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DIY Tree Stump Planter
Today’s post is about our DIY tree stump planter we made in the stump of our 80-year-old fallen oak tree. The tree was huge!! The original oak covered about ¼-⅓ of our quarter acre lot with it’s branches. It really was an awesome tree. After it split, it was dangerous so we had no choice but to take it down. We decided to leave the stump a little taller than normal and use it in some creative way. In 2015, we made the stump into a table with an umbrella. After four years of exposure to the elements, the table top warped and the tree had started to rot. So…
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DIY Rustic Wood Privacy Screen Fence
I am so happy to share our DIY rustic wood privacy screen fence with you today. About five years ago, a massive oak tree in our backyard split during a storm. Let me tell you, this was no small oak tree! We live on a quarter acre lot and this oak tree shaded about one-third of our backyard. Our Fallen Oak Tree Due to the way, the tree split we were forced to cut the entire tree down. If left there was a risk of it falling on our home. Cutting Down Our Oak Tree After cutting the tree down we ended up with a massive pile of wood rounds.…
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DIY Farm Style Dining Furniture Transformation
Today we are posting about our DIY farm style furniture transformation. I have always loved farm style decorations. In the 1990s, it was called country style. Even back then, buffalo plaid, galvanized metal and chippy wood furniture was a thing. I have to admit, I did go through a modern decorating phase in the early 2,000’s when Crate & Barrel’s CB2 was really popular. All the decor had a very funky almost 1960 hippy look to it. I truly think it appealed to my spontaneous wild side. During this phase of my life, we purchased a very sturdy kitchen table with rolling cane back chairs that we still own. The…
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DIY Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Today’s post is about DIY Mother’s day gift ideas. As a mother, some of the most meaningful gifts I have ever received were the ones made by my children. Through the years, I have recieved many store bought gifts from my children (and I loved those gifts). The only thing is, now years later I can’t recall very many of those gifts. On the other hand, if you held up one of my cherished gifts handcrafted by one of my kids, I could tell you exactly who made it. Not only that, every time I reminisce about these DIY gifts I revisit the love I felt when receiving them. Now…
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DIY Front Porch Sign
Today our post is about a simple DIY front porch sign we made out of old fence boards. We love recycling fence boards into farmhouse decor. While shopping at Hobby Lobby we found these darling large metal letters. Immediately we knew we wanted to make something with them. We were already talking about painting a “HOME” sign for the front porch. The letters were so cute, we loved the font and they were a perfect size so we picked up the letters H, M, and E. The pre-made letters made our “HOME” sign a very easy build. Supplies and Tools: (2) aged fence boards cut to 5 feet (2) 1′…
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DIY Monitor Cover
Today’s post is a DIY Monitor Cover. Monitor screens can honestly become the hiding place of a massive web of wires. At one point in time, we had three game systems all hooked up to one monitor and let me tell you there were wires everywhere!!! Thankfully, we have downgraded to only one gaming system. Even with only one system there are still wires and stuff to hide. We have created two different styles of monitor covers that we are going to share with you today. The first one has a vertical sliding front panel so it can be mounted in a small space. The second one has two panels…
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$10 Kids Easter Baskets — Dollar Store
Easter is a day to celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and all that it means. It has also become a very fun time for kids. Dying Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts and of course opening Easter baskets. Mom, Tori and I, headed off to the Dollar Store on an Easter Basket Goodie Hunt! To find some fun goodies to make Easter baskets for my nephew Andrew and my niece Madison. We found lots of fun items which I knew the kids would love. Here are a few items we found: (For my 4-year-old niece) (2) Paw Patrol Mini Figures Paw Patrol Lollipop Minnie Mouse Compressed Wash…
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Easter Themed Cross and Crown Sign
Today, we are posting our Easter themed cross and crown wood sign. Who doesn’t love decorations that can be used for more than one holiday? This sign can double as a Valentine’s Decoration and an Easter Decoration. We used some metal crosses that we found at Hobby Lobby as the X’s and some rusty barbed wire to create Jesus’ crown of thorns as the O’s. Then we added the words “Oh, How He Loves Us”. We put together a short video on our YouTube channel and a list of supplies below. We would love for you to watch and tell us what you think. Supplies: 1″ X 6″ X 24″…
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Organize with Us! HOW TO BUILD SHED STORAGE
Today, we are going to share our small shed organization project. How many of you have a cluttered storage area? Kind of a catch-all, for all those items that you need to keep, but they don’t have a specific spot of their very own. We don’t have a garage so that spot is our tiny 10.5′ x 7′ Rubbermaid Storage Shed. Inside, we store most of our summer outdoor coverings like umbrellas and UV sun shades. We also store our gardening and irrigation supplies and other outdoorsy stuff. The shed is so small that things always seem to end up getting shoved in there in a hurry, landing in a…
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Industrial Farm Style Open Closet
One of our most recent projects is the construction of an industrial farm style open closet. We live in a small 1,247 square foot, ranch style home and storage space is precious and limited. A few years back, my sweet husband forfeited his closet to make room for a master bath remodel. For years, he has been sharing closet space with our youngest son and he had a small butler (suit stand) in our room. Over time his dress clothes found very interesting places to land in our bedroom. For example, I would find suits draped over a poster of our bed or hanging from a drawer pull on my…
