Yesterday I started a new project! I purchased this Target panel a few months ago right when it came out and finally found the perfect use for it, this. I'm in project mode right now, because there are a lot of unfinished projects that I want to get done within the next month or so (before we move later...
Herringbone Driftwood Table
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Over the long weekend, we finally had time to finish our new coffee table. This has been one of our most time consuming projects, so it feels great to be done!I'll give a full tutorial for how we got this look, but if you'd like to make something similar without milling your own wood, I'd recommend...
New Stencil in my Etsy Shop
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I recently added a new stencil to my Etsy shop.Feel free to stop by and take a look! I'm always looking for new designs, let me know if you have something in mind! :)Hope you have a great long weekend!!...
DIY Rug Ideas for the Living Room
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Hi! Just wanted to stop in quickly to share with you a few ideas for the living room rug ... making the herringbone coffee table has got me thinking about what will go underneath it.We'll be painting the other side of our Ikea Moroccan painted rug. There is a lot of pattern going on in the room so I'm...
Herringbone Table Progress
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Over the weekend David named this MEGA PROJECT, and for good reason, we were basically a lumber mill without the correct equipment. It was A LOT of cutting! We'll go into that more when we post a tutorial ... but for now, check out our progress!Rough pieces of driftwood were cut down to 1x4 pieces of...
Weekend in Photos + Project Update
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This week we made a last minute plan to go to Disneyland on Friday. We wanted to go before school got out in hopes that it wouldn't be as busy. Turned out that it was grad night, so we were out of luck but we still had a great time! Saturday we stopped at Ikea (of course). I wasn't really planning on...
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Short post today, this week has been busy! I should be back to normal next week :)For now, here is a pic coming back from our drive up the coast last weekend. (yes, it does have to do with our next project!) Hope you all have a great weekend!...
How to Build Custom Shelving for Only $35!
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Want to know how we built this shelving unit for $35? Read on to see! First a little background info and why we decided to build instead of buy and why we selected the materials that we did ... We decided on an open shelving unit for between the office and living room because a. we needed...