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Super Easy Back Tab Curtains

November 17, 2016 · 9 Comments

The secret to the easiest way to make back tab or pleated curtains | inbetweenchaos.com

If you’ve wanted to make your own back-tab curtains, but feel it may be beyond your skills as a novice sewer, you’ve come to the right place.  Heck even if you’ve been sewing all of your life, this is a super trick, that is CHEAP too! If there is one thing we did not skimp…

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Filed In: Home Decor, House & Home / Tagged: back-tab, curtains, novice, pinch-pleat, sewing

Faux Shiplap Tips

November 14, 2016 · 6 Comments

Read this before installing Faux Shiplap | inbetweenchaos.com

I’ve long wanted to install some faux shiplap… you know, horizontal strips of plywood tacked to the wall t mimic real shiplap, the signature of home fashion icon Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper? Now granted, nothing can match real shiplap: beautiful wood, perfect grooves, real texture and dimension.  But I also can’t match the cost…

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Filed In: Flip Houses, Home Decor / Tagged: faux, fliphouse, shiplap, tips

IKEA Farmhouse Table Hack

October 30, 2016 · 3 Comments

$30 IKEA Farmhouse Table Hack | inbetweenchaos.com

In the interest of saving the world since it seems we are a bit short on IKEA table hacks, I’m sharing this super easy version that can be made for around $30 – and you don’t even NEED to cut any lumber! While staging the Plaid House, I needed a small, unobtrusive table for the…

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Filed In: Home Decor, Project Plans / Tagged: cheap, diy, easy, farmhouse, fast, hack, IKEA, table

Farmhouse Refresh – Kitchen Edition

October 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Farmhouse Refresh for the Kitchen | inbetweenchaos.com

A few of my faves to perk up a farmhouse kitchen 🙂 one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven This post contains affiliate links, which cost you nothing, but give me a small commission to help support this fledgling blog… win – win!  Thanks for stopping by!

Filed In: Home Decor, House & Home / Tagged: decor, farmhouse, finds, kitchen

X Desk

October 23, 2016 · 1 Comment

X Desk Plans | inbetweenchaos.com

At the House of Plaid, we had the large loft area that we needed to define and give some life.  I decided one side would be good as an office space, but I needed a desk.   I quickly found this one that I liked at Target.  It was a good size, and I thought it…

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Filed In: Home Decor, Project Plans / Tagged: diy, easy, free plans, x desk

10 Minute Raw Edge Wood Tray

October 21, 2016 · 1 Comment

10 Minute Raw Edge Wood Farmhouse Tray | inbetweenchaos.com

I picked up these beautiful cutting boards one day knowing they could make an easy tray.  I then grabbed some galvanized hardware that I de-glossed and aged a bit, then assembled the tray in less than 10 minutes!       Supplies: 2 pulls – I used these vinegar if you wish to age the pulls mending…

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Filed In: Home Decor, House & Home, Project Plans / Tagged: aged, cutting boards, diy, farmhouse, fast, galvenized, industrial, raw edge, tray, wood

Fun Modern Desk

October 13, 2016 · 1 Comment

Fun Modern Desk Plan | inbetweenchaos.com

Today I’m sharing simple plans to make a modern desk.  While staging the Plaid House, I needed a desk for the kids room, so I put this one together.  It was fun, but I did have to backtrack a few times.  I think that by this point I was just exhausted from my woodworking marathon!…

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Filed In: Home Decor, Project Plans / Tagged: desk, diy, easy, free, modern, office, plans, student

Easy and Cheap Big Wall Art

October 6, 2016 · 3 Comments

Cheap + Easy Big Wall Art | inbetweenchaos.com

  During the staging process at the house of plaid,  I purchased decor pieces somewhat randomly.  I knew I wouldn’t be able to figure out how everything would work together until I was finally able to set it up.  In the living room and master bedroom, we had a large blank walls desperately calling out for…

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Filed In: Flip Houses, Home Decor, Project Plans / Tagged: art, artwork, budget, cheap, diy, large, lightweight, luan, wall

Falling for Fall

September 23, 2016 · 5 Comments

Neutral and Natural Fall Decor | inbetweenchaos.com

  It is SO hard… soooo hard… for me to say goodbye to summer.  I love spring and summer.  Heat doesn’t bother me.  I love being outside.  I try to hang on as long as I can.  But once I get over the hump, once I can accept that I need to say goodbye to summer…

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Filed In: Holidays, Home Decor, House & Home, Life / Tagged: autumn, decor, fall, farmhouse, fresh

DIY Farmhouse Industrial Light

September 19, 2016 · 2 Comments

DIY Farmhouse Industrial Light | inbetweenchaos.com

Lighting can be the ever-important jewelry to any room.  And when we are renovating a home to sell, it’s one of the biggest ways to add some character to a room.  Unfortunately, our budgets don’t usually allow for glamorous light fixtures.  And that is tough, because I LOVE lighting!  So, here is a light fixture…

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Filed In: Home Decor, Project Plans / Tagged: diy, farmhouse, industrial, lantern, light fixture

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Welcome all! In between the chaos of being a scatterbrained mom of 3 and a real estate investor, I love trying new things with my saw, paint brush, camera… I’m a Jane of all trades but master of none. Join me and we can learn together!

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