countertops are about as classic and luxurious as it gets in my eyes. Unfortunately, I haven't won the lottery yet so I had to improvise and work withing my budget and my space. Here is how I transformed the old dated and dingy laminate countertops in my kitchen to marble countertops.

Concrete Countertops

This was our (my husband and I) second attempt at doing concrete countertops. We liked our lakehouse kitchen so much we decided to try the countertops again, but this time with a molded edge making it not quite as rustic of a look.Here is the kitchen/countertops "before" pic. Outdated formica.

Painting Laminate Countertops

We were so happy with how painting our cabinets turned out, that we decided to take the plunge and try painting our laminate countertops. We knew that we didn't have much to lose, besides a few dollars in primer and paint, and that if things didn't work out, we were planning to get new countertops anyway.

Stock Kitchen Cabinets Into Dining Room Buffet

For the eight years I we have lived in our home I have wanted some sort of buffet piece in our dining room. The only problem was it had to a narrow piece because of the minimal space, and we also had a baseboard electric heater on that wall.

How To Create a DIY Faux Fireplace With Mantle - The Curated Farmhouse

Learn how to create a DIY faux fireplace with mantle. By adding a faux fireplace mantle to your space you instantly create a cozy farmhouse atmosphere. This simple beginner DIY tutorial will walk you through all the materials and steps to build your own amazing insert with our black farmhouse mantle.

Louvered Hall Tree

I was given a louvered door for free! We knew we wanted to make a hall tree out of it, but we weren't sure if we had all the pieces to make one. Until . . .

Abstract Wall Mural

There is a large open landing at the top of the stairs in my house. It’s about 8’ wide, it overlooks the great room and it separates the bedrooms of my older girls from those of the younger children. The wall of the landing is visible from the great room and it was, like ALL of the other walls in this house, just grey.

How to Fake a Wooden Beam

As I was repainting the walls in my house, I thought, hmmm...why not paint this section like a faux beam? It's only paint right? if I don't like it, then I will paint it back to the wall color. I would love to cover it with the real thing but I don't have it and I can always do it later.

Easy DIY Wall Art: How to Frame a Poster in 5 Minutes

Framing posters and kid’s art is really really expensive, so I had to turn to a cheaper solution - just a few bucks, that wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg.And it hit me: the best solution was getting dusty in my craft room, but I just couldn’t see it till now.It’s a half frame actually, but it worked like a charm for what I needed. Keep reading to see what I mean!

A Quick Nightstand Flip

I found two of these night stands on my local Facebook marketplace and even though they were in rough shape, I decided to get them because it's hard to find a matching pair!

Repurposed Old Wide Mounted Mason Jars to Become Cute Hurricane Lamps

I had these crochet lace pillowcases when I was growing up that I got to match my grandmother's crochet blanket. I haven't used it in years and wanted to do something with it to honor my grandmother. So, this week, I am going to share how I took these old mason jars (from How to Create a Bathroom Wall Mason Jar Organizing Post) and turned them into DIY hurricane lamps.

Rain Boot Makeover

Well spring has finally sprung here in Ontario, Canada. It's a balmy 9 degrees celsius. Lol ! But the sun is shining, the birds chirping and my creative juices flowing. I love making arrangements for my door every spring and this year I was inspired by a tiny pair of rubber rain boots.

How to Dye Egg Shells the Easy (and Cheap) Way.

This simple tutorial shows you how easy it is to dye egg shells using materials found in the kitchen cupboard.Easter is approaching, and I see lots of images of gorgeous dyed pastel eggs both online and in magazines. The good news is there is no need to buy an expensive chemical dye kit to make coloured eggs for Easter. Most homes will have everything you need in the kitchen, and if you don’t, they are readily available at your local food store.

Succulent Wall Planter DIY Tutorial

Spring break gave me the time needed to complete my latest project.I’m pretty excited about this piece. Not only do I get something for my bathroom wall, I discovered a nifty new way to make a basket that may come in handy in the future.

Easy Chippy Paint DIY - With a Secret Ingredient!

So we've been in our house for over four years now! Amazing how time flies. Over five years since we lost our home to wildfire - I can't believe it. Every little DIY has made this home we bought feel more like the home we have always lived in. One of our big projects was the kitchen. Check out the "before" pic... pretty, but a little too much "fru fru" for me.

Repairing a Cane Chair Seat

You might be surprised how easy it is to repair the cane chair seat of your bentwood with just some ordinary household tools.We have a whole set of Thonet bentwood chairs that my parents bought in 1978 and 1981 (how do I know? the year is stamped on the chair underneath the seat).These classic cane chairs are perfect in our kitchen. With all this use, we’ve had to periodically repair a seat here and there, even though we have been putting chair cushions on them.First, I would take those Thonet chairs to repair shops. But now that I have repaired a few cane chairs myself, I just want to share with you how easy it actually is.You will not need any special tools or skills for this repair. Hopefully, this tutorial inspires you and gives you the confidence to try to tackle more DIY repair projects in your own home!

DIY Yellow Tulip Wreath for Spring

Add cheerful and whimsical charm to your front door this Spring with a yellow tulip wreath. Save some money and have fun along the way, by following this step-by-step video to create your own DIY Yellow Tulip Wreath.

Reclaiming Natural Beauty and Why I Didn’t Paint It

Why did I choose to reclaim this natural beauty instead of painting it? Because sometimes you see a beautiful piece and you have plans to accent it with paint but when you try something different than your usual. You like it even more. You see that reclaiming natural beauty makes it shine.

