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    Easy Wood Planter Box

    Ok, so have you ever tried the oui fresh yogurt? That stuff is seri­ous­ly amaz­ing!!! PLUS…for us DIY­ers they come in the cutest lit­tle glass jars ever­rr! This easy yogurt jar wood planter box is PERFECT for those lit­tle cuties. They are seri­ous­ly too cute to just throw away! I decid­ed on a whim that I need­ed a cute lit­tle box to group a few of my jars in, and this DIY was born. With a few scrap wood pieces or this DIY Wood Planter Box Kit, you too can make your own!  I assem­bled my sim­ple box using some scrap pieces…

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    Pallet Wood Church DIY Decor

    I am obsessed with the rus­tic look of pal­let wood projects. And this Pal­let Wood Church is no excep­tion. The beau­ti­ful rus­tic feel of this com­plet­ed project makes it per­fect for year round decor.  Craft kits like this pal­let wood church can be received each month in our Craft Wood Club subscription! Pallet Wood Church Cut List (1) 11^3/4″ x 2^3/4″ with 2 angles (1) 9“x2^3/4″ (2) 9“x2^3/4″ with sin­gle angle  Other Supplies Wood­stik Hot Glue Glue Gun Stain Paint Brush­es Rag Sand­pa­per Burlap Rib­bon Green­ery of choice I began by putting a nice dark coat of stain onto the pal­let boards. Late­ly I…

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    Neutral Valentine’s Day Wood Blocks

    It’s no secret that wood block crafts are my absolute favorite thing to craft! These sim­ple Valen­tine’s Day wood blocks are the per­fect addi­tion to my already neu­tral decor. They give the per­fect hint of romance with­out clash­ing with my every day decor, and that is exact­ly how I like it. I have nev­er been much on the reds and pinks in my home but these Valen­tine’s Day wood blocks have the soft­est touch of pink, a hint of read and a mut­ed, yet roman­tic vibe. These start­ed as 2x4 scrap pieces I grabbed from the garage. I first stained them with…

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    DIY Rustic Winter Wood Projects

    Wood block and scrap wood projects are my absolute favorite. I think most­ly because of the rus­tic qual­i­ties they have and how ver­sa­tile they can real­ly be. These rus­tic win­ter wood projects are no excep­tion to my love/ This is why I cre­at­ed the Wood­shop. To help oth­er women, just like me, gain con­fi­dence in mak­ing wood projects for themselves. We all are guilty of see­ing a cute project and shar­ing it to our feed or sav­ing it to our Pin­ter­est boards but what if I told you that YOU can bring these ideas to life! YOU can get your hands…

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    10 Minute Wood Block Picture Holder

    This lit­tle wood block project is one that is sure to make you smile. Not only is this wood block pic­ture hold­er absolute­ly ah-dorable, it is so so stinkin easy to make! Scrap wood can be so handy to have around if you have home ren­o­va­tions or in our case, projects around the home­stead. It’s easy to just go search­ing for scraps until I find that per­fect lit­tle gem wait­ing for a makeover.  What if I don’t have a wood block? I’m glad you asked! We love sourc­ing from our scrap wood pile so much around here that we decid­ed to bring…

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    Rustic Christmas Scrap Wood Projects

    There is some­thing so incred­i­bly fun about cre­at­ing with scraps. It can be the ulti­mate chal­lenge for your cre­ative side and it’s a great way to use your resources; espe­cial­ly after a home reno or project build. These rus­tic scrap wood Christ­mas projects are the per­fect exam­ples of the amaz­ing pieces you can cre­ate with wood that oth­er­wise may be head­ed to the trash.  There are so many amaz­ing projects ideas out there and I cre­at­ed the THE WOODSHOP to help get wood into peo­ples hands that may not oth­er­wise have the tools or the wood pile to use for projects…

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    10 Rustic Fall Scrap Wood Projects

    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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    Tutorial: Indoor Decorative Shutters the Easy Way

    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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    How to Make a Scrap Wood Christmas Tree Sign

    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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    Video:Nesting Box Interchangeable Signs

    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″…