• 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…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    Beautiful Scrap Wood Projects for Your Home

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    Here on the farm we have a nev­er end­ing sup­ply of scrap wood. This makes it my go-to choice for inspir­ing you to make beau­ti­ful scrap wood projects for your home. We live sev­er­al miles from town so it’s not easy to hop in the car to go decor shop­ping, plus I enjoy get­ting my hands dirty while mak­ing some­thing myself. Do you feel the same way? Insert the scrap wood pile. Here is my (un)offi­cial def­i­n­i­tion: a pile of wood­en good­ness just beg­ging to be beau­ti­ful again! I am def­i­nite­ly that per­son that sees an idea on Pin­ter­est and I…

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    Easy Ink Transfer Using Parchment Paper

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    I have always want­ed to try my hand at trans­fer­ing images via wax or parch­ment paper. All I had on had was parch­ment so thats what I used and I am pleased with the result. Was is per­fect? No, but for the the look I want­ed per­fec­tion did­n’t nec­es­sar­i­ly mat­ter. I am not claim­ing this is THE best way to trans­fer images, I am sim­ply shar­ing what I did to achieve this look. I start­ed with a piece of parch­ment paper I cut just small­er than the size of a piece of card­stock and taped them together. Next, I print­ed this…