Category: DIY

DIY Cape Breton kitchen sign

DIY Cape Breton kitchen sign {Heather's Handmade Life}

Everyone’s making pallet signs these days, and you’ve probably seen them all over Pinterest. The idea is to take rustic barnboard-style wood and paint a word or phrase on it, and then hang it on the wall. A lot of people are selling these… Continue Reading “DIY Cape Breton kitchen sign”

Easy DIY sofa tables

Easy DIY sofa tables {Heather's Handmade Life}

So after having the same boring beige couch for what felt like forever … (literally since we were 20 and 22 years old!) … we splurged during a Boxing Day sale and bought the grey sectional I’d wanted for ages. We’ve spent the last… Continue Reading “Easy DIY sofa tables”

DIY cutlery divider from scrap wood

I’d tried to organize our cutlery drawer with white plastic dividers of different sizes, but it wasn’t anything special. Everything still slid around and it was hard to reach the items at the back. (Have I lost you yet? Is it just the people… Continue Reading “DIY cutlery divider from scrap wood”

DIY floating makeup table, revamped chair

When we were planning our daughter’s bedroom makeover, most of the discussions centred around the huge loft bed we were building. But our daughter was even more excited about adding something else: a ‘real’ makeup table. Did I mention she’s four years old!? She’s… Continue Reading “DIY floating makeup table, revamped chair”

Supersized Lite-Brite wall art

DIY Lite Brite wall art {Heather's Handmade Life}

It was at some point after Christmas that I found an extra two boxes of LED tree lights in our basement. They’d never been opened and I didn’t know why we had them, but I certainly didn’t feel like going outside to get the… Continue Reading “Supersized Lite-Brite wall art”