Category: My Handmade Home
Cabinet makeover with Fusion Mineral Paint
There was nothing wrong with our bathroom cabinets, but I was itching to paint them.
Using curtain rods as drying racks in a laundry room
Years ago, my handy husband and I lived in an apartment with a laundry room down the hall. The dryer sometimes failed to dry our clothes properly in a single session, but we’d stubbornly refuse to shell out another $1.25. Our thrifty solution was… Continue Reading “Using curtain rods as drying racks in a laundry room”
A sneaky way to remake a $3 footstool
Footstools are apparently the unsung heroes of the thrifted furniture world. They’re cheap, quick to make over and I can’t get enough of them. My obsession started when I tucked a low footstool under my desk a few months ago. I couldn’t believe how… Continue Reading “A sneaky way to remake a $3 footstool”
Converting a child’s closet to built-in shelves
When faced with a mess, it’s often our instinct to conceal with storage bins or doors. But in the case of our son’s closet, the answer was actually to remove the doors completely. While it wasn’t a wreck of hidden dirty laundry and… Continue Reading “Converting a child’s closet to built-in shelves”
DIY monkey bars
Three summers ago, we added a slide to our back deck. Two summers ago, we built a wooden teeter totter. Last summer, we bought a secondhand play structure and the kids enjoyed the novelty of having their own swings. But every time we went… Continue Reading “DIY monkey bars”
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