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How to Make an Easy DIY Wooden Headboard

We have been working on making over our office/guestbedroom and decided to tackle a DIY wooden headboard. Since I wanted the bed to look more like a daybed, I figured a length wise headboard would do the trick. How to make a DIY Wooden Headboard: So out came some wood, stain, and varathane. The wood (9.5 inch wide boards) came from Home Depot, where you can have the wood pre-cut to size. ... View the Post

Making a DIY Office Desk out of Wood

After painting and stenciling our office walls (check that out here), next up was to start to move some furniture back into the room and I wanted to start with my DIY Office Desk. The original desk was not only less than beautiful to look at, but was way too deep for our double-duty office/guest bedroom. We needed something that would be nice and narrow, offering plenty of desk space for our ... View the Post

Stenciling A Wall: Tips and Tricks

Stenciling A Wall: Tips and Tricks - One room that we have neglected up until now has been our office-slash-guest-bedroom. Our house is 3-bed/2-bath, but since we rent out the basement as a 1-bedroom apartment, that second bedroom upstairs has to do double duty. Here's the room (sorry- ultra messy) pre-makeover. It had been the place for all of our old furniture and a too-bright turquoise paint ... View the Post

make this: fabric covered bulletin board tutorial

Since moving back to our pad in June, my jewellery storage (and specifically my necklaces) was pretty lack luster. Case in point: Yep, my necklaces were hanging from some random nails on the walls. It was looking uuuugly. So when I spotted a few DIY cork boards up on the blogosphere -- like this one by Aubrey and Lindsay and this one by Jen@RamblingRenovators -- I was inspired and kicked my ... View the Post

Sunday Morning at the Stittsville Flea Market

This past Sunday, we went on a little flea market adventure. We started the day with a couple of bagels and cups of coffee (isn't that the best way to start a Sunday morning roadtrip?) and hit the road. Here are all the juicy details of one of our favourite stops: the Stittsville flea market. If you're in the Ottawa area, the Sttittsville flea market is about 20 minutes west of the city and is ... View the Post

How to Make a Faux Capiz Chandelier

Now that our wedding is over, I'm full on into home projects again, specifically a DIY faux capiz chandelier. One of the first projects I tackled was one I had been itching to try for months. Have you seen those gorgeous capiz chandeliers, like this one at the home depot or this one from worldmarket? Well, I've always loved them and when I saw a few DIY versions floating around in the blog ... View the Post