Category: DIY

The crazy-quilt gallery wall

You guys know I LOVE a good gallery wall. I have a bunch in the house and they’re kind of my jam. Typically, my gallery walls use frames that are all the same colour (white or black) with two to three inches of spacing… Continue Reading “The crazy-quilt gallery wall”

DIY open-air playhouse + storage

This week on Stranger Woodworking Things, you’ll see how I built an entire house because I was tired of stepping on plastic fruit and naked babydolls. It all started with a need for better toy storage. The longer I’m in this parenting gig, the… Continue Reading “DIY open-air playhouse + storage”

The $75 bathroom makeover inspired by Chris Loves Julia

It’s sort of strange that a tiny basement bathroom in Nova Scotia could be inspired by a grand study in an Idaho home, but that’s just the reality of #PinterestLife. We bought our home almost five years ago and our third bathroom — all… Continue Reading “The $75 bathroom makeover inspired by Chris Loves Julia”

DIY plant shelves for $10

I’m not a plant person in the sense that I’m good at keeping them alive, but I do love the way they look. There’s nothing like a smattering of greenery to make a room look prettier — and cleaner, actually. So I’ve been slowly,… Continue Reading “DIY plant shelves for $10”

DIY built-in desk for the kitchen

Last month I shared the HUGE transformation of painting our hutches white, but this the final part of that story: a built-in desk squeezed into the tiny nook left on that wall. It was wasted space, really. We had one main hutch, a second… Continue Reading “DIY built-in desk for the kitchen”