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    How to Make Vintage Inspired Wooden Spools

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    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…

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    DIY Faux Cement Planter: Perfect for Fall!

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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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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    Roost and Restore Celebrates at Featherstone Farm

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    Last week we had the amaz­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to part­ner with a local mini farm here in West­ern Ken­tucky for a beau­ti­ful and unique cel­e­bra­tion. Here at Roost and Restore we were look­ing for a unique way to cel­e­brate us reach­ing a HUGE mile­stone of 100 thou­sand fol­low­ers on Facebook. A pri­vate pic­nic at Feath­er­Stone Farm was just the ticket. I could­n’t imag­ine a place more fit­ting for me and my team. A beau­ti­ful field near a quaint pond and and sheep graz­ing in the distance…sign us up! As we walked up the hill through the mowed path­way we encoun­tered a…

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    DIY Fall Transitional Sign Using Cardboard

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    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…

  • Christmas - DIY Projects

    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

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    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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    Roost and Restore Home: Let’s Go Pickin’!

    11:44 AM - By 

    Have you heard about The Home­goods Mar­ket? It’s my small home decor bou­tique that spe­cial­izes in small batch, hand­made items picked by me, Kaycee, and the Roost+Restore team. When I launched Roost+Restore to help folks dec­o­rate their homes with resource­ful DIY decor, I nev­er imag­ined that I would own an online home decor bou­tique and get to go trea­sure hunt­ing for a job! God is good, y’all! This week, The Home­goods Mar­ket launched a col­lec­tion that is near and dear to my heart. Y’all know I pride myself on resource­ful home decor, and the Let’s Go Pickin’ Col­lec­tion fea­tures unique,…