Hello and happy Wednesday! I’ve got quite a treat for you today! I teamed up with my friend (and fellow military spouse!) Chelsea from Making Home Base to bring you the free building plans and tutorial for this beautiful DIY Pottery Barn-inspired nightstand. Can you believe that’s a DIY project? So beautiful! *This post contains affiliate links….
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Buy It Or Build It? DIY Toscana Bookshelf
Hi friends! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, then you’ll be familiar with a new series I recently started called “Buy It or Build It?” Every week, I post different furniture pieces and ask my Instagram and Facebook friends: Would you Buy It or Build It? If the majority vote is to Build It! and…
DIY Storage Bench
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Instead of resolutions, I set goals for myself. I find that by setting goals, I can envision a finish line which makes it more attainable in my mind. Resolutions are far too abstract for my tiny lady brain to comprehend. Goals are concrete. Goals have a target. Getting organized is one of…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part Four: The Final Details}
Welcome back, friends! Thanks for sticking with me through this long, drawn-out DIY dresser tutorial. Here’s where we left off: Read the complete tutorial: Part One: Building the Carcass Part Two: Building the Large Drawers Part Three: Building the Small Drawers Part Four: The Final Details (you’re here!) Loading… Okay, so next on the To Do list is…
Patio Furniture Makeover with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan
Hi DIY friends! If you’re a DIYer (and you probably are, because you’re reading this post), you may have heard about a little revolutionary paint product called Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan. It’s kiiiiind of a big deal. As in, internationally. No prep, no prime, no fuss. You just paint and go! (Not to be confused with…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part Three: The Small Drawers}
Hello friends! Welcome back! Okay, so here’s where we left off last week: the large drawers are done (happy dance!) so now we’re moving onto building the small drawers. Are you ready? Hold onto your hats, ladies and gents, because this is going to be so stupid simple it’ll have you going, “well, duh!” Read…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part Two: The Large Drawers}
Welcome back, friends! So, this is where we left off: Read the complete tutorial: Part One: Building the Carcass Part Two: Building the Large Drawers (you’re here!) Part Three: Building the Small Drawers Part Four: The Final Details *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy, click here. Loading… Now that the carcass…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part One: The Carcass}
Alright you guys. I’m going to be splitting this tutorial into separate parts because I want to share all the blood (yes, there was blood – but it’s not what you think), sweat (buckets of it thanks to the brutal Southern summer heat and humidity), and tears (because I am a girl, after all) it took to build this beast…
DIY Stenciled Bench
Hello and happy Wednesday friends! How’s your week going? Mine has been rather slow-moving, as I am currently recovering from a nasty bug I picked up on Mother’s Day which progressed into pneumonia. Yeah. Pneumonia. Tons of fun, lemme tell ya. Seriously, who gets pneumonia?! Who am I… a 73-year-old chain smoker?! (P.S. I’m not.)…
DIY Desk: Finishing Tutorial
Remember this DIY Writing Desk I just built for my newlywed friends? As promised, I’m back to share the finishing tutorial with y’all! So here’s where we left off: That’s raw solid pine and birch plywood. First, I sanded everything down starting with 120-grit sandpaper, following up with 220-grit, and finally with 320-grit. Have you seen…
DIY Writing Desk
The majority of my DIY projects are borne out of necessity and my latest build is no exception. My newlywed friends Josh and Marie needed a desk for their apartment. Josh is in seminary and is having to do his homework on their bed or on the floor. Most recently, he set up this ingenious solution: Pretty sweet, right? Sadly, this…
Jaime’s DIY Lego Loft Bed
You can’t see me, but I’m totally doing a happy dance right now. What can I say? I’ve got moves like Jagger. My good friend Jaime from That’s My Letter asked me to collaborate with her on this fun project! She built this ‘bed full of fun’ for her son. Isn’t it awesome? I mean,…
DIY Ballard Designs-Inspired Dresser
