I know we all have our pain points when it comes to kitchen organization. Maybe your refrigerator is a nightmare, or perhaps your pots and pans are always a jumbled mess. They are for me 🙂 Both nothing was worse than the spice cabinet! A few years ago I cleared a shelf i a cabinet…
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How to Update Old Furniture with a New Coat of Paint – Wooden Slat Chair Makeover
I’ve had this chair since I was a kid. My sister has a matching one. Somewhere along in my teenage years, I decided to paint my room and some dripped on the chair. So I painted…part of it.
How I Installed My New USB Outlet
WARNING: Use all precautions when working with electricity in your home. Make sure you know what you’re doing. If you aren’t comfortable, hire a handyman. As a family of five, all with cell phones, we found ourselves constantly arguing over “cubes” – the things that allowed us to plug our lightning cables into the power…
How to Make an Upcycled Banner
Our local Audubon birding chapter received a grant to construct a native plant garden at nearby Hundred Acre Hollows. The grant had several requirements to fulfill, one of which was that it had to incorporate some kind of upcycled feature. We chose to make banners to use for the ribbon cutting ceremony and other photo…
Dining Chair Update – Part 2, Reupholstering
On the last day of 2018, I can finally say I finished this project. I’m not happy with the outcome. But I think it’s important to be honest about the things that go wrong, as well as the things that go right. We’re all learning as we go through this live, right? I wrote the…
DIY Candy Cane Wreath
I’ve had the same Christmas wreath on my front door for a few years now. It was inspired by Pinterest (this pin) and seemed easy enough to make. I was working a palette with red, white, and lime green that year and it ended up being a pretty and fun design.
Garage Pegboard Storage
When I was last working on the garage, I installed a pegboard. Let me tell you, it’s been a-MAZ-ing! It got a lot of loose stuff off the shelves, things that didn’t fit in bins or otherwise just didn’t go there.