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DIY

January 16, 2018 by

  • “Black, white and grey all over” arrows quilt

  • “Find your rainbow” watercolor and glitter artwork for St. Patrick’s Day

  • “Love you more” heart sign (and a free Silhouette cut file)

  • “Merry and bright” vintage light pillow boxes

  • “Naughty or Nice” Fabric Ink Shirt (Silhouette Design Team blog hop and Giveaway)

  • (Toddler) handcrafted wooden easter eggs

  • "Happy together" barn wood sign and bedroom spruce-up

  • 3 reasons your house doesn’t look more put-together

  • 3 strategies to LOVE your home – right now

  • 4 things: Master bedroom

  • 4 ways to display photos and holiday cards this year

  • 5 tips to create your own bathroom oasis (Video)

  • 6 craft ideas for wine lovers

  • 6 home maintenance tasks to ready our home for winter

  • 6 things to try when you are in a home project “funk”

  • 8 secrets for your unique holiday home

  • 8 tips for a greener home (that also save you money)

  • A “BOO” display with Behr

  • A (cheap) master bedroom update – adding some orange

  • A 20-minute outdoor lantern upgrade

  • A baby boy quilt

  • A Baby Gap-inspired mustache onesie

  • A barn beam mantel

  • A barn that bleeds red, white and blue

  • A basement is born

  • A better rehearsal dinner bouquet from bridal shower bows

  • A Book Club party

  • A book of memories for a milestone birthday

  • A budget-friendly patio update

  • A butcher block countertop for the island

  • A candy corn mantel | Dec-O-Ween

  • A carriage garage door and red barn lights

  • A chalkboard door in the barn

  • A cheater’s guide to drawing your house (with no artistic abilities)

  • A chevron zig zag baby quilt

  • A Christmas card tree

  • A concrete floor in the laundry closet

  • A crochet tote bag with fabric ink

  • A customized anniversary tablescape (and how to make a vase out of anything)

  • A deck, a garden and hardwood floors

  • A dining room tour

  • A dinosaur Christmas tree

  • A DIY art display and chalkboard

  • A DIY barn wood card holder

  • A DIY crib skirt from a flat sheet

  • A DIY metal and barn wood coffee table

  • A DIY scrabble Christmas tree ornament

  • A DIY Shaker peg rail for the mudroom

  • A DIY turkey day sign

  • A elephant inspired baby minky blanket

  • A fall dining room

  • A fall living room

  • A fall mantel

  • A family tradition, Henry’s tree and DIY decorations

  • A faux-upholstered bed

  • A fireplace for Christmas

  • A full kitchen tour

  • A full-size fridge for our barn

  • A fun Easter Egg project

  • A glossy red rocking chair

  • A Halloween sensory bin for toddlers

  • A holiday gallery wall (and six free printable downloads for Christmas)

  • A homemade casserole carrier and hot pads

  • A homemade kitchen helper tower for Henry

  • A lighting plan for the new house

  • A little bench built for two

  • A little fall decor in a little house

  • A little mailbox update

  • A little sneak peek

  • A lovely lavender bridal shower

  • A makeshift playroom in the basement

  • A merry little Christmas (in the barn)

  • A mini patio project

  • A navy and white houndstooth quilt

  • A neutral bathroom and sources (so far)

  • A new Christmas tradition: Fancy family dinner table

  • A new door color and inviting entry at the barn

  • A peek at the downstairs bathroom

  • A perfectly girly pinwheel quilt (and a tip to create a matching quilt for existing bedding)

  • A personalized DIY coloring book and toy train for Christmas

  • A Pinterest Party – and you are invited!

