DIY Buffalo Check checkerboard – with video!

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Love playing checkers or chess? Here’s how to create your own stylish DIY checkerboard with a Buffalo Check stencil and scrap wood! Easy and fun to customize! I’m a big game board fan. So I decided to challenge myself to come up with my own version of a checkers game! Here’s a couple past DIY […]

Stenciled Argyle TV tray

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Argyle stenciled TV tray

If you’ve been reading here for awhile, you’ll already know my (apparent) passion for TV trays… Oh yes. It is indeed a thing! I devour them every chance I get from local thrift stores and such, because they are SO easy to customize and SO handy to have for everything under the sun. I mostly […]

DIY stenciled IKEA wood crates for flowers, herbs and plants

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Learn how to make your own custom IKEA wood crates planter boxes for flowers, herbs or plants using garden stencils, stain and funky hardware details! Those who know me know my love for collecting reclaimed wood and vintage crates. For the most part, I generally have lots on hand to create with. However I also […]

Make this easy rustic staining tray organizer.

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Fusion stain and finishing oil tray plank

I have been staining up a storm lately! Between the super cool Ikea trestle sewing table… …and the rustic shelving both in the guest bedroom, I just about feel like I really know what I’m doing! Well, the really good news is, most of us learn by trial and error and I’m certainly no exception. […]

Rustic IKEA trestle desk or sewing table

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sewing desk with crates and antique soil sifters

Learn how to build an IKEA trestle desk into a sewing table stained with a cool Restoration Hardware looking finish! Easy to do! Includes assembly instructions and sewing room storage ideas! I have an exciting new guest bedroom update today! For months, I envisioned this IKEA trestle desk turned sewing table would be a part […]