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    Cozy Fall Finds at Hobby Lobby

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    Hey there! Can you believe it is already time to start pulling out your fall decor? If you’re like me it’s hard not to want to jump right into fall dec­o­rat­ing as soon as I see ther first leaf hit the ground. If you’re on the fence about whether or not its’s time, here is my tip for you…do what makes YOU happy!  It is true that retail­ers like Hob­by Lob­by begin fill­ing their shelves ear­ly, but that is for good rea­son. Rework­ing decor for the chang­ing sea­sons can take time and plan­ning. Check out this super help­ful arti­cle from my…

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    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…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    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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    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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    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…

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    How to Arrange A Basket Wall for Beginners

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    I am glad you’re here. I want to encour­age you that if you’re new to this whole bas­ket gallery wall trend that you’re not alone. I have had many peo­ple ask how to arrange a bas­ket gallery wall. Where do you find bas­kets? And how dif­fi­cult is it to cre­ate one? I am here to show even the absolute begin­ner how they can arrange a beau­ti­ful bas­ket gallery wall with a few easy tips and tricks that I used with almost every gallery wall I cre­ate. I hope this easy step by step tuto­r­i­al will leave you feel­ing mor con­fi­dent in…

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    How to Make an Easy Patriotic Banner with Ribbon

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    I am excit­ed to share with you just how easy and beau­ti­ful this patri­ot­ic door hang­er can be with just a lit­tle wood plank and ribbon!  For me, patri­ot­ic decor around the home­stead always seems to be lack­ing. Sum­mer hol­i­days always seem to sneak up on me and I find myself scram­bling around last minute to come up with a few good sum­mer­time decor ideas. This project start­ed with a pre-dis­tressed board from the Wal-Mart craft cen­ter and a pack of 6 lit­tle wood­en stars from the same isle. I’m sure the same sup­plies can be found at your local craft…

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    How to Make Wood Bead Tassel DIY Decor

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    I am always look­ing for home decor to cre­ate on my own. Don’t get me wrong I love doing all types of crafts but I espe­cial­ly love the ones I can dis­play in my home year round. This is exact­ly why I am excit­ed to teach you how to make wood bead tas­sel DIY decor. Not only is this one sim­ple but it incor­po­rates one of my very favorite elements…wood! I have var­i­ous wood bead gar­lands, tas­sels, cut­ting boards, bowls and more scat­tered through­out my home and I am excit­ed to add this cute lit­tle addition. Materials *these ar affil­i­at­ed links…