Category: Woodworking
DIY $20 wooden doormat
Sometimes I’ll get an idea for a project and tackle it the very same day, and other times it’ll take me years to actually get around to completing it. I came across the idea for a wooden doormat at least a year or two… Continue Reading “DIY $20 wooden doormat”
Trimming furniture to make it fit perfectly
Sometimes the perfect piece for a room is already lurking somewhere in your house, but you look right past it. That’s what I discovered recently when I was helping a client convert an office into a guest bedroom. She wanted a small desk where… Continue Reading “Trimming furniture to make it fit perfectly”
DIY pallet headboards
I recently made a housecall — yes, I do those — to visit a client who wanted help turning a former home office into a cosy guest room. She had two twin bed frames and I knew immediately I wanted to try building pallet-style… Continue Reading “DIY pallet headboards”
Cheap and easy DIY floating shelves
There once was a time when we’d buy cheap laminate bookcases if we needed more storage in a room. Now we just build our own wooden shelves, and there’s no going back. If we no longer need the shelves in a particular room, we… Continue Reading “Cheap and easy DIY floating shelves”
Upcycled wood and metal lockers
A few weeks ago I shared how I turned old sticker-covered lockers into cool toy storage for our seven-year-old son’s bedroom. Now I’m showing you how I took more of those same grungy lockers and gave them a completely different look for my new… Continue Reading “Upcycled wood and metal lockers”
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