Remember the DIY Ballard Designs-inspired nightstands I built for my photographer friend Emily? Well I’m back to share how I built her matching dresser! Once again, I teamed up with my sweet friend Ana White on this build. You can download the free plans on her website here. I used my favorite plywood, Purebond Plywood to build the carcass…
Building Plans: DIY 11-Drawer Dresser
Apparently, I can’t seem to follow directions. My brother-in-law Donny wanted me to build him a dresser and he gave me specific guidelines and dimensions. And I was all, “heck yeah! Let’s do this!” These were his requests: – no more than 42″ high – 3 small drawers across the top – 6 large drawers, in…
Building Plans: DIY 8-Drawer Dresser
Okay, so I goofed. My brother-in-law Donny wanted me to build him a dresser and specifically requested 3 narrow drawers on top, and 6 large, deep drawers on the bottom, similar to this dresser. Well, as I was drawing up the plan in Sketchup, I was snuggled up on the couch with my main squeeze,…
DIY Ballard Designs-Inspired Nightstands
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook (you’re amazing – thank you!), you’ll have caught sneak peeks of this project. And if you don’t, get with the program! The House of Wood IG and FB feed is where it’s at, yo. This project is way overdue, you guys. Like, several months overdue. Way back in September, I…
Printer Table Finish Tutorial
Well, hello again, Friend! Remember that printer table I built for my dad? Well, I’m back to dish on how I achieved that beautiful finish! You can get the free plans for this project over at Ana White’s site here. First and foremost, if you don’t know Elisha from Pneumatic Addict Furniture, then you totally should. I pretty much…
DIY Printer Table
Hello and happy Monday! I’m back with a new DIY furniture project to share with you all! My dad needed a place to set his printer, so I called on my lovely friend, Ana White to help me design plans for a printer table that would complement his existing desk. This was my dad’s current printer table situation: Um. Yeeeeeeah….
DIY Jacqueline Bedside Table
My daughter has been needing a bedside table for her bedroom so I drew up some plans for this adorable Jacqueline table and I’m excited to share them with you today! DOWNLOAD PDF PLANS HERE *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy, click here. TOOLS: Miter Saw Circular Saw Jigsaw Drill Right Angle Drill…
DIY Evelyn Regency Nightstand Plans
Remember the Evelyn Regency Dresser and Extra-Wide Dresser plans I shared the other day? Well, I’ve drawn up free plans for a matching nightstand and I’m excited to share them with you today! Happy dance! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EVELYN REGENCY NIGHTSTAND PDF PLANS *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure…
DIY Two-Tiered Foyer Console
Well, hello again! I’m so glad you’re here! If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll have seen sneak peeks of this project. Pssst… I’m on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook – let’s be friends. It’ll be fun. Here’s my newest DIY project, all done and dressed up: Dang, ain’t she purty? My parents were looking…
How To Build DIY Nightstands
Okay, you guys. I actually built something without having to pester my good friend, Ana White for plans! Can you believe it? It was a little bit of ‘trial and error’ and a whole lot of ‘figuring things out as I went along,’ but I totally designed and built a pair of bedside tables for our master bedroom! When I broke…
My Haven Conference Experience
If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’d have seen the lion share of these photos. And if you don’t, then this will be news to you. Read on for my Haven recap (everybody’s doin’ it). Last weekend, I traveled to Atlanta to speak at the Haven Conference, an annual DIY Bloggers’…
Easy DIY Turned Leg Coffee Table
This past weekend I teamed up with Jaime Costiglio of That’s My Letter and we had the honor of teaching a furniture-building class at the Haven Conference in Atlanta. Haven is a DIY Bloggers’ conference held every year. We had an hour to teach the class and asked several volunteers to help us measure and cut…
DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Bench
Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. I’ve been invited to speak at the Haven Conference, a DIY bloggers’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! I’ve never been to a bloggers’ conference before and I am totally geeking out over it. I’ll be teaching a couple of building classes…