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  • Christmas - Decor - DIY Projects

    DIY Christmas Centerpiece from Thrifted Lamp Shade

    3:25 AM - By 

    Every year it seems like I am left scratch­ing my head try­ing to fig­ure out the per­fect Christ­mas cen­ter­piece for my din­ing table, cof­fee tables, sofa table…any table real­ly. But I believe I may have found some­thing unique, sim­ple and beau­ti­ful with this DIY Christ­mas centerpiece. It all start­ed with an old lampshade…yes you read that cor­rect­ly, A lamp shade.  It was old. Stained. Bor­ing. But I changed all that just by sim­ply strip­ping it down with a box cut­ting knife and styling it with a few beau­ti­ful items from Roost and Restore Home. This is what the shade looked like after…

  • Decor - Decor + Styling - DIY Projects

    DIY Christmas Decor Using an Old Canvas

    2:18 AM - By 

    This week I kicked off with some Christ­mas craft­ing. Every Mon­day I go LIVE on Face­book to share a fun makeover idea and this week DIY Christ­mas decor is just what I need­ed to get the week started! I grabbed a can­vas for $1.99 at the local Good­will, removed the dat­ed can­vas image to reveal a cute, chunky wood­en frame. You can see what this frame looked like before on the Face­book replay. After remov­ing the can­vas I sim­ply stained the frame, attached some super cute pol­ka dot rib­bon, embell­ished with some sim­ple green picks from Wal­mart and thid DIY…

  • Decor

    Neutral Scrap Wood Pumpkin DIY

    3:51 PM - By 

    I bet you have all the items on hand to make these beau­ti­ful neu­tral scrap wood pump­kin diy! This time of year every time I come across a piece of scrap wood I am dream­ing up ways to turn it into a pump­kin. In fact, I have a slew of scrap wood projects on the blog for all sea­sons! Tell me I’m not the only one? This time around I decid­ed to go a some­what roman­tic route for these neu­tral scrap wood pumpkins. Here it what I start­ed with to make these neu­tral scrap wood pumpkins… A few scrap 2x4 pieces…

  • Decor - DIY Projects

    Chippy Wood Pumpkin DIY Perfect For Fall

    6:48 PM - By 

    I think if I put all of my favorite things in a bag and shake it up, I would pull out this chip­py wood pump­kin DIY. It is lit­er­al­ly a com­bi­na­tion of all of my VERY FAVORITE things! And the best part? It’s the fea­tured project in the month­ly DIY Decor Box for August! Each and every box is filled with a com­bi­na­tion of beau­ti­ful DIY’s and coor­di­nat­ed decor for your home! Lit­er­al­ly the only thing left to do is enjoy the curat­ed dec­o­rat­ing experience!  Does that sound like a fun time?  Well, let me just sweet­en it up even more…

  • Decor - DIY Projects

    How to Make Vintage Inspired Wooden Spools

    9:01 PM - By 

    I love to incor­po­rat­ed vin­tage and DIY pieces in and around my home. This lit­tle project is inspired by both! These vin­tage inspired wood­en spools are so incred­i­bly easy to make and would be so super cute styled on a shelf, tiered tray or vignette!  Let’s jump right in! Supplies for making Vintage Inspired Spools (4) 1 1/2“x2 1/8″ Wood Spool (Found at Hob­by Lobby) (4) 2“x1/4″ Disc Cir­cle (Found at Hob­by Lobby) Hot Glue E6000 Antique Wax Baby Wipe Sand­pa­per Rib­bon and embell­ish­ments of choice Before we begin, I want­ed to share that you can find these spools and discs at Hob­by…

  • Decor - DIY Projects

    DIY Faux Cement Planter: Perfect for Fall!

    1:16 AM - By 

    I have been dying to try my hand at cre­at­ing a DIY faux fall cement planter, and this cute lit­tle pot from a local thrift store was the per­fect piece for this cute piece of DIY Fall decor! Tru­ly, this DIY can be incor­po­rat­ed into any sea­son, but I have a per­fect lit­tle stack of adorable neu­tral farm­house pump­kins from Roost+Restore Home that would look amaz­ing nes­tled on top. DIY Faux Fall Cement Planter Supplies old piece of pottery tis­sue paper mod podge paint (I am using Waver­ly Plas­ter, Ink and Antique wax) paint brush baby wipes Begin with a cou­ple sheets…

  • DIY Projects

    How to Make A Simple Back to School Sign

    1:53 AM - By 

    It’s hard to believe the Sum­mer is already com­ing to an end. Here at the home­stead we have been doing all of the end of Sum­mer things, putting up the gar­den veg­gies, shop­ping school sup­plies and plan­ning for all of the back to school fes­tiv­i­ties. It got me to think­ing about all of the cute and cre­ative ways teach­ers can dec­o­rate their classrooms.That is where the idea of this sim­ple back to school sign came to be. This lit­tle cre­ation would make a cute piece for a bul­letin board, a desk or some­where in a classroom. If you want to…

  • Decor - DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    Rusty Wire Mason Jar Wood Block Sign DIY

    12:29 AM - By 

    Wood block DIY’s are my absolute fave. There is some­thing so sat­is­fy­ing about being able to cre­ate some­thing unique and qual­i­ty for your home with­out hav­ing to hunt down crazy com­pli­cat­ed sup­plies. This rusty wire mason jar was the per­fect way to add a touch of rus­tic fall decor to my home with­out hav­ing to do just that. I already had most of these sup­plies lay­ing around my house, and I wil­ing to bet you prob­a­bly do too. Here is whatcha need for this per­fect lit­tle piece of rus­tic fall decor… Supplies for Rusty Wire Mason Jar Wood Block Wood chunk (mine is about…

  • Decor - DIY Projects

    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…

  • DIY Projects

    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…