How to Use a Router and Resin to Create an Inlay I am not kidding when I tell you that I’ve had this dining room table in my garage for over 4 years waiting for a makeover. Thinking back brings up fond memories since it was the week of my wedding when I found her in someone’s trash pile. I knew she could be brought back to life with a little love so I’ve been trying to come up with the right project. I wanted to do something neat and different from just re-staining or painting it. I can’t even remember what inspired me but once I thought “inlay” I…

How To Patch a Hole and Replace Boards in Your Hardwood Floor Can I please stress to you that replacing a few boards of flooring, whether vinyl planks or tongue and groove hardwood, is NOT hard?! Sure it may be a little inconvenient and looks worse before it looks better, but it can be done! And of course I’m here to show you how!

DIY Campaign-Style Headboard for Under $150 This is no April Fool’s joke! I really made this fabulous stained wood headboard for under $150. All you need are some basic power tools, a little know-how, and this video (duh!) to make one yourself! Materials OK, that list is a little long, but I’m willing to bet you already have a bunch of that in your arsenal! Plywood Cutting Tips I think most people know by now that most stores will cut your plywood roughly to size for you when you purchase it. But I wouldn’t recommend that for this project unless that’s only way to fit the plywood in your car. In which case…

DIY Lighted Mirror How-To Video If you love how you look in a department store dressing room like I do, this rustic leaning mirror with ample lighting gives you the same look at home! Materials Here’s what I used to build it: A few notes on the things I purchased for this project before we get started building. The LED lights and accessories were the biggest investment for this project. BUT it’s because they came in larger quantities than I needed. So that means I have extra channels/diffusers and some of the LED strip lights themselves I can use for other projects. The way I rigged my lights required a separate power…

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: OK, the acrylic was the biggest unknown in this project for me. I needed a decent thickness to support the wood top. So the best price I could find for 1/2″ thick acrylic was…

How To Change a Light Fixture into a Plug-In Lamp If you’re wondering how you can hang a wall sconce light fixture without running wiring in the wall, then you’ve come to the right place! This process will also work if you have a ceiling-mounted fixture but no light switch! This all came about when I found this beauty at our local ReStore. I immediately fell for the cutouts on the shade.?The color wasn’t my favorite but I knew I could change that…which was my first step! Materials Here’s everything I used to update the finish and the wiring: Change the Finish After cutting a small section off the bottom…

Watch the video above for an easy and pretty way to update an IKEA desk for more function Here I go again with a particleboard furniture update…but I just love the transformation!! This corner of Kelsey’s home office was fairly drab and dark despite the abundance of natural light coming through the windows. But more than adding a very cool lamp and a good coat of paint, we created a larger work surface and made the whole thing look beefier and more substantial.?