Ever since I laid eyes on this Restoration Hardware wood & steel console, it’s been on my “To Build” list. I am happy to say, it’s finally moved from “To Build” to “BUILT!” Most times I’ll write down a task, just so I can cross it off the list, like “feed children” or “take shower.” Obviously, I don’t…
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DIY Custom Wood Name Signs
Hello and happy hump day, friends! After making several dozen of these custom DIY hand-cut wood name signs for my friends, family, and perfect strangers, I finally made one for my little lady. “The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot,” isn’t that how the saying goes? Or we can go way back with “the cobbler’s children go unshod.”…
Getting Jiggy Wit It
*Update: I am now selling these custom wood name signs in my Etsy shop! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you would have seen this sign I made for Liam’s nursery last weekend. It was the first time I used a jigsaw to cut out anything this intricate, so the sign is far from…
DIY Restoration Hardware-Inspired Balustrade Coffee Table
***Are you on Instagram? I am! And I often share sneak peeks of my upcoming projects there, so let’s be friends, it’ll be fun.*** Y’ALL!!! I am SO EXCITED to share my newest build with you! I’m doing a happy dance right now. Be grateful you’re not here to witness mah sexxxy man splits! #namethatmovie #pitchperfect #sorrynotsorry Now…
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…
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….
Brainstorming A Bar Cabinet – Part 1
Last night, my husband asked me to put a liquor cabinet/wine bar thing for him on my list of things To Build, so he has somewhere to keep his scotch decanters, wine, etc. in. He never asks for anything and faithfully supports my unhealthy obsession hobby of building stuff, so I’d really love to make…