• DIY Projects

    How to Make an Easy Patriotic Banner with Ribbon

    2:24 PM - By 

    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 DIY Coffee Stain

    7:31 PM - By 

    The list of things I want to try to DIY is long, and I have always want­ed to make my own stain. Now there are plen­ty of meth­ods out there for mak­ing stain and I am shar­ing how I have decid­ed to make my own. It’s chem­i­cal free and all the ingre­di­ents can almost exlu­sive­ly come from your kitchen. Need­ing ideas for how to use this beau­ti­ful wood stain?  Look at this amaz­ing aged effect on this wood block craft. Ingre­di­ents Needed Cof­fee Grounds, I’m using left­overs from this morn­ings brew Dis­tilled White Vinegar Fine Steel Wool  Mason Jar with lid Steps Pour about 2…

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    A Tiered Tray Styled with DIY Projects

    7:32 PM - By 

    I have nev­er real­ly dec­o­rat­ed for Valen­tine’s Day but I am real­ly enjoy­ing just a sprin­kle of love here and there min­gled with my decor. And after see­ing plen­ty of Valen­tine’s Day trays decked out in bright reds and pinks I decid­ed I want­ed to tone things down a bit and bring some of my DIY projects togeth­er to cre­ate a beau­ti­ful­ly styled Neu­tral Valen­tines Day Tiered Tray. When all was said and done this lit­tle thing was FILLED with sim­ple DIY’s I have cre­at­ed over time. There is noth­ing more sat­is­fy­ing that see­ing all your projects come togeth­er beau­ti­ful­ly.…

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    Simple Heart Clips for Valentine’s Day

    6:53 PM - By 

    Valen­tine’s Day is such a fun lit­tle hol­i­day to me. From mak­ing cards to giv­ing choco­lates, and all the roman­tic things in between; I think it’s fun. Is it super cheesy? Oh my word, yes! haha but… I real­ly don’t mind the label of a hope­less roman­tic if you choose to call me that. Even with all the love I have in my heart for the cel­e­bra­tions, it is just sim­ply one hol­i­day I don’t get excit­ed to dec­o­rate for sim­ple because of the bold col­ors that typ­i­cal­ly some along with it. Pinks, and reds, espe­cial­ly, just aren’t what I…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    Simple Wood Block Houses

    3:19 AM - By 

    I am see­ing these adorable ceram­ic nest­ing hous­es all over the place. Not only do they make adorable addi­tions to your Christ­mas decor, they are also great piences to have sit­ting out year round. My favorite part you may ask? The sim­plic­i­ty, of course. I like to keep things neu­tral over here at R+R and these lit­tle beau­ties just sim­ply make me happy. These are just your basic 2x cut to a point so that they resem­ble a rooftop. My lengths from bot­tom to tip are 10,7, and 5 inch­es. Cut them your­self or sim­ply order a set HERE Then, paint…

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    Simple DIY Nativity Using Cinnamon Sticks

    12:22 AM - By 

    I orginal­ly shared this project over on my Face­book page. It was such a hit I decid­ed to write it down step for step for easy ref­er­ence lat­er. Go ahead and save this one to your Christ­mas Pin­ter­est board…you will thank me later!  It all start­ed with a piece of scrap­wood or you can get a pre-cut wood block HERE and my favorite shade of white, Alabaster by Sher­win Williams. After paint­ing my wood block I cut a piece of hym­nal paper in a basic house, or in this case, sta­ble shape. This step can eas­i­ly be sub­si­tut­ed with an old…

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    Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Plates

    12:39 AM - By 

    If you have nev­er heard of Rae Dunn it is very pos­si­ble that you may be liv­ing under a rock. It is seri­ous­ly all the rage in farm­house styled décor right now. I must admit I am not entire­ly sure why since noth­ing about the sim­ple designs scream farm­house to me…BUT…they are sim­ply presh…you know what else they are? Expen­sive! At least some of the time any­way. If you’re one of the lucky few that has been able to snag some amaz­ing deals on this adorable col­lec­tion at TjMaxx then kudos, I tip my hat to you my friend. Heck,…

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    Tiered Tray From Thrifted Plates

    2:28 AM - By 

    Supplies Needed: 3 Thrift­ed Plates Spin­dles Knob E6000 Adhe­sive Spray paint I have always want­ed a rea­son to buy all the pret­ty lit­tle plates from the thrift store or yard sales. I have want­ed one of those beau­ti­ful tiered farm­house trays for what seems like for­ev­er but could nev­er bring myself to spend the mon­ey. There’s also my weird obses­sion with search­ing for old and beau­ti­ful plates so real­ly this project was a match made in DIY heaven. This project start­ed with a col­lec­tion of 3 plates from a local thrift store for about a quar­ter a piece. Two of…

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    Easy Wood Bead Napkin Rings

    9:09 AM - By 

    It’s not secret that I love wood bead ele­ments in my home and if you’re read­ing this I am guess­ing you share the same wood bead obses­sion that I do right? What did we ever do before “farm­house” decor haha. In addi­tion to this super cute nap­kin ring I also enjoyed mak­ing this super cute and sim­ple DIY WOOD BEAD TASSEL using some of the very same sup­plie we’re using here. Supplies Needed for Napkin Rings  Craft Bead Set Nat­ur­al Pol­ished Hemp Scis­sors First , grab your scis­sors and cut a piece of hemp. I think mine was about 12 in give or take.…