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    How to Make A Simple Eucalyptus Garland

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    This sim­ple gar­land is so easy I can hard­ly call it a DIY. The idea came from the want to dec­o­rate my man­tle and the need to lim­it my spending.…trying to bud­get for those pump­kins if you know what I mean.  I grabbed some euca­lyp­tus gar­land I already has on hand and start­ed to brain­storm ways to make it look more fall-like. I decid­ed on lay­er­ing a few sim­ple gar­lands so they could eas­i­ly be inter­changed for dif­fer­ent seasons. Supplies euca­lyp­tus garland pine cones jute buf­fa­lo check wired ribbon The euca­lyp­tus I found on Ama­zon. I love it because it is…

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    10 Rustic Fall Scrap Wood Projects

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    Lit­er­al­ly Pin­ter­est is chocked full of Fall Scrap Wood Projects right now. And not just Fall, but there are so many amaz­ing scrap wood projects for your rus­tic home decor. One of my favorite things to do is to take a piece of scrap, des­tined for the garbage, and turn it into some­thing beau­ti­ful and use­ful for my home. But here is my con­fes­sion. I used to let all of those glo­ri­ous ideas stack high­er and high­er in my Pin­ter­est boards with­out any real inten­tion of drag­ging out my saw and tools. By the time I actu­al­ly find the time to…

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    DIY Projects - Kitchen

    Reviving an Old Cutting Board

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    Recent­ly, I had the task of reviv­ing an old cut­ting board. It giv­en to me by a sweet friend of mine no longer had use for it and knew I had a grow­ing col­lec­tion. As beau­ti­ful as it was, it need­ed a lit­tle bit of TLC. It was dry and had notice­ably not been con­di­tioned in quite some time. With­in a few min­utes I had this beau­ty shin­ing again!  Reviv­ing an old cut­ting board is real­ly quite sim­ple. The next time you find one at a yard sale or at a thrift store you may think twice about pass­ing it up.…

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    Video: How to Make an Easy Halloween Place Setting

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    I recent­ly decid­ed to cre­ate an easy Hal­loween place set­ting using a few crafty things I had around the house. After you see how ways it is to cre­ate this lit­tle spooky set­ting you will want to go scav­eng­ing your own stash…seriously! The best part, this entire set­ting took less that 5 min­utes to curate! So whether you’re the last minute host or just want to flex those DIY mus­cles this one is for you!  Supplies Twigs from the yard raf­fia Spooky net­ting brown tags stamps I didn’t actu­al­ly pho­to­graph the step-by-step process of this look but I did do a short…

  • DIY Projects - Kitchen

    Rustic Feed Sack Kitchen Sink Curtain

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    Okay so when we bought our farm back in Decem­ber, I knew imme­di­ate­ly that the kitchen was going to be one of the first rooms we would tack­le as far as ren­o­va­tions. It need­ed paint, back­splash, fixtures…all the things. Like most of our projects and home renos we were (and are) work­ing with a strict bud­get. Dec­o­rat­ing on a bud­get has become a way of life for me. Most­ly out of neces­si­ty but also out of enjoyment.  Luck­i­ly, this cute lit­tle tip for adding a charm­ing old fash­ioned feel to you kitchen hits the nail on the head when it…

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    Tutorial: Indoor Decorative Shutters the Easy Way

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    Add the per­fect touch of tex­ture and warmth to your home with this DIY tuto­r­i­al for build­ing indoor dec­o­ra­tive shut­ters. This type of project will come togeth­er quick­ly with min­i­mal wood­work­ing skills required. Required Tools Miter Saw Pneu­mat­ic Nail Gun Air Com­pres­sor Additional Supplies Fin­ish Nails (6) 1/4″ Sand­ed Ply­wood (Cut into 6 ” planks) (2) 1 x 2″ fin­ished trim pieces (Cut to 14″) Stain Stain Rags Your secret weapon (aka a jig) Instructions I began this project with a large sand­ed ply­wood sheet from Lowe’s. Sim­ply ask them to cut your sheet into 6″ planks. Once I had the wood home I…

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    DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    How to Make a Scrap Wood Christmas Tree Sign

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    For this Scrap Wood Christ­mas Tree Sign we are using one of the patent pend­ing Roost and Restore Nest­ing Box­es which you can read about here. They are also, avail­able to pur­chase if you wish to make you own inter­change­able sign. The fun part about these Nest­ing Box­es is they are inter­change­able and pro­vide THE per­fect base for all you home made sig­nage. Sim­ply pur­chase the frame, dec­o­rate your inserts and change them out for the seasons!  If you’re like me, then you love mak­ing décor for your home. Not just cute lit­tle crafts here and there but true, qual­i­ty…

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    DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    Video:Nesting Box Interchangeable Signs

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    Recent­ly, I came up with a design idea for a unique inter­change­able sign, which I named the “Nest­ing Box” peo­ple could cus­tomize and use in their homes. The con­cept of the Nest­ing box is quite sim­ple. It looks like a nor­mal table top sign but in fact it is much more. You get to chose your com­po­nents, and we ship them direct­ly to you! You will receive your sign unfin­ished and ready dec­o­rate. It’s that sim­ple, and the best part of the entire design? It can be changed out at any time.  For easy inter­change­abil­i­ty, we designed the back­ing using 1/8″…

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    Video: Quick Table Setting Tips for the 4th of July

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    DIY Napkin Rings For this rus­tic patri­ot­ic table set­ting I am using my secret weapon…DIY Nap­kin Rings! They are super sim­ple and quick to make when you’re in a pinch or just want to spruce up a table with­out spend­ing the extra dollars.  Paper Napkins My oth­er trick to set­ting a beau­ti­ful patri­ot­ic table is paper nap­kins! I love all the dif­fer­ent prints and col­or you can find and they make set­ting a cute table a breeze! Not to men­tion it helps me to put my nap­kin “stash” to good use. Am I the only one that saves left­over cute…

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    Unique Ways to Use Wood Beads in Your Home Decor

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    If you are a lover of farm­house dec­o­rat­ing or even, most recent­ly, the trendy boho farm­house look then you have no doubt been see­ing how ver­sa­tile and beau­ti­ful wood beads can be in your décor. What I love about wood beads is that they are time­less. And they can make even the small­est of details in your home be some of the most beau­ti­ful addi­tions. Think of them as sprin­kles on a cup­cake. Just that lit­tle some­thing extra that will take your décor to the next level.  Wood beads can be glued, paint­ed, dipped, dyed, you name it and it has prob­a­bly…