Nothing tries your patience more than renovations with your spouse. My husband and I have been remodeling our 1870s house. We have only completed both bathrooms in 2 years. They take a lot of time (and money). I would never recommend renovating the most expensive rooms first. We had to because we didn’t have a […]
how to make a beautiful topsy turvy flower tower project for yourself
topsy turvy flower tower I wanted to make a statement on the front of our house. It’s a big square house, a four-square. Because all the sides are square and the same size (I’m guessing that’s the reason). Anyway. I made these topsy turvy flower tower to add a pop for the front of the house […]
homemade wool dryer balls
I have been using wool dryer balls for about 10 years. I feel that they help with static and make your clothes fluffy. They are also said to help with cutting the drying time on your clothes. This will save money on the time the dryer runs. I like the fact that we are not […]
holiday ornaments diy
My daughter recently came home from a birthday party where they made ornaments. I want to make them at home too mom. We have bought our own holiday ornaments every each for the kids, but they now like to make them. Check out how you too can make them with your kids too. This is […]
how to make an inexpensive pixelated spider Halloween costume
Halloween always involves me trying to be crafty and handy with my sewing machine. My son tells me he wanted to be the spider from Minecraft for Halloween. This one I had to think about. Find out how you can make a pixelated spider costume on a budget. Pixelated! This project took about 1 hours […]
Make a Petoskey Stone Halloween costume
My son wanted to be a Petoskey Stone for Halloween. These are not sold in the store. It has to be made. This required a lot of thinking on how to do it and this is what I came up with. If you ever need a Petoskey Stone Halloween costume, you can consider this an […]
DIY painting farm parts into sunflowers
I love shopping at our local antique store. We find all sorts of great things to decorate with and use as projects. I found this farm thing that I thought it would make a great flower for the front of our house. See how you too can paint farm parts. This one was painted into […]
how to repurpose glass bottles with chalk paint
My son wanted to collect sand from our trips to the great lakes in Michigan. When I looked online, the bottles were super expensive to purchase. I needed to find a way to save money and decided to repurpose glass bottles we already had. repurpose glass bottles Since the kids like to drink […]
how to make a coat rack – repurposed
diy coat rack refab project We found an old coat rack in a pile of wood in our barn. The varnish was dried up and coming off and a hook was broke. It had beautiful hooks, but some broken. I repurposed this coat rack, back into a coat rack, easy. See how you can refinish […]
vintage milk can restoration diy
We bought two milk cans to go with our 1870s farm house. They needed a lot of work and were a little rusty. Check out how I did this vintage milk can restoration with a little elbow grease and pain. A big thanks to Rust-Oleum for sending me paint to complete this project. What you’ll need: Rust-Oleum […]
repaint heat registers diy
When your heat registers are ugly you want to repaint them. When your registers don’t match your decor anymore, you want to repaint them. Whatever the reason, check out how to repaint heat registers back to beautiful. What you’ll need: spray paint color that matches your decor (we use Rustoleum in a satin finish) wire […]
