I’m not tea-sing when I say my DIY tea kettle flower pots are the hit of the neighborhood. The front porch is covered with kitchen ware. It’s a sight. Not sure if the neighbors are jealous or embarrassed by my porch display. I didn’t use just any old tea kettles. The ones I found in… [Read More]
DIY Project Ideas
Junktion Red Custom Mix Paint Color For Furniture
Custom Paint Color Formula From Your’s Truly Remember the special red paint mix that I named “Junktion Red”? I had the custom mix paint color made up at Home Depot and I’m calling it Junktion Red. Since it’s Fourth of July week I wanted to share my custom red paint color mix again. I get… [Read More]
Iron Star Red White And Blue American Flag
Make A Flag For The Holidays Make an iron star red white and blue American flag for the Fourth of July. I used a rusty iron star, red white and blue paints, and painter’s tape to make this rustic flag on a recycled drawer bottom. It was easy! The iron star flag will be the… [Read More]
Sea Glass Birdhouse DIY Using Spray On Mod Podge Ultra
Sea Glass Birdhouse Idea + Video I never thought we would have a spray Mod Podge formula, did you? Well, it’s here and it’s awesome! What will they think of next. It’s called Mod Podge ® Ultra and I used the spray to update an ugly birdhouse I found at the local flea market. The… [Read More]
Indoor Succulent Plant Hanging Display Idea
Succulent Plants? Hang ‘Em Hey Guys! I really had fun with this project. Didn’t take a lot of thinking on my part or much planning. The succulent / flower display I made using a wood pool ball rack is perfection….just my opinion…..and it took less than 30 minutes to put together. At one time I… [Read More]
20 Creative Ways To Reuse Old Shutters
How To Reuse Old Shutters Old wood shutters are a thing. They can be used in so many ways. I use them all the time in my porch decor and out by the back door. They are great staging pieces. I also like to use them as backdrops on my mantel because our brick fireplace… [Read More]
Repurpose Old Windows Using Metal Sunflower Lawn Art
Sunflower Window Hey Guys! Remember that pink flamingo plant stand I made over a few weeks ago? And remember those metal yard art flowers the pink flamingo didn’t need? I used some of those flowers to decorate an old window. There are all kinds of ways to decorate used windows. The way I decorate them… [Read More]
15 Unique Outdoor Plant Container Ideas
Outdoor Plant Container Ideas It’s almost that time. Time to replace the Christmas tree on the front porch with Spring flowers. Yep, the fresh fir tree I bought at Christmas is still on the porch. It’s a bit dry and brittle now……okay more than a little. The tree sure looked good when it was alive… [Read More]
Drop Leaf Table And An Auction Box Full Of Vintage Stuff
I bought a drop leaf table (maybe handmade) a few days ago. My furniture stash is dwindling down and the table was only $40. I need a plan for it. The JTS bought a box lot of vintage stuff at an auction Sunday and he did good. I’m keeping a lot of the stuff and selling… [Read More]
Wooden Pink Flamingo Planter And Auction Buys
Pink Flamingo Planter And Other Fun Stuff I bet you guys already have your fill of bloggers “Best Projects of 2018” posts so I’m not going there. Today I have new junk finds and auction buys, project ideas, what my plans are for this month and the year ahead, and a wooden pink flamingo planter… [Read More]
DIY Nutcracker Soldier Made From Vintage Wallpaper
DIY Nutcracker Soldier I made the unusual DIY nutcracker soldier using a stencil and vintage wallpaper. A genius idea if I do say so myself. The colors in the wallpaper design screamed Christmas and the nutcracker is Christmasy…..so….. Nutcracker Soldier Decoration I’ve had the red and green and gold wallpaper forever. I bought the wallpaper… [Read More]
10 Furniture Tutorials You Will Want To Try Today
Ten Really Easy Furniture Tutorials My step-by step furniture tutorials are meant to inspire everyone from beginning DIY’ers to seasoned paint pros. I believe there is always something new to learn or a better way to do just about anything. I share antiquing techniques, stenciling, decoupage, prep instructions, metallic paint projects, distressing techniques, chalk finish… [Read More]
