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Build Your Own Custom Kitchen Herb Planter

Hello again, it’s Cristina from Remodelando la Casa. I’m happy to share a tutorial to build this kitchen herb planter with you today. It’s one of those projects that you can decorate and customize to your own needs.

Having fresh herbs was something I really wanted to have in my kitchen and NO, I was not going to plant them outside only to forget watering them like it happened last year. They died sooner than expected and I think the lack of water plus my not so good “green thumb” were the main factors for that to happen :-(.

Having an indoor herb planter seemed like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a long planter to fit in our 5 inch deep kitchen window ledge. So, I decided to build a custom planter to fit. Read more

May 29, 2013/14 Comments/by Cristina Garay

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Made in USA Star Shirts using Silhouette Interfacing

Around Memorial Day and the Fourth of July I love to make t-shirts for the boys showing our patriotic spirit. Last year the boys and I made these spray dyed star shirts: Read more

May 23, 2013/17 Comments/by Brittany Bailey

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DIY Beadboard Picture Frames

Last month Matt showed you all how to build a decorative shelf with crown molding for our half bath. The shelf is perfect for the space and I love it. Unfortunately something