Tag: budget
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Halloween is my favorite time of year. So I decided to Halloween competition to see who is the most witchin’ DIYer around. w I have gotten a lot of feedback over the last few months that a lot of people don’t have the tools to start the DIY projects that they want to do. So…
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Welcome to the first week of the newest One room challenge. I am determined to finish this bathroom remodel project. So I signed back up for the one room challenge this fall. It will run for 8 weeks starting today. I have broken down everything we have left to do in the bathroom, and I…
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In this part of the front porch makeover I will be tackling the mailbox flap and the railings by the stairs. These were two of the smaller projects with the whole front porch project that made a huge difference, but were quicker and easier to accomplish than some of the other parts. Materials : Step…
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Welcome back to the 6 part series of my front porch makeover. This is part 2/6, and I will be showing how I re-finished my screen door. This part of the porch was one of the quicker items I did, which was nice since there were much bigger items I had to accomplish. It was…
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This was a project that I have been wanting to do for over a year now. We had a few people come look at it, and were told that the stairs couldn’t be raised, and the best option might be to just tear it out and re-pour the steps… Which was NOT in our budget.…
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Welcome back! In this 6 part series of fixing my sunken porch, we are at part 4! This part took some trial and error. Lots of error. I poured my own cement step. Failed a ton, and ended up tearing it out and re-doing it all. I learned a lot, and with the help of…
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Our bathroom remodel continues to push my boundaries for what I know how to do to. I learn new skills every time I do something new on the house, but this one was one that I was actually pretty afraid of. Eventually I had to just buckle down and JUST DO THE THING. It all…
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A little bit ago I shared a tutorial about a mirror makeover using spray paint. You can see that makeover HERE. Part of that makeover I didn’t share was how I used bondo to repair missing parts of the frame. When I was redoing this mirror, it originally had cross sections in it that looked…
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I can’t believe it has been 8 weeks. I have no clue where the time went. It seriously went by SOO fast. This week is supposed to be the reveal week. It is not for me. This is my last official ORC update, but since I didn’t actually finish in time with the challenge, I…
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I found an old mirror at my local thrift store for $5 and I knew it wanted it right away. I am currently remodeling my bathroom and thought it might be a cute fit in there somewhere. My house has arches, and circles everywhere in the architecture. Our front door has a circle window, and…