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DIY wall mount ironing board hanger

February 9, 2014

DIY Ironing Board Holder

For years now I've kept our ironing board in the tiny hall closet, wedged between the door and the shelves.  As soon as you would open the door the ironing board would hurl itself at you, eager to be needed. Fortunately for me and unfortunately for the ironing board I usually just caught it, got what I needed, and stuffed it back in. Now that the laundry room is finally complete I feel like I need to give the board a permanent home. Honestly, ironing board wall hangers aren't expensive in the …
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Filed Under: Cleaning and Organizing, Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Laundry Room, Projects14 Comments

Crazy easy art

January 22, 2014

Crazy Easy DIY Art

I'm finally getting around to posting about some of the DIY art that adorns my new industrial bathroom shelves. Sorry to leave y'all hanging! We had a family wedding this weekend (yay for awesome new sister-in-laws!) and I've been up to my eyeballs in trim for weeks. I'm just caulking and painting so it's not even blog post worthy, but it is looking awesome and I'm happy to finally working in the boy's room again. I'm getting ahead of myself though...we're supposed to be talking about DIY …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Projects20 Comments

December 19, 2013

Snowflakes in a Frame

Today I'm sharing with y'all my third and final Christmas craft. This one is a little more difficult than the other two, but still super doable. You should probably read the tutorial though, instead of just scrolling through the pics and taking off on your own. Yeah, I'm onto you. Yesterday's idea was for all those old frames that are missing glass, today's idea is for all those frames lucky enough to keep their glass intact.   Materials - Frames with glass Spray paint …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Holiday, Projects, Stenciling15 Comments

December 18, 2013

Empty Frame Christmas Ornament Art….or something like that

Alright, today we have Christmas craft number two! I really enjoyed spending time with my glue gun for craft number one, so we (that would be me and the glue gun) decided to keep a good thing going and we made these things (I honestly have no idea what to call them)... Materials - Empty frames Spray paint (I used Colonial Red by Rustoleum) Hot glue gun and glue sticks Miniature ornaments Twine, string, cord or something similar   I started out by collecting some …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Holiday, Projects, Upcycling17 Comments

Jingle bell wreath tutorial

December 16, 2013

How to Make a Jingle Bell Wreath

Well, nine days till Christmas! Are y'all ready? I'm just now decorating...we got our tree up this weekend and I completed a few Christmas crafts to share throughout the week. Then this weekend I'll have my Christmas house tour - Domestic Imperfection style. Let's kick this week off with Christmas craft number one, a classic jingle bell wreath.   Materials - Bells Wreath form Hot glue gun and glue Ribbon Instructions - Alright, so here is how I made the wreath. …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Holiday, Projects23 Comments

easy no sew pillow cover

December 1, 2013

Crazy Easy Folded Pillows

I've posted a few insanely easy projects over the years, but the one I have for you today takes the cake. I like to call it the "one minute pillow" because you can literally make it in under a minute (unless you have to take pictures of it for a blog post, then it takes significantly longer). There's no sewing, no gluing, no buying pillow forms, and no commitment.   Here's the (crazy easy) tutorial... First step, grab a pillow from somewhere in your house and a piece of fabric. …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Decorating Basics, DIY Decor, Holiday, House 1, Projects15 Comments

Rustic baby name sign made of buttons...love this!

October 24, 2013

Bright & Rustic Button Sign

Last year I made something that I never blogged about. Saying I 'made something' is a really bad description though, what I mean is that I made something that is pretty stinking awesome and one of my favorite projects ever. And then I gave it away before taking pictures of it. Like a giant dork. So what is it? It's a huge button monogram for my unborn niece...   Well, she was unborn when I made it...now she is very much born and almost walking. Even though I made the sign over a year …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Kid Crafts, Kids Rooms, Projects36 Comments

June 28, 2013

Make Your Own Birdbath

This project is an easy one, though it still started off as a DIY fail. So the first part of this post will be the perfect sparkling tutorial on how to make your own birdbath...then I'll let you know what NOT to do. I made my birdbath out of a terracotta pot, saucer, and an old brass lamp...but you can really use anything. Go crazy. The motto here is "if you can glue it, you can do it." I literally JUST came it with that. First I cut the cord on the lamp base and pulled all the extras …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Outdoor, Upcycling42 Comments

June 27, 2013

Poured Paint Pots

Today I have a super easy project for y'all....so easy, in fact, that you should round-up your kids and have them help you. They will love it. Not that I let mine help... I waited till they were napping to do this, haha. I'm not crazy after all.  Also, I am giving away a $250 Home Depot gift card! If any of you are at Home Depot half as much as I am then you just got really excited. So here is what we are making today... Yup, poured paint pots. You probably don't even need a tutorial to do …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Kid Crafts, Projects17 Comments

April 30, 2013

15 Ways to Give Your Furniture New Life

Let's face it, buying new furniture is expensive. So expensive, in fact, that I've never actually done it (besides couches, because I'm not awesome/crazy enough to DIY a couch). There is also the problem that new furniture is, well... boring. To me it all looks the same and  basically has zero personality. A great (and super cheap!) solution to this is to redo old furniture. But what do you do with your ratty old thrift store furniture once you get it home?   1. Paint it a fun …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Basics, DIY Decor, Furniture, Projects, Roundups/Reviews, Stenciling, Upcycling58 Comments

March 19, 2013

Shutter Wall

Today I have a project for y'all that is not actually mine. That is,  it's not in my house, it wasn't my idea, and I didn't have to do most the work. I didn't even take a single picture. So it was pretty much the easiest project ever, haha. Sometimes it's nice to take a break from your own projects and blog about something that you didn't slave over for weeks (coughpaperbagfloorcough). This project is actually in my friend Amy's house, she had a ginormous blank wall in her dining room that …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Projects, Walls61 Comments

January 25, 2013

Yardstick Framed Kid Art

Happy Friday! I had fully intended to post three easy projects this week, but then Friday was here and I hadn't blogged about anything. Ahh, life. It happens. So I'm in the process of decorating my new kitchen shelving and have been doing lots of small projects for them.  This particular project started when I was cleaning out my craft closet and came across a painting done by Elijah, it's the first time he had ever painted. I remember stuffing it in a bag full of scrapbook paper because I …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Kid Crafts, Projects, Upcycling33 Comments

Plate hangers can be expensive, especially if you would like to do a big feature wall. These DIY plate hangers are a great solution!

