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    Easy Painted Wood Sunflower

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    This wood sun­flower DIY was a lit­tle out­side of my com­fort zone. For some rea­son paint­ing makes me a ner­vous wreck buu­u­uttt I decid­ed to take a dose of my own med­i­cine, and like I always say “Just go for it!”  So this is me going for it. I decid­ed to give this sim­ple wood sun­flower dimen­sion with a paint­ing tech­nique that I love to refer to as “wood but­ter­ing.” It’s lit­er­al­ly where you spread your paint on like you would but­ter a piece of toast…no kid­ding! Watch me but­ter this Wood Sunflower. This wood Sun­flower Kit is exclu­sive to our…

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    DIY Fall Transitional Sign Using Cardboard

    8:06 PM - By 

    Even if we don’t want to admit it, Fall is just around the cor­ner. Yes, I know it may be a bit ear­ly to break out the fall decor, I think this diy fall tran­si­tion­al sign can be an excep­tion. Sun­flow­ers and late Sum­mer go togeth­er like peas and car­rots. Go ahead and tuck this one in your back pock­et or pin it to your DIY fall decor board for future reference. Supplies for DIY Fall Sign Nest­ing Box Inter­change­able Sign Fall Flo­ral Stem Card­board Paint (I am using off white, grey, black and antique wax) Stain (Min­wax Spe­cial Walnut) Paint­brush­es Hot Glue…

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    Scandinavian Inspired Dollar Tree Bell Makeover

    1:19 AM - By 

    I found these adorable lit­tle bells at our local Dol­lar Tree last Christ­mas and knew they would made a cute base for this Dol­lar Tree bell makeover. It dawned on me today, in the heat of July, that I would use them to cre­ate a Scan­di­na­vian inspired wreath for Christmas!  Scan­di­na­vian Christ­mas decor is sim­ple and focused on nat­ur­al col­ors and ele­ments. I think you will see the beau­ty in the sim­plic­i­ty of this dol­lar tree bell makeover and hope­ful­ly find it inspir­ing.… let’s get to it! Here is what you will need to recre­ate this look Supplies Plas­tic Bells (I found…

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    DIY Dollar Tree Frame Makeover

    5:01 AM - By 

    I have had my hands on the Dol­lar Tree frame for a while just wait­ing for the per­fect project and this was just what I was wait­ing for! I mean, once you see how cute this DIY Dol­lar Tree frame makeover turned out„ you’re gonna want to run to the store to grab one for yourself! The sup­plies came from a few dif­fer­ent craft places like Michaels, Wal­mart and of course, Dol­lar tree. I will list what you need below and where it can be found. It’s my hunch that if you prob­a­bly have a lot of these things on…

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    Old Toolbox Restoration

    6:28 PM - By 

    Y’all I could­n’t believe my eyes when I came across this adorable old tool box at a yard sale for only $10. In fact, I almost over­looked it because of the bright shade of blue it had been paint­ed. My eyes are not typ­i­cal­ly drawn to bright col­ors but then I saw it for what it was. A beau­ti­ful old tool­box with excel­lent bones and a sto­ry to tell. Sooo nat­u­ral­ly, I picked it up and brought it home. This lit­tle dia­mond in the rough need­ed some LOVE. And that is where the jour­ney of the old tool­box restora­tion began! It all…

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    Repouring A Dough Bowl Candle

    6:49 PM - By 

    If you are new to Roost and Restore, wel­come! Around here we are all about dec­o­rat­ing our homes resource­ful­ly! In con­junc­tion with the DIY dec­o­rat­ing ideas I share with yall, I have have cre­at­ed a rus­tic home decor bou­tique called The Home­Goods Mar­ket where we sell unique home decor pieces, vin­tage and pret­ty much any­thing that encom­pass­es whole­some old fash­ioned living!  That’s where this tuto­r­i­al comes in. Here on the blog today I am going to be shar­ing the sim­ple step by step process of repour­ing a dough bowl that can be pur­chased in our bou­tique! We now offer the…

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    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…

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    DIY Memorial Day Luminary

    3:54 AM - By 

    I can not be more pleased with the out­come behind this sim­ple Memo­r­i­al Day lumi­nary. Not only is it upcy­cled but I was able to use a crack­le prod­uct by Valspar that I had been excit­ed to try!. Grab your­self an old jar and a can­dle and come make one of these beau­ti­ful lumi­nar­ies for your­self or in remem­brance of one of the brave men and women that gave their all serv­ing our beau­ti­ful country. You can see some of my favorite patri­ot­ic and Memo­r­i­al Day DIYs here! Supplies for the Memorial Day Luminary Old mid sized jar…I’m using a pick­le…

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    Memorial Day Poppy Flower DIY

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    Often­times when we think of Memo­r­i­al Day our minds auto­mat­i­cal­ly shift to the unof­fi­cial start of Sum­mer. I want­ed to take a moment to hon­or the lives of those that give mean­ing to the Memo­r­i­al Day that we observe. It is my hope that this Memo­r­i­al Day DIY will help us to remem­ber those that gave their lives defend­ing our beau­ti­ful coun­try that we know and love. Memorial Day DIY Poppy Flower ‑Supplies Needed Scrap Wood Plank Red Fab­ric from the Fab­ric Fan Club Sticks from the yard White Paint ( I am using Plas­ter by Waverly) Stain or Antique Glaze (I am using…

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    Our Buffalo Check Couch from Marketplace

    2:59 AM - By 

    Yes, it’s true. I am chang­ing couches…AGAIN! This will be the 3rd couch we have rotat­ed into this space in lit­tle over a year. But here me out, okay? I ful­ly believe it is 100 per­cent okay to play around with our fur­ni­ture until you find that per­fect fit. That exact­ly what this buf­fa­lo check beau­ty did for me.  We start­ed out with a beau­ti­ful sec­tion­al when we moved in. It was a gift to our­selves before we bought out cur­rent home­stead. It was cus­tom built and my very first piece of brand new fur­ni­ture ever! We we’re liv­ing the high…