How To Create An Easter Table

Putting together a special table has always made me happy. Table setting is such a fun and creative process and it can make people who come to your home feel special. What's better than making the people you love feel special?If you have been here for awhile, you have heard me say this before. One of my biggest suggestions on creating a pretty table is, if you are working with a budget, make sure you have a neutral set of dishes. That way you can dress your table up, with accessories, according to the season or occasion. It's a super budget friendly way to go. As money allows, you can add to your dish collection.

Painted Concrete Porch Floor

Remember what my front patio looked like?You don’t?Could that be because I don’t show photos of it very often?Hmmmm…….it’s true. I don’t. Wanna know why?Okay I’ll tell you but it’s just between us…..

Rose Sugar Scrub Recipe With Essential Oils for Glowing Skin

Discover how to make a rose sugar scrub recipe with essential oils. This rose body scrub is made without coconut oil, and is naturally scented with essential oils to create a homemade body scrub for glowing skin.

How To Divide Perennial Plants

Did you know that dividing perennial plants in your garden not only keeps your plants healthy, but can save you money as well? I’ll show you the process of dividing perennial plants, and the benefits it brings.

Spring Vase Upcycle

I used fallen tree branches to upcycle a dollar store vase for a fresh spring look.

DIY Easter Decor: The Lovely Carrot Pillow You Can Easily Make

Everybody loves throw pillows, but we also know that the beautiful ones are a bit pricey. So I’ll show you how to create beautiful throw pillows that would be a perfect fit for your spring and Easter decor.

How to Make a Simple Mudroom Bench You Need to See

I’m excited to share this easy to build mudroom bench with you today. Certainly every home needs to have some sort of storage system like this. In fact, that was the case for the income suite that my son and daughter-in-law had built in their basement.A few weeks ago my daughter-in-law, Megan sent me a picture of a mudroom bench. She was wondering if I would help her build one for their basement apartment. After all the time and energy spent finishing their basement, Alex was tired of projects and was not interested in building mudroom storage for their renters.I was excited to help Megan with this project. You see, a few years back she had asked for a table saw for Christmas and she had never really used it. I thought his would be the perfect opportunity to teach her how to use it and get her over her fear of power tools.Well, as it turned out, I didn’t get to help much after all. After a trip to The Home Depot to buy the supplies, Alex came home and started to build the mudroom bench. In fact, by the time I arrived on Saturday, the bench was built. My only portion was to paint the mudroom storage bench with my Wagner paint sprayer.All of the supplies to build this mudroom bench are readily available at The Home Depot. Purchasing primed boards, saves time in the painting process.In addition, you will also need a few tools. A pneumatic brad nailer makes it go up rather fast. However, if you don’t have one, old fashioned hammer and nails will work. In addition, a drill was used to secure the shelf brackets to the wall as well. But you can muscle it with a screwdriver.This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. As an Amazon affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases. See our disclosure for details.)Supplies: primed shiplapfarmhouse arch bracket3/4″ mdf 4×8′ boardspackling puttycaulk48″ unfinished pine stair treadwood glueprimed 2 1/2″ x 8″ boardwood screwspaintstainMinwax Wipe On PolyTool:pneumatic brad nailerdrill/driverWagner paint sprayer

Steampunk Gnome Doorstop

This project is a combination of two projects I was making that failed. I tried to make a lady sock gnome but could not get the hair to look pretty. And the cement bottle broke and did not work out how I wanted it. So I put them together to get this steampunk gnome doorstop with pretty hair.

How to Remove Jar Labels With This Simple Hack

Re-purpose any glass jar into beautiful home decor by learning how to remove jar labels with this simple hack!

DIY 2×4 Bajot Table

DIY Rolling Barn Door Hardware

How to inexpensively create rolling barn door hardware with plumbing pipe. Total cost of hardware was around $60 and the doors were $50. Tip I learned the hard way after this project: My town doesn’t sell very much pipe or hardware and almost NONE of it is black. So I finally just started ordering it all from Amazon. It is a little more expensive but once I factored in how many times my local stores didn’t have in stock what I needed… It just made more sense. Moving back to completing our basement: the bathroom and storage closet down here needed doors! As most everyone knows nowadays rolling barn door hardware isn’t cheap and the very old school look I wanted was the most expensive of all. I had already seen black pipe used just like this so I knew it would work!

Budget Friendly Bathroom Makeover

I have been wanting to update my guest bathroom for several months. My goal was to brighten up the space and bring some life to it. Even though this is just a bathroom I wanted it to feel inviting to us and our guests, not dark and dreary.I wanted to spend as little money as possible on this project, so if you want to see how my husband and I transformed this space for under $30 read below. We are more than happy with the end result, and even though the changes we made were small they made all the difference.

Bread Board Tablet Stand

Speckled Egg Wreath DIY

Learn how to make a Spring wreath using speckled eggs! This egg wreath DIY is perfect for your Spring and Easter cottage home decor!Hi friends, welcome back! I guess I’m all about wreaths this week because I’m sharing another one with y’all today! I love this speckled egg wreath and I think it turned out SO CUTE!So, if you have been following for a while, you know I love using this moss in my home decor and crafts! I recently used it to make a bird nest in this Bird Nest Art and Craft. So fun!After I made the bird nest, I came up with the idea to use it for a wreath. The texture and messy look of this moss is perfect for this spring DIY. I added speckled eggs to this particular wreath, but I think it would be so beautiful if you left the eggs off and used it with your fall home decor or even as a neutral year-round wreath! You might see that look in my home later this year. 😉This wreath is very simple to make, it just takes a little time! Let’s get started. You need to gather a few supplies first.

DIY Cabinet Makeover With A Heat Gun

This DIY cabinet makeover was one that I was excited to get started on.

How to Turn an Broken Drawer Into Beautiful Shelves

Don't throw out that old broken drawer! Turn it into the perfect shelves to give any space a beautiful, unique look.