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    DIY Projects

    DIY Grain Sack Coffee Stained Towel

    8:33 PM - By 

    This is one of those fun DIY’s you are gonna wish you had known about soon­er. This DIY grain sack tea tow­el real­ly is 2 projects in one, but they are both so super sim­ple you just might want to trans­form all of your kitchen towels. Supplies to Make a Grain Sack Tea Towel Plain flour sack tea towel rolling pin Fab­ric Medium thick rub­ber bands paint of choice cloth­ing iron parch­ment paper instant cof­fee The main ingre­di­ent for this grain sack tow­el DIY is the rolling pin. Real­ly all parts are impor­tant but you will be glad you had the rolling pin handy.  Begin by…

  • Get Your Free Wood Stain Recipe Card

    8:56 PM - By 

    Y’all when I start­ed mak­ing my own wood stain I had no idea how much I would fall in love with the process. It is so fun to watch the stain evolve and become a beau­ti­ful shade all on it’s own. I am excit­ed for you to get your hands on this recipe card and see for yourself.…I will warn you, it will result in a beau­ti­ful­ly aged col­or with the pret­ti­est mat­te fin­ish you have ever seen. 

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    DIY Walnut Wood Stain

    7:48 PM - By 

    I am so excit­ed to have made this DIY Wal­nut Wood Stain! It is a game chager for peo­ple who love to get their hands dirty and make things for them­self! The best part??? It only requires TWO, yes two, ingre­di­ents to pre­pare! It’s quick, easy and so beautiful! STEP ONE- GATHER NUTS From start to fin­ish this project will take you less than 10 min­utes to cre­ate. I went out and gath­ered about a dozen wal­nuts from the ground beneath my wal­nut tree. I brought them inside and shucked the out­er hulls from the nut.  Keep in mind black wal­nuts…

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    How to make DIY Coffee Stain

    7:31 PM - By 

    The list of things I want to try to DIY is long, and I have always want­ed to make my own stain. Now there are plen­ty of meth­ods out there for mak­ing stain and I am shar­ing how I have decid­ed to make my own. It’s chem­i­cal free and all the ingre­di­ents can almost exlu­sive­ly come from your kitchen. Need­ing ideas for how to use this beau­ti­ful wood stain?  Look at this amaz­ing aged effect on this wood block craft. Ingre­di­ents Needed Cof­fee Grounds, I’m using left­overs from this morn­ings brew Dis­tilled White Vinegar Fine Steel Wool  Mason Jar with lid Steps Pour about 2…

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    How to Layer Stain Like a Pro

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    Learn how to give new wood a beau­ti­ful nat­u­ral­ly aged look with the stain lay­er­ing tech­nique An easy DIY method for using stain to achieve an old look. The goal here was to make this wood look aged and pre­vi­ous­ly loved. In this case, a since shade of stain was­n’t gonna cut it. I decid­ed on using a tech­nique I am unof­fi­cial­ly nam­ing stain lay­er­ing. To be truth I don’t know if this is techini­cal­ly a tech­nique but it’s what I came up with and I must say I hap­py with the results. These are the shades I used:  Min­wax Weath­ered Oak 270…

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    10 Vintage July 4th Decor Ideas

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    I have gath­ered a col­lec­tion of some beau­ti­ful Vin­tage July 4th decor ideas and DIYs for your inspi­ra­tion this hol­i­day. is such a nos­tal­gia that comes with Inde­pen­dence Day. Each and every year the cel­e­bra­tions, and the decor around town and around the house have me reliv­ing mem­o­ries from my child­hood. I real­ly feel like it’s because of this that I espe­cial­ly love the vin­tage looks this time of year. Pil­lows are a favorite decor sta­ple and can quick­ly change the feel of a room. Mix­ing small and large pat­terns in coor­di­nat­ing col­ors brought this out­door seat­ing togeth­er beautifully. Some­times all…

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    Dollar Tree Easter DIY Under $10

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    Y’all it has been a hot minute since I have mus­tered up enough time and cre­ativ­i­ty to come up with some­thing cre­ative, much less write about it. I thought there was no bet­ter way to get back in the game than a good ole Dol­lar Tree East­er DIY. I real­ize many Dol­lar Tree loca­tions have dif­fer­ent assort­ments of sup­plies but hope­ful­ly you can take this tuto­r­i­al, and allow it to inspire you to cre­ate your own ver­sion. What­ev­er that may look like. I am pro­vid­ing a list of the sup­plies I used for ref­er­ence when plan­ning your own project. Begin your…

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    Fall Porch Decor Kits

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    This week at R+R I have been craft­ing all the things get my porch ready for fall. This col­lec­tion of DIY kits are avail­able at Roost and Restore Home among oth­er projects you can craft and dec­o­rate with. We like to offer high qual­i­ty projects that we can not only inspire you with but also offer indi­vid­u­al­ly and in bun­dles to help you achieve your own unique look for your home. Each tuto­r­i­al for these fall porch decor kits can can be replayed on Face­book (HERE) Check each indi­vid­ual kit and the col­or pal­lette down below.  Fall Porch Leaner This fall…

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    Scrap Wood Windmill

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    There isn’t any type of craft­ing much bet­ter than scrap wood craftin. I get the best feel­ing when I can got grab a few pieces from the wood pile and make some­thing from scratch. This lit­tle scrap wood wind­mill is a prime exam­ple of what you can make when you have a good source of scrap wood! Supplies Scrap Wood Tri­an­gle pack Shims Chunky Wood Block Antique Wax by Waverly Crim­son chalk paint by Waverly Ink chalk paint by Waverly Sand­pa­per Paint brush­es Stain rag Rib­bon Hot Glue Sten­cil Cin­na­mon Mod Podge Mini Amer­i­can Flag This scrap wood wind­mill project start­ed with a large…

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    Thrifted Bookend Makeover with Quikrete

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    A cou­ple weeks ago I grabbed these hefty book­ends at a yard sale for $3. Real­ly the whole day of hunt­ing was a bust but find­ing these beau­ties turned the day around! That real­ly is the joy in thrift­ing and hunt­ing for those unique items. I hope this thrift­ed book­end makeover will inspire you on your next trip to the thrift store.  When you’re on the hunt I sug­gest look­ing for items with “good bones” I know I prob­a­bly wear that phrase out but it real­ly is the most use­ful tip to remem­ber. Paint, stain and in this case, con­crete…