Category: DIY

DIY Signs + Lettered Canvases

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

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From using stickers and hot-gluing wooden letters to various ways to transfer words you print out, here are my top methods for DIY signs and canvases.

Category: Craftiness, Decor, DIY

Easy ways to change a room’s colour palette

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

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Easy Ways to Change a Room's Colour Palette {Heather's Handmade Life}

They wanted to repaint the walls (from a creamy beige to a cool crisp white), focus on deep greys instead of browns and bring in mustard yellow as the new primary accent colour.

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We extended our dining room hutch!

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

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We extended our dining room hutch! {Heather's Handmade Life}

Our hutch was great, but there was all this wasted space between the top of the hutch and the ceiling. I just wanted to … I don’t know, stretch it up!

Category: Decor, DIY, My Handmade Home, Woodworking

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m journalist and blogger in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 10-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

I have depression and anxiety, and I fight like hell every day to keep it from taking over my life. Making things isn’t just a hobby — it’s part of what keeps me alive.

Whether I’m working on my novel, decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes for my kids, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

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My Top Posts
DIY dog crate cover
Easy DIY sofa tables
DIY monkey bars
How to make a backyard water blob
DIY chair pockets for classrooms
Build your own slide-out pantry
Sew a reversible circle skirt
How to re-cover patio furniture cushions
Yardzee! DIY Yahtzee for the yard
Quilts from baby clothes
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