Scrap wood is always up in my workspace, needing a home or a purpose. Do you get that too? I make large furniture pieces using salvaged barn timbers, and there’s always scrap pieces lying around taking up space. When I’m doing a cleanup of the shop, I like to use the scrap on small projects. The time spent on that
How would you feel about finding a 77-year-old newspaper under the flooring in your apartment? It took my breath away. I hadn’t even intended to remove that piece of linoleum for awhile, because it was protecting the hardwood in the landing, which takes a daily beating and gets a lot of stuff drug across it. But, I had to remove
“Do you do anything else with the fuel cans that we could use during other parts of the year?” I get this question a lot when I’m selling my Jacks in the fall. And being sort of a people-pleaser, I am trying to oblige. When I was brain-dumping ideas of what to do with vintage fuel cans to break away
I asked my followers what keeps them from being creative. I want to break through the barriers that keep you from tasting that delicious creative juice. It really can be the nectar of life. One of the first answers I got was “money,” which is a totally valid point. Lack of funds prevents us from doing many things, but I
I finally got electric ran to the apartment over the studio! It’s the cutest little space, and I can’t wait till we get it all fixed up and I can crash up there for a few hours when I’m on a creating spree. The girls will LOVE having a real homey space to hang out and do their school work.
DIY’ers have been putting vinyl designs on old windows for years. It’s kinda boring now, right? Here’s how to get a look that’s not the same ol’ same ol’. I got a huge response on social media leading up to Christmas in regards to several projects that I helped my clients with. These projects were things they wanted to make
There’s not exactly a blueprint for this type of thing…we are converting our in-ground pool into a greenhouse. While there are pinterest posts with tips, no two pools or pool owners and their needs are the same, so we’re flying by the seat of our pants, which is TOTALLY up my alley and NOT up Farmer’s. He’s a plan guy.
I did something I have never done before: I brought scrap home from the scrap yard and made it into something pretty. I know, you’re supposed to come home with an EMPTY trailer. But it’s OK to break the rules every now and then, right? It IS, especially when it could be profitable. The scrap yard is where I take
