DIY Home Decor
The DIY / Home Decor category is for projects for decorating and repairing your home. How to work with contractors, install tiles, refinish cupboards, backsplashes, building shelving. Also wood project like DIY farmhouse signs, shelving and furniture. Upcycling and refinishing furniture, desks, tables and upholstery.
I really enjoy the easy going vibe of farmhouse decor, its so bright, airy and comfortable. I wrote before about how much I like the farmhouse trend, but instead of totally converting to farmhouse decor I prefer to incorporate pepperings of it into my home. Herman loves horse racing, especially the thoroughbreds themselves. It is…
Add Extra Decor to a Bedroom with a Farmhouse Shelf This is the last of the projects for the farmhouse room for my granddaughters. I searched high and low driving to several nearby small country gift shops to find these little farmhouse decor pieces. They are worth the effort, I love how they look…
DIY Wooden Step Stool for a High Bed As part of our guestroom makeover for the girls, we bought a new rod iron bed frame from Ikea. Unfortunately, when we set the bed frame up with the existing almost new mattress we were startled at how high the bed was. The new style of mattress is…
DIY Cushion Covers with a Touch of Crochet These DIY bedroom cushion covers are relatively simple to make. They start with a basic envelope cushion and then various feminine touches are added. Vintage linens especially crocheted linens are a fantastic embellishment for these cushions, or vintage buttons and bits of lace, or simple crocheted edging….
DIY Lettered Sign Perfect for a Child’s Room The little space above a headboard can be challenging. It took some brainstorming to find the perfect welcoming phrase for this little DIY kid’s wall art I wanted to add to my granddaughter’s guest room. I pondered nursery rhymes, favorite poets, favorite song lyrics, and nothing seemed…
On an earlier post I was talking about how bare the toy chest is at our house. This is my next addition. My youngest grand daughter loves to play with dolls. She carries one with her everywhere. She plays dressup, feedings, rocks her baby, goes for walks with her own mini stroller. I was able to…
Cheap DIY Bulletin Board This farmhouse bulletin board is a simple addition to a girl’s bedroom. This one is for my granddaughters to use when they visit this summer. Perfect for artwork, stickers, drying flowers or any other treasures they want. It’s part of having a special little space all their own at Grama’s house. …
This is the last of the makeovers from the group of containers I found while shopping in my storage closet. This beverage container was kicking around on the deck, its about five years old and was originally a bright lime green. It was a beverage container for three years, a wood container for our little…