January 14, 2013

Sometimes I Give Terrible Advice – A Plate Wall Update

I mess up a lot of DIY projects. In fact, I mess up nearly every single one, though usually I am able to fix my mistakes before I blog about it and give y'all terrible advice. That was not the case with my plate wall though (original post HERE). After hanging the plate wall I waited a couple of weeks to blog about it to make sure all was well. Then about a month after that, things went south. Quite literally. (That is if you are assuming the sky is north and the ground is south, which I know …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Dining Room, DIY Decor, Fails, Follow-ups, Kitchen63 Comments

January 7, 2013

Kitchen Command Center

So this whole command center project started one day when I was at World Market...I saw this one and thought "man I could really use a command center in the kitchen". I kinda sorta liked this one, so I looked at the price tag...it was nearly $80 bucks! It's just some plywood, chalkboard paint, trim and a basket. I bet I could make it for $15... probably less since I have most that stuff on hand. So, I (of course) decided to make my own, more original, more useful  and more unique command …
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Filed Under: Cleaning and Organizing, Decor & Crafts, Dining Room, DIY Decor, House 1, Kitchen, Projects, Upcycling136 Comments

December 21, 2012

Custom Name Growth Charts

I'm back, and I actually finished a project! Did you think I was going to leave you hanging till after Christmas? I thought about it... December has been a hard month so far, it feels like one or both of the kids has been sick the whole month. Just this morning Elijah threw up twice..once in my bed and once all over my lap/the couch. It's just a barrel of fun around here! The project I managed to complete was some custom growth charts for Christmas gifts. These were fairly easy and really …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Kid Crafts, Kids Rooms, Projects41 Comments

December 6, 2012

Crazy Easy Placemat Pillows (and Napkin Pillows and Dropcloth Pillows)

So pillows. We all love them and use them. We like them for comfort, we like them for decoration, we like them to add  color to our neutral couches. The more the merrier really...except for one little problem. Throw pillows are freakin expensive. Not like Rolex and Mercedes expensive, but even cheap pillows are $20-$30 a pop. I've seen plenty a pillow go for well over a hundred bucks and that is insane....especially in my house where they are just going to get peanut butter and boogers wiped …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Projects, Sewing, Upcycling70 Comments

November 29, 2012

Blast From The Past: No Sew Ruffle Tree Forest

 December is nearly here and the internet has been taken over by Christmas crafts. Trees are going up, wreaths are being made, baking is being done... and here I sit all bah humbug-y with nothing Christmas in the works. So I'm going to cheat and repost the only Christmas craft I managed to eek out last year. My blog was still super small then so I'm pretty sure this will be new material for at least 90% of you. I probably could have even tricked y'all into thinking this was new material if my …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Holiday17 Comments

November 6, 2012

Dining Room Windows – Done!

I'm slowly working my way around the dining room, finishing one section and then moving to the right and finishing the next. It feels pretty good, since I usually don't finish something before I move on. I call it 'new project enthusiasm'...my husband calls it something very different. So far I've finished the chalkboard, the pantry door, the plate wall, and now the windows. I have one more area to finish after this and then we will have nothing left to do besides actually finish the kitchen. …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Dining Room, DIY Decor, Home Improvement, House 1, Projects, Window Treatments70 Comments

October 22, 2012

Make Your Own Plate Hangers & My Dining Room Plate Wall

I've been wanting something fun for the big blank wall in my dining room. Something colorful, something cheap. I wanted a plate wall. I excitedly told Adam my idea...and he seemed confused. Adam : "A plate wall? Like dinner plates, on the wall? Me: "Yes." Adam : "You mean like grandmas have in their house?" Me: "Ummmm....well, yes...kinda." Adam: "Okayyyyy, but if I come home tomorrow and you're wearing a muumuu I'm gonna nix this whole idea." I promised him I wouldn't be wearing a muumuu, …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Dining Room, DIY Decor, House 1, Projects58 Comments

October 11, 2012

DIY Screen Door For The Pantry

Way back in February, when I organized my pantry, I mentioned that I was looking for an old screen door to replace our current pantry door. I looked for an old screen door for a while, then a new one...but then realized that finding one in the size I needed was a pipe dream. Our pantry door is so narrow (24 inches) that screen doors in that size pretty much don't exist. Which is okay, because new screen doors cost about $150 - $200, and the one we built cost us a whopping $18. Here is the …
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Filed Under: Building/Woodworking, Decor & Crafts, Dining Room, DIY Decor, Home Improvement, House 1, Kitchen, Projects, Walls85 Comments

September 16, 2012

Updating The Updated Barstools

So you probably remember last month when I took my uber brown craigslist barstools and lighted them up. I love them, they look great...but they needed something.  Nothing crazy, just...something. A reader suggested numbers and I knew right away that's what I wanted to do. I also knew that I did NOT want to hand paint them...I can see that going very very wrong. I've seen some tutorials for freezer paper (some tutorials call for wax paper) stenciling floating around and figured I'd give that …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Furniture, Projects, Stenciling41 Comments

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