If you have a woodworker on your gift list, here are some easy ideas. And be sure to check out my post on tools for the beginning woodworker for more great ideas. one – Gloves – these gloves are on my list this year. It never fails that i get a splinter, especially when I’m lumber…
Herringbone Fireplace Insert – and a Happy Accident
Boy does it feel good to cross a project off the list when it’s been there for a year! I mean really, it wasn’t even hard, but it just kept getting pushed back. I planned this last November when I made my faux fireplace surround (check out the plans for that here) and needed to…
DIY Fireplace Surround
While designing our house, one of the things that got the axe was our fireplace. It was competing for wall space with the gazillion windows and French doors I had planned, and my husband didn’t want to hang the tv high over a fireplace. He didn’t ask for much, so I conceded. All in all,…
A Plaid Farmhouse Christmas
Who isn’t having a love affair with plaid and buffalo check, especially for Christmas! Here are some of my favorite plaid and farmhouse finds. What are yours? one | two | three | four | five |six | seven | eight | nine | ten | eleven -Marianne This post contains affiliate links which cost you nothing but may give me a small…
Tools for the Beginning Woodworker
When I first got my circular saw, I worked in the garage late into the night cutting wood for a media console. It was my first real project, and I couldn’t wait to fire it back up the next night. Since then, I’ve been growing my tools through Christmas lists… which my husband swears are…
Have Yourself a Retro Little Christmas
One of the things I love about Christmas is pulling out my Christmas decorations and remembering years past. And of course I love finding things that remind of decor my parents had when growing up! The little Santa boot? My mom had something so very similar. I think it was from Avon 🙂 My grandmother…
Whitewashed Gather Art
Our dining room at the Plaid House was pretty lonely. I needed more quick art work like I did in the living room. I had the design of this piece floating in the back of my mind, and I thought it would be perfect for the dining room. But I was trying to use my luan that…
Super Easy Back Tab Curtains
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…
Faux Shiplap Tips
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…
Be A Blessing – Free Printable
Hey all! I’m excited, and a little nervous, today to offer you my first free printable! Here’s hoping it goes well 🙂 With Thanksgiving less than 2 weeks away, it’s perfect for this time of year. Of course, it should apply all year right? I swoon over hand painted watercolor florals and am awed by…
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