Tag: decor

  • Making a faux climbing Rose Bush

    Fixing a sunken front porch part:6/6 See the full list of supplies I used to create the faux plants on my porch here. Materials: I always start each project out with a drawing or design. I would say the final outcome is pretty close to what I originally imagined. Step 1: Find some dead branches…

  • Bathroom Remodel Update

    WE HAVE A NEW WINDOW IN! Just one, but this is huge progress! We have to still install the big double window, but there are some logistics to figure out before that one can happen. It is on the third floor, and has to be screwed in from the outside. A single ladder is not…

  • This week was all about gathering the materials for the bathroom. Demo is done, we have framed, leveled the floor, and now while I am waiting for the right time to put the new windows in, I worked on getting all of the other materials here and ready to go. Excited to be apart of…

  • Fixing a sunken front porch: Part 5/6

    Hello! Welcome back to part 5/6 of fixing my sunken front porch. This part of the 6 step series focus on the painting I did on the steps. This part would have taken me probably half of the amount of time it did, if I could make up my mind lol. The steps had been…

  • Fall ORC Week 1

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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    Repairing Furniture with Bondo

    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…

  • 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…