  • A pinwheel quilt for my newest nephew Spencer

  • A pond for all seasons

  • A prettier carrier for cheesy potatoes

  • A quickie monogram pillow

  • A quilted table topper and a few words on quilting

  • A ready to learn banner – perfect for back to school parties

  • A repurposed cutting board memo board

  • A review: IKEA butcher block countertops and Waterlox finish

  • A sensory bin remix

  • A silver Christmas tree with yellow and turquoise DIY ornaments

  • A simple and natural table setting for Thanksgiving

  • A simple and pretty update for a vintage letterpress drawer

  • A simple Cubs vs. Cardinals wreath

  • A simple fall tablescape and living room adjustment

  • A simple IKEA Hemnes shoe cabinet hack

  • A sofa swaparoo

  • A staircase before and after

  • A striped rolling laundry cart

  • A super scrappy Christmas tree craft

  • A Superhero Training Camp Party for Kids

  • A Thanksgiving word search

  • A tiny house tour | updated

  • A tiny laundry room reveal

  • A tour of the barn bathroom and bedroom

  • A train briefcase for toddlers (and the Thomas Experience)

  • A train shirt and card for a toddler

  • A two-sided fall menu board

  • A very Bottle Pop apron

  • A very homespun holiday mantel with crafty stocking monogram tags

  • A very merry Christmas tablescape

  • A very Pinteresting tree slice chalkboard

  • A vintage train birthday party

  • A wedding sign

  • A yellow and turquoise untraditional holiday table

  • Adding drama to built in shelves with paint

  • All framed in

  • All lit up

  • America!

  • An antique red laundry room door with SureSwatch

  • An easy carriage door garage update

  • An obsession with bright colored Christmas lights

  • An ode to a barn

  • An ode to the little details

  • An orange and grey herringbone quilt

  • An organized garage: Finding order from chaos

  • An untraditional holiday table

  • An upcycled treehouse for Henry

  • Around the block

  • Barn board inspiration

  • Barn progress

  • Barn rolling workbenches in Behr Starless Night

  • Barn windows and doors and your opinions on door colors

  • Baseball, beer and 90 years (a birthday party recap)

  • Basement plumbing, in-floor heat and walls

  • Bathroom before and afters

  • Bathroom textile update

  • Bathroom update in modern mint (Behr Color Trends Giveaway)

  • Beautiful new deck railings (and a BLACK+DECKER giveaway)

  • Bed for the nursery – check

  • Bedroom Update – Brown + Black = LOVE

  • Beech butcher block countertops – stained and sealed

  • Before and after – sunroom with vaulted ceiling

  • Before and after: Bedrooms and bathrooms in the split level renovation

  • Before and after: Final flip photos and thoughts

  • Before and after: Modernizing the living room and kitchen in a split level renovation

  • Big changes on a tiny budget – Rental property renovation befores and afters

  • Black and white custom canvases for the bathroom

  • bObiPet v. Roomba Review

  • Breaking news: the barn has a toilet (and a faucet)

  • Building a better baby gate

  • Building a smoker 101

  • Building beautiful toy storage (that doesn’t look like toy storage)

  • Built-in hidden dog gate

  • By my apron strings

  • Call me Susie…

  • Candy corn pumpkins at DIY Newlyweds

  • Candy corn quilted pennants

  • Cans to Containers

  • Chalk paint end table updates

  • Cheap, cheap, drapes, drapes

  • Cheeky graphic pedestal night stands

  • Cheerleader Choices – Random Acts of Craftiness

  • Choosing bedroom paint colors

  • Choosing door hardware for a farmhouse

  • Choosing wood flooring for new construction

  • Christmas at the Woodwards (All Things Home)

  • Christmas in August

  • Classic vs. trendy design when building a house

  • Cleaning rugs and moving furniture

  • Constellation party details with Sharpie

  • Cow outdoor pillows

  • Craft and guest space: The barn today

  • Craft night and upcycled wood signs

  • Craft Night and Valentine’s Day yarn wreath

  • Crafting ADD, felting failure and success

  • Creating a cursive sign with the Dremel Micro 8050

  • Creating a slide on a deck platform

  • Creative home hacks: Removing adhesive from glass (once and for all)

  • Crocheting and the woes of a double chin

  • Curb appeal and landscaping on a budget

  • Customized girlie onesies

  • Cute as a button art

  • Da Bears! Reusable Lunch Bags and Sandwich Wraps

  • Da chair

  • Dear cabinets: I think I’m gonna marry you

  • December Silhouette project inspiration

  • Did you dare?

