My baby sister got married this past weekend and it was one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever been to. One of the first things we did when she first got engaged was create a Pinterest board to start pinning ideas for the design of her wedding. She fell in love with this light-up…
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Repurposed Vintage Printer’s Drawer
I picked up this vintage Hamilton printer’s drawer at a flea market and repurposed it into a jewelry organizer. I stole this clever idea from Bluebird Heaven. She sells these beautiful jewelry displays in her Etsy shop. I decided to DIY my own and soon regretted that decision because this was the most tedious project…
DIY Scrap Lap Desk
I had a few scraps of wood laying around from previous projects, so I decided to tackle a quick, easy, and (almost) free build: a lap desk! It took less than 2 hours to construct and the only purchase I made for this project was a package of 2 standard hinges for $2 bucks; everything…
DIY Gold Foil Prints
If you’ve kept up with me on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest, you’ll gather that I’m crushing on all things shiny and sparkly right now. Gold, crystal, mirrors… anything unapologetically girlie and glam has been my latest obsession. Gold, especially. *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy, click here. Last week, I…
DIY Land of Nod Play Stand Knockoff
Hello and happy Friday, friends! For those of you who follow me on Instagram, this will be old news to y’all. Last Christmas, I built a couple of these Land Of Nod knock-off play stands to give to the two most adorable 3-year-old girls in my life: my daughter and niece. And I’m finally getting…
Hustle {Free Printable}
Happy snowy Monday! I am notorious for being a time-waster, especially on days like these. Days when we get ice storms and schools are closed and events are cancelled. Days when it’s too cold to go outside and the house is a wreck because the kids are stuck inside all day. These days fool me…
Master Bedroom Mood Board
Source List: Curtains: Anthropologie Desk: Z Gallerie Chair: Overstock Pillow: Crate & Barrel Mirrored side table: Z Gallerie Mirror: Wayfair Swiss dot sheets: West Elm Bed: Crate & Barrel Nightstands: Restoration Hardware Table lamps: Joss & Main Bench: Z Gallerie Rug: Joss & Main
Jackie’s Office Mood Boards
One of Adam’s ex-coworkers emailed me to help her redesign a small upstairs room into her office. She loves golds, browns, and cream/white and most of her other rooms fall within this color scheme. To achieve a cohesive feel throughout, I came up with these three mood boards to give her some ideas on how…
A Birthday Treat for Watson: Homemade Pupcakes
Today is this handsome fella’s birthday: Every year, we do something special for his birthday, whether it’s baking homemade dog biscuits or taking him to the dog bakery to pick out his own birthday cake. Since I have a sous chef these days, we chose to bake some homemade “pupcakes” for our favorite furry boy…
DIY Notepad and free printable
I’m back with another quick little craft project for you! A DIY notepad, complete with a free printable! We’re getting to the point where the kids are getting older and I might be comfortable leaving them with a qualified and trusted baby-sitter who is not family (don’t quote me on that), so I created this…
Clothespin Art for the Laundry Room
Are you the kind of person who needs art for your laundry room? Yeah, me too. Indulgent and annoying, I know, but this little project didn’t take but a few minutes to throw together. Michael’s was selling these shadowbox frames BOGO 50% off, and because I can’t resist a good BOGO sale, I had this…
DIY Etched Glass
It seems like everyone around me is having babies lately and because life with a newborn can be crazy and overwhelming, I’ve been cooking up some meals to take to my new mama friends. Why not make dinner just one less thing for them to think about? I’ve also taken the guesswork out of which…
5 Favorite DIY Projects of 2013
Wow, 2013 was such a fun and productive year! Thank you so much for joining me on this little blogging adventure. Your sweet and thoughtful words of encouragement and kindness have truly meant the world to me. My little pink heart is overflowing with gratitude. THANK YOU. Let’s take a quick look back on 5 DIY…
Royal Design Studio Stencil Review
Hi friends! I hope y’all are recovering from a gluttonous Thanksgiving holiday! I know I am. I can already hear the treadmill wheezing as I step foot on it. Just kidding. That’s me wheezing. From running. Just kidding again. I don’t run. Unless I’m being chased. By someone who wants to end my life. And…
Alice in Wonderland Birthday Party
Earlier last month, we hosted an Alice in Wonderland-themed birthday party for Evie and Liam. Luckily, their birthdays are so close together, so holding a joint-birthday party worked well for us. It made it so much more convenient for out-of-town friends and family to attend. Our ‘very merry un-birthday’ theme was so fun to plan…
Power Tools For Pink: DIY End Grain End Table
***Update: This table has been SOLD and 100% of the proceeds benefitted The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! Thank you so much for supporting this worthy cause!*** Hi friends! How’ve you been? Life has been crazy here at the House of Wood. So crazy that I almost didn’t get my latest piece of furniture submitted in…
DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Media Console
Hello and happy final days of Summer, y’all! Those of you who keep up with me on Instagram have already seen sneak peeks of my latest DIY project. I can’t wait to finally share the details with you! Three words to describe this piece: smooth, sturdy, and solid! The finish is buttery smooth, the build is…
DIY Dining Table: Achieving a Restoration Hardware-Inspired Finish
Remember the ZGallerie-inspired dining table I just built with the help of my talented friend, Ana White? Well, here it is, all finished! And here’s a close-up: *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy click here. Hop on over to Ana White’s site for the complete step-by-step tutorial! I used Minwax stains…
Craigslist Dresser Revamp
After months of searching for the perfect piece to go in one corner of my foyer, I finally found her on Craigslist. This is a really big deal because I rarely find anything worth buying on my local CL. It’s slim pickins around here. The ad claims she’s an antique, but I’m not sure… the…
Build a Bed with a Friend
It’s contagious, y’all. The building bug, I mean. Once you see just how easy, affordable, and gratifying it is to build your own furniture, you. just. won’t. stop. Take for instance, my new neighbor, Kristle. When I learned she enjoys refinishing furniture as a hobby, I knew we’d get along like two peas in a pod….
DIY Dining Table: When Movers Wreck Your Stuff
Well that didn’t take long. It’s only our second move in this crazy Army life and it happened. We had a nightmarish moving experience. Among a laundry list of other things that went wrong, our movers broke our dining table. When putting it back together, they tightened one of the bolts so tight that they…
YHL’s Spring Pinterest Challenge: DIY Spice Rack
Welp. It’s time for another Pinterest Challenge over at Young House Love! Don’t know what I’m talking about? Here’s the skinny: we pin, pin, pin on Pinterest but never do, do, do. So this is us, do-do-doing. Wait. That came out wrong. Sherry over at YHL explains it much more eloquently than I ever could, so go there if you’re still confused. Moving on….
DIY Restoration Hardware-Inspired Toddler Bed
Hi friends! I can’t tell you how excited I am to share my latest project with you! I’d even venture to say I’m almost as excited as my 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Evie. Almost. We’ve reached a new milestone. Evie is ready for her “big girl” bed and she is over the moon about it! I mean,…
Liam’s Birth Story
It began as an ordinary, relaxing Saturday. 9:00am We start our Saturday mornings by going to the farmers’ market to pick up our weekly supply of eggs, meat, and produce, with the occasional loaf of homemade chocolate zucchini bread. We returned home and put the groceries away while our toddler bounced underfoot, pleading, “peas, Evie…
Brainstorming A Bar Cabinet – The Grand Finale!
You guyyyyyys! I cannot tell you how excited I am to share my latest project with you! It has definitely been the most challenging (but favorite!) build yet! Okay, so let me give you a quick rundown before we jump with both feet in: in case you missed it, here’s part 1 and part 2 of the…