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Wire Shelf Pantry Makeover
Update the basic wire shelf in your pantry by covering it with plywood! Just a few materials and a few hours of your time and the headache you have every time you use your pantry will disappear! One of my sisters, Emily, recently purchased her first house, a sweet little townhouse! When I asked her what projects she needed done, she immediately said she wanted to get rid of the wire shelving in her pantry closet.
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How to Install a Decorative Wood Ceiling
Updating old, plain or textured popcorn ceilings has never been more beautiful! This video will show you how to install a floating decorative wood ceiling to add warmth and charm to any ceiling in your house! Easily done in a day, the DIY way! This project is sponsored by Armstrong Ceilings! It was easy to say yes to this partnership because it filled a need in our home and I’m so pleased with how it turned out. All opinions are 100% my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support me! Let’s get right to it, shall we?! Materials tongue and groove planks* tracks* clips* trim remover* coarse drywall…
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How to Refresh Your Wood Deck for a New Look
Stripping Stain to Bring New Life to an Old Deck Using a chemical stripper and scrub brush you can refresh your wood deck by stripping the stain to breathe new life into your worn deck in a weekend. Then seal it to keep it looking fresh for months to come! Materials
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How to Make a Cheap 30-Minute Plant Stand
Quick, Easy Plant Stand Adds Warmth to a Front Porch Watch this how-to video and build your own trendy wood stand for a planter of any size! Perfect for adding height and texture to your porch, deck or patio. And it only costs $6 in lumber! Materials 1×2 cedar board* pocket hole jig*(newer version of what I used) miter saw* tape measure*(my favorite!) drill/driver wood chisel* wood glue* clamps* sander* planter (personalized crock like mine) Obviously if you don’t have all of the tools and screws on hand already, this project will cost more than the $6 piece of cedar. But it’s still a great, easy piece to make! Cut…
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How to Paint a Door to Look Like Wood
Changing the Color of our Fiberglass Door If you have a fiberglass door, you can paint it to look like stained wood with these few simple steps! And it only takes a couple of hours. Materials English Oak Base Coat* Honey Oak Finish Coat* quality paint brush* OR Giani Honey Oak kit*
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Easy Way to Update a Painted Fireplace
How to Cover Painted Wood with Veneer If you have painted cabinets or a painted fireplace mantel, I’m sharing how to cover it up to have stained wood instead! Materials Maple adhesive-backed veneer* razor knife wood stain* sealer* paint stripper** putty knife** straight edge/4 foot level **These items aren’t necessary for the wood veneer but I used them for other steps in the video above! After seeing this picture on Instagram a few years ago, I really wanted to have a stained fireplace! But since mine was already painted, I’d have to tear it out to build a different one with stain-quality lumber. Until now… Why Wood Veneer Obviously, the…
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DIY Wooden Initial Herb Garden
How to Make Large Letter for Outdoor Decor I love a big, bold initial to fill a space. But this time, I’m creating one to hang on the outside of my house! Materials (2) 1x4x8′ pressure-treated boards Titebond III Wood Glue** clamps* and/or bungee cords* circular saw jigsaw D-ring hangers* 4 inch planters pot hangers* herbs Measure It Out Before you can cut your boards, you’ll need to roughly sketch how your particular letter will be cut out. With my ‘W’ for example, the two sides need to be taller than the middle. So I knew I could cut the middle boards shorter but keep the overall scale of the…
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DIY Wainscoting with Beadboard Planks
Adding Beadboard to Dining Room Beadboard is such a classic way to dress up or add an accent to any room! So in this video (watch above) I’m showing how I added it to a dining room with planks, instead of paneling! Materials prefinished beadboard planks* construction adhesive & caulk gun miter saw jigsaw tape measure** 4′ level painter’s tape lip gloss** nail gun** The first step is to measure your room or the area where the beadboard will be going! You’ll need the square footage. The main span of wall shown in this video was 140″ long (by 6′ high), so that translates to 3 boxes of WoodHaven beadboard…
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DIY Acrylic Coffee Table
How To Build a Coffee Table with Acrylic and Wood Tips on cutting and drilling through acrylic panels to create an airy coffee table topped off with stained wood! Materials You really don’t need that much to build a table like this, assuming you have a drill, drill bits and sandpaper already. Heck if you’re like me you probably already have spray paint and wood stain laying around to save even more! Here’s what I used: stain-grade spruce 20in x 4ft* 1/2″ acrylic-details below wood conditioner* wood stain*(I used Weathered Oak) satin polyurethane* drill/driver drill bits-1/8″ and 1/4″ 2-1/2″ wood screws (10) hinged screw caps* spray paint(satin bronze)* 1″x4″x4′ pine…