  • Dining Room curtains by Dwell Studio

  • DIY board and batten and classic bathroom upgrades

  • DIY cedar compost bins

  • DIY chalkboard chargers – perfect for entertaining

  • DIY chunky wooden shelves

  • DIY custom country boy onesie

  • DIY elevated doggie bowls

  • DIY fireplace hearth and stacked stone wall tile

  • DIY Gift Giving

  • DIY holiday decor ideas

  • DIY Hydrangea Wreath

  • DIY Kraft name tags with the Silhouette

  • DIY Market bag

  • DIY outdoor chairs for the porch

  • DIY paint supply storage

  • DIY plaster walls and home progress

  • DIY platform toddler bed

  • DIY screened porch

  • DIY shiplap walls and farmhouse trim

  • DIY sink storage from hardware store items

  • DIY Valentine’s Day shirt for boys (Professional Hugger) – free Silhouette file

  • DIY Valentine’s shirts

  • DIY wreath revamp

  • DIY: Blue ball jar solar lights

  • DIY: Hot/Cold Corn Bags

  • DIY: Simple & personalized shirts

  • DIY: Simple & personalized shirts

  • DIY: Tile coasters

  • DIY: Tote bags with a twist

  • Dogs are people, too

  • Downstairs light fixture tour

  • Easy and fun scrap buster dish towels for Dare to … give homemade gifts (Dare to DIY)

  • Easy DIY handpainted brushstroke accent wall

  • Fabric-covered canvas nursery art and hanging diaper organizers

  • Fall decor in the living room

  • Farmhouse Trim Choices

  • February Silhouette inspiration

  • Festive kitchen decor for the holidays

  • Flashback: silk-dyed easter eggs

  • Flat iron case

  • Floors on our new front porch

  • Flower pot house numbers

  • Framing walls in the new house

  • Frankenstein fireplace design

  • Full IKEA Dream Home + Blogger Style

  • Fun crafty Easter bunny art

  • Fun with fabric

  • Funky quilted table runner

  • Furnishing our tiny barn apartment

  • Getting a hex tile look (with vinyl)

  • Got wood?

  • Groovy tie-dyed Easter eggs

  • Guest Post: Sarah’s Ballard-inspired Pruvost Plaque

  • Hand-painted ornament gift tags

  • Hanging wreaths on the windows – dreams do come true

  • Hello sunshine onesie

  • Henry’s nursery reveal: A preppy navy and white boy bedroom

  • High-Five Fall DIYs

  • Holiday home tour: dining room hutches and table

  • Holiday home tour: nature, burlap and a DIY tree skirt

  • Home decor with Dwell Studio Bella Porte Twilight

  • House plans

  • Housewarming gift sign

  • How much does it cost to build a new house?

  • How to create a DIY pegboard wall for versatile kids’ storage

  • How to Display Children’s Art

  • How to finish yellow pine floors (without poly)

  • How to make a $2 boxwood wreath

  • How to make a DIY barn quilt

  • How to make a DIY centerpiece box from scrap flooring

  • How to make a unique barn wood shelf | DIY

  • How to make DIY space slime (with only four ingredients)

  • How to paint porch rails and stain a new deck

  • How to Store Leftover Paint

  • I (heart) IKEA

  • I spy with my little eye…

  • I’ve got gadgets and gizmos a’plenty

  • Ideas for a multipurpose room

  • IKEA nearly broke me

  • In defense of a signature color

  • Inspired: dining room

  • Inspired: Moody downstairs bathroom

  • Inspired: Shelves made from vintage suitcases for a transportation-themed nursery

  • Inspired: Upstairs bathroom

  • Instagram window collage and Valentine’s mantel

  • Installing a subway tile backsplash

  • Installing kitchen drawers and shelves

  • Installing wide-plank pine flooring

  • Installing wood flooring on walls

  • Instead of ending up in a landfill…

  • It takes a Christmas village

  • It’s a wrap – reusable sandwich wraps by Betz White

  • It’s hip to be square

  • It’s not too late …

  • Jaw-dropping kitchen update

  • June blooms and garden transplants

  • Junkin’

