DIY project ideas for home decor, upcycling, repurposing and home improvement on a budget.
Dollar Store Halloween Decorations are fun and affordable like these gilded bugs on display! I am having so much fun with dollar store Halloween decorations this year! Last year, for whatever reason I just couldn’t pull it together (we only got the table decorated). Sometimes that happens. Grace is a good thing! I can’t wait…
DIY Small Feather Picture: A Great Gift For Guys You guys really seemed to like the large feather wall art I did a while back, thank you! Well, at the same time I made that project I whipped up a small one too! I wanted to give a little reminder to my dad of all…
How to Make a Personalized Monogram Stencil This is a step by step tutorial on how to design a personalized monogram stencil to cut out on your Cricut or by hand. You may wonder why a stencil versus just a regular cut file and I will tell you it’s because now you can mass produce…
Step by Step Instructions to Cut Large Letter Stencils With Your Cricut Making big signs doesn’t have to be hard or expensive, you can do it with this cricut tutorial. Maybe you are heading over from my instructions on how to make a large sign, hope this gives you more ideas and tools to make…
Make a sign out of old glass for a classic vintage hand painted sign feel like this French Flower Market glass sign I dropped the kids at school one day and then this shiny thing caught my eye. I’m kind of like a cat chasing shiny things sometimes! It was a double pane piece of…
How to Make Large Sign Yourself, Easy DIY Tutorial Big signs are so fun and they are actually pretty easy to make if you just take a few minutes! This large sign DIY tutorial will give you tips on how to make your own sign and avoid paying a fortune at the stores…plus you can…
Muddy Boots? Make this DIY Boot Rack! The chicken coop and rabbit run have been great, but the muddy muck boots have not been. I usually step outside my back door to a pile of muddy boots, all over the patio, left out in the rain, filled with water, it’s just a plain old unsightly…
Easy DIY Scrap Wood Coat RackThis little scrap wood project is perfect for a small spot you need to organize. This summer while I was at a blogger conference we had the chance to make these precious little coat hangers and I knew this would be a perfect solution to wrangle my daughter’s headbands. She…
Here are some inexpensive décor update ideas that have big impact on your room refresh My mom’s French Cajun dining room makeover part two is coming at you (here is part one in case you missed it!)! We did a complete overhaul on color and style, but really didn’t spend a ton of cash. Here…
This farmhouse stencil tray was made by mixing up different stencils Obviously, I have been on a stencil kick lately. They are just so easy and fun to make a quick change to garage sale décor! Sometimes I see a stencil and think, I don’t want to buy that because I don’t want to same…
How to add a “quilt” to your old Lazy Susan to make it a fresh new Farmhouse Lazy Susan. I just can’t pass up a fifty cent trinket this good. Seriously, a perfectly good Lazy Susan for 50¢!? I know the concept seems dated, but they are SOOO EASY to update and there…
This bread box makeover is perfect for extra kitchen storage, a coffee bar station or a family charging station! This bread box makeover came to me on a whim. My sister was visiting from out of state and I had to run to the thrift store to hunt for something I needed on a different…
Concrete Countertop Makeover Concrete countertops are really awesome. I love them, so when I was looking for an affordable solution to re-covering the laminate desktop in my daughter’s room I thought concrete would be perfect. Long story short they turned out fine, but I learned a bunch along the way and I’m going to share…
Dollar Store DIY: Glass Etching Container a simple gift that’s inexpensive and personal Dollar Store DIY gift ideas. Easy glass jar etching tutorial, perfect for teacher gifts, Christmas gifts, or just because! The Dollar Store doesn’t seem like the best place to shop for a luxury gift, but it can be a great source…
Painted Piano: Finally! Piano painted! I feel like shouting this from the mountaintops! Hey friends, thanks for stopping by today, I love having you over, wish it were in real life. 😉 I FINALLY got around to having the painted piano I always wanted…I have been talking about this project for over a year now….