Board and batten is a classic molding style that can instantly update the look and feel of your dining room. Watch the video above for all of the details on how you can create a custom look using 1x4s and 1x6s!

About a year ago, I hung some old wooden utensils I got from my grandmother’s house on the wall in my dining room. And I never quite liked the way it looked. Plus I’ve since painted the walls and added trim to my cased openings. So it was time to spice up the wall decor with this DIY Framed Display! Don’t forget to watch the video above to help fill in the blanks I don’t cover below! Here are the materials I used: I already had my design and measurements figured out in my head, so the first step was to notch the corners of my plywood. Each inset is…

This project has been a long time coming! One of my long-term plans for my house is to add molding and trim where it hasn’t been since the house was built in the 40s. I started by designing and adding trim around the windows in my living room. Then when I started turning our guest room into a nursery for our first baby, I added the same style trim in there too. But now with baby boy’s nursery behind me, I’m getting back around to my dining room to-do list I posted about last year. A year since I wrote out my to-do list where I said I wasn’t going…

Ever since I renovated my house back in 2012 and added closets in the 3rd bedroom, I’ve wanted to build a seat under the window between them. So once we found out we were expecting a baby boy and decided that room would be his nursery (I mean it was already blue!), it was time to build that seat! I recruited my dad to help me out and the rest is history…err…in the video above.

How to Make Your Own Tufted Headboard Tufted and upholstered headboards aren’t the new kids on the block by any means, but it does seem like they’ve risen in popularity the past few years. So creating one has been on my to-do list so I can share with all of you how to make one yourself and save big money on a store-bought one! Inspiration I’ve had this post from Artsy Chicks Rule on creating an ottoman from a coffee table saved for awhile, thinking it’d be a great project for the table in my sunroom. (Maybe one day I’ll get around to doing it…) Then I remembered Nancy had…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Not only is it a new year, but it’s a new month. So I have a new project video for you! Since organization and storage always seem to be the rage at the start of a new year, I thought I’d join in with a storage cart for toys and books! It’s a simple design requiring minimal tools, so I’d say it’s an easy to moderate DIY build. To start, here are the materials we used: To avoid having to borrow a table saw, we had our plywood ripped to size at the home center when we were picking up our materials. The sides are 12″ wide…

I mentioned in my last episode that I was working on cleaning out my furniture hoards from the garage. The first project of, hopefully, many to come was to take this water-damaged cart pulled from a trash pile almost 2 years ago and upcycle it into a fun, usable bar cart. A lot of times the steps to completing a furniture makeover or upcycle can be the same-prep, paint, and seal. But you can change it up by using different materials to complete those steps and keep it fun! For this particular piece of furniture, the frame of the cart was in good shape. The top was the only thing…