• DIY Projects

    DIY Rustic Island Counter Top

    8:52 PM - By 

    Sooo, as most of you may already know we have been steadi­ly work­ing on con­vert­ing an old dress­er into a kitchen island. My num­ber one goal out of this entire con­ver­sion process has been work­ing toward cap­tur­ing an old, just pulled out of a barn feel. I don’t know if that makes any sense to you but that is lit­er­al­ly the phrase I have been using to describe my vision. Rusty hard­ware (that I also DIY’d HERE) , chip­py paint…you name it. This has pre­sent­ed itself to be quite the chal­lenge but I was eager to get this part of…

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    How to Layer Stain Like a Pro

    8:09 PM - By 

    Learn how to give new wood a beau­ti­ful nat­u­ral­ly aged look with the stain lay­er­ing tech­nique An easy DIY method for using stain to achieve an old look. The goal here was to make this wood look aged and pre­vi­ous­ly loved. In this case, a since shade of stain was­n’t gonna cut it. I decid­ed on using a tech­nique I am unof­fi­cial­ly nam­ing stain lay­er­ing. To be truth I don’t know if this is techini­cal­ly a tech­nique but it’s what I came up with and I must say I hap­py with the results. These are the shades I used:  Min­wax Weath­ered Oak 270…

  • Decor - Decor + Styling

    Spring Gnome Inspiration from Etsy

    12:35 PM - By 

    Browse a col­lec­tion of adorable SPRING GNOMES from Etsy. I did­n’t real­ize how dif­fi­cult it is to find actu­al DIY tuto­ri­als for these cute lit­tle cre­ations until I went on the hunt. Click­ing on these images and links will redi­rect you to an Etsy shop. Even still, I hope this col­lec­tion leaves you inspired and excit­ed to take a shot at recre­at­ing some of these for your self! How­ev­er, you are look­ing for tuto­ri­als I have a sep­a­rate Christ­mas Col­lec­tion for that. LOOKING FOR DIY TUTORIALS? CLICK HERE KEEP SCROLLING FOR SPRING INSPIRATION -DON’T FORGET ME- PIN FOR LATER

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    DIY Rusted Hardware

    2:44 AM - By 

    I have been work­ing on our island con­ver­sion for a few weeks now and I am final­ly gett­ting to the final touch­es on every­thing I want­ed the piece to look authen­ti­cal­ly old, that was my main goal. I bought new apothe­cary hard­ware from Ama­zon and absolute­ly LOVED the design. What I did­n’t love was how new they looked. They did­n’t match the age of the rest of the piece and I kin­da thought I was doomed. That was until I ran across this prod­uct shared by The Vin­tage Porch. It’s a Rust fin­ish met­al effects kit by Mod­ern Mas­ters. It…

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    How to Make A DIY Succulent Planter

    8:55 AM - By 

    Suc­cu­lents are mak­ing a huge state­ment in mod­ern farm­house décor right now! What I love the most about this DIY Suc­cu­lent Planter is it takes a mod­ern trend and puts a rus­tic spin on it! Not only is this lit­tle suc­cu­lent cute but it was so so fun to make. With a cou­ple thrifty finds and a trip to the dol­lar tree and you can have one of these DIY Suc­cu­lent Planters of your very own! Supplies Wood bowl Rope Span­ish moss Faux Suc­cu­lent For the life of me I can not remem­ber where I found this bowl. Obvi­ous­ly it’s thrift­ed because it’s…

  • Decor - Decor + Styling

    Incorporating Vintage Elements into Your Spring Decor

    12:30 PM - By 

    I am a suck­er for all things vin­tage. It is my jam. I see rust or chip­py paint and my heart real­ly does flut­ter and to answer your ques­tion, no I don’t think it’s going any­where in the decor world. In my Pin­ter­est search­ing, I found myself lin­ger­ing toward inspi­ra­tion that includ­ed nat­ur­al grass­es, flow­ers, moss ect. and decid­ed to gath­er a few of my favorites togeth­er for those that are like-heart­ed in their desire to mix in old­er ele­ments with the nat­ur­al beau­ty and new­ness that Spring brings. The pho­tos con­tain links to the orginal sources. Take this arrnge­ment…

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    Dollar Tree Bowl Filler

    9:47 PM - By 

    I love using sim­ple items and bring­ing them togeth­er to cre­ate a unique piece of decor for my home. Today’s project does just that. After a recent trip to my local Dol­lar Tree I came home with some flo­ral moss, a bag of riv­er rocks and wood slices. Instead of just sim­ply throw­ing every­thing in a bowl, which you could total­ly do, I decid­ed to take things a step further. Sup­plies you will need for this project include: Rocks Flo­ral moss Wood Slices Dec­o­ra­tive Bowl Hot Glue There are real­ly only two easy steps to this process. Step one being attach moss…

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    DIY Vent Hood Cover from Scrap Wood

    1:03 PM - By 

    This idea blos­somed when we decid­ed to update our dark and drea­ry kitchen to an authen­tic farm­house kitchen, which you can rad about HERE. I had always want­ed a vent hood cov­er and since this is our for­ev­er home, I decid­ed it was time to take the plunge.…except for one small prob­lem. We had an over­head microwave mount­ed above the stove. There was no vent pipe redi­rect­ing the air, only the microwave and a small set of vents on the top.  I refused to let my dream of hav­ing a beau­ti­ful vent hood cov­er fade. My hus­band and I chewed over…

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    A Fresh Farmhouse Tablescape

    2:46 AM - By 

    Tablescapes are becom­ing one of my very favorite things to cre­ate in my home. I real­ly like for them to non-tra­di­tion­al in a way. Like most of my decor, I enjoy shop­ping my own home for items that I can bring togeth­er for a cohe­sive look or theme with­out going out and buy­ing a bunch of new decor. I mean, if it’s alreayd in your home it is like­ly gonna already fit into your over­all theme. In addi­tion to not want­i­ng to spend a ton, I want­ed to cre­ate a tablescape that would wear well for an every day fresh…

  • DIY Projects - Kitchen

    Rustic Farmhouse Kitchen Makeover

    9:02 PM - By 

    If you would have told me a year ago that I would be shar­ing images of my new­ly updat­ed dream kitchen I would have lol’d…BIG TIME! We were no where near buy­ing our for­ev­er home, in fact, we were rent­ing and bank­ing on buy­ing that place! But God…GOD had dif­fer­ent plans for our fam­i­ly. I din’t know exact­ly what they were at that point but I just had this feel­ing that we need­ed to wait.  The iron­ic part is I am a very VERY impa­tient per­son. When I get some­thing in my head, I want to jump to it right them…