  • Just a little bite – New Moon premier invites

  • Kitchen cabinet organization ideas

  • Knock-off Pottery Barn holiday pillows

  • Last-minute DIY patriotic outfit

  • Last-minute Thanksgiving craft for kids

  • Last-minute, homemade Christmas cards/tags

  • Lazy girl’s painting tips

  • Life is better at the barn bench

  • Little updates in the barn

  • Little updates: Door numbers

  • Little vinyl barn quilts on the patio

  • Living in a barn

  • Love grows best in little houses (and free Silhouette cut file)

  • Make a custom fitted tablecloth with ruffles for only $10

  • Make a DIY planter from a concrete block

  • Make a personalized rustic wheelbarrow

  • Make a Rustic Wheelbarrow with Home Depot’s DIHWorkshop

  • Make an electrical box into a magnet board

  • Make custom marquis lit letters

  • Making a clay tray with a doily for mom

  • Making a hanging planter from a fish basket

  • Making a vinyl record bowl

  • Making a window seat

  • Making fence planters from cans

  • Making lined cafe curtains from large curtain panels

  • Making the most of Menards rebates

  • March Silhouette inspiration

  • More Americana home decor

  • Multi-color baggin’ it

  • Multiple Personality Christmas Trees

  • My 5 favorite paint colors | Behr DIY Experts

  • My dream curtains, at my dream price.

  • My husband, the redneck vintner

  • Navy and white zig zag quilt

  • NOEL front door decor and exterior holiday decor (DIY projects for the holidays)

  • Nursery curtains

  • Nursery pillows

  • Nursery pinwheel mobile

  • Nursery tree trunk table

  • October Silhouette Project Inspiration

  • Office door makeover

  • Our “sell this house” list

  • Our (most likely) exterior color palette

  • Our 3 secrets to affording home projects while building financial freedom

  • Our bedroom addition plan and progress

  • Our exterior holiday decor

  • Our fall home tour

  • Our favorite food safe wood finish (How to finish butcher block counters)

  • Our full exterior palette and a new red door

  • Our holiday (tiny) home tour

  • Our master bedroom addition with classic green board and batten

  • Our new outdoor space

  • Our upcycled firewood storage

  • Our updated living room

  • Outdoor progress at the house (front and back porches, soffits, trim and siding)

  • Oversized DIY holiday wall art from wrapping paper

  • Paint swatches

  • Painted “Home Sweet Home” Pumpkins on Parade

  • Painting (sort of ugly) wicker baskets

  • Painting a concrete porch

  • Painting a dining room table grey

  • Painting a house in a day

  • Painting a picnic table with chalkboard paint

  • Painting chevron stripes on textured walls

  • Painting doors (black and white)

  • Painting kitchen cabinets and walls in the rental

  • Painting open shelves dark | Owning what you love

  • Painting the weekend away

  • Painting windows with the Wagner FLEXiO sprayer

  • Painting, painting and staining

  • Painting, trim and other barn updates

  • Patriotic decorations on the front porch for Independence Day

  • Patriotic Living Room Update

  • Patriotic shirts

  • Personalized baby gifts

  • Pimp Henry’s playhouse

  • Planning kitchen storage and organization

  • Planting succulents in window boxes | $75 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

  • Plants for a porch

  • Plumbing, insulation and wallboard for Christmas (part 1)

  • Porch progress and the baby-do list

  • Porch roofing and exterior lighting ideas

  • Practically free placemat totes (and a quilting sneak peek)

  • Preserving pumpkins for long-term use

  • Pretty painted porch railings

  • Primed and painting

  • Primitive star marquee from yard sticks | Holiday Hues with Behr

  • Printing on paper bags {Corny Cornpicker’s Popcorn Bar}

  • Project Alert! Homemade dog gate and re-done office chair

  • Pumpkin Parade Features

  • Quick gift for a bride

  • Quick gift idea I Sprucing up a store-bought apron with a monogram

  • Quilt love

  • Raising the walls in the house

  • Real chalkboards, faux chalkboards and tips to make them pretty

  • Refreshing outdoor chairs with BEHR MARQUEE Caicos Turquoise

  • Reindeer treats holiday sign

  • Renovation progress report – week 31

  • Renovation progress report – week 49

  • Reusable usables

  • Santa Claus front porch decor | Behr Holiday Home Challenge and a Giveaway

  • Scrabble art from scrap wood

  • Sewing dreams

  • Siding progress (and thoughts on engineered wood siding)

  • Silver DIY pinecone wreaths with JOY

  • Simple and cheap DIY advent calendar

  • Simple baby shower idea: whale of a tale onesies

  • Simple DIY fabric pennants

  • Simple DIY gift bow

  • Simple sewing project – planner cover

  • Simple striped barn wood table runner

  • Small changes, big smiles

  • So many unfinished projects

  • Some flower-induced curb appeal

  • Song lyrics on a Valentine’s staircase

  • Spooky stairs

  • Spreading the love – first-ever GIVEAWAY!

  • Sprucing up the barn deck

  • Staying warm and a beacon of light

  • Storybook stairs

  • Stripes and monogram baby quilt

  • Summer In Style Outdoor Edition: Our comfortable family porch

  • Super simple “Give thanks” hostess gift

  • Superhero dress-up storage

  • Thanksgiving thumbprint wood tray

  • The (finish this) house list

  • The barn files and property updates

  • The china cabinet update

  • The couple’s guide to staying married during renovations

  • The crafty trend trifeca – burlap, tree slice and chalkboard wreath

  • The diary of a headboard

  • The DIY garden tool storage idea that will save your sanity

  • The good, the bad and the ugly of owning rental properties

  • The Internet makes me feel inadequate

  • The lazy gal’s guide: using vinyl to make perfect “chalkboard art”

  • The lazy mom’s guide to a baby book

  • The most amazing, awesome DIY workbenches of all time in the history of ever (and a poll)

  • The next big project: Shiplap in the basement family room

  • The psychology of painting trim

  • The real scoop on open shelving

  • The trouble with “cost per square foot”

  • This is a blog post about fresh cypress mulch

  • Tips for a longer growing season in the Midwest (planting flowers in April)

  • Tips for a successful yard sale (even when yard sales stink)

  • Tips to make a bridal shower DIY towel cake

  • To have and to hold… dishes

  • Toilet Paper Halloween Games and Decor

  • Toy storage and a drop zone in the barn

  • Trimming out a fireplace with barn wood

  • True board and batten barn siding (Barn raising progress)

  • Tung oil on wood floors | a review 2 years later

  • Turn birth announcements into wall decor

  • Tutorial: An e-reader sleeve (Nook)

  • Two simple DIY patriotic signs

  • Two tractors on a T-shirt

  • Upcycled corrugated metal arrow craft (and project distractions)

  • Upcycled garden hose storage

  • Update: A classic boy nursery at (almost) 8 months

  • Update: An adjustable crib skirt from a flat sheet

  • Vintage-inspired barn art

  • Wall storage solutions in the garage

  • Wallboard for Christmas (part 2)

  • Weigh in: Ceiling Fans

  • Weigh in: ideas for our farmhouse fireplace

  • What is old is new

  • What to buy online when renovating or building a house

  • What to do with junk

  • What we’d do differently

  • Who loves baby book for Valentine’s Day

  • Why decorating for fall can make your house look better year-round

  • Why I love my IKEA kitchen cabinets

  • Why I love sheet vinyl (and other barn apartment updates)

  • Why I’m spoiled… and happy.

  • Window coverings on a budget

  • Wine bottle bridal shower centerpiece

  • Winners, winners, chicken dinners

  • Word art on the porch

  • Yet another bag

  • Zero-mess Easter eggs using thrifted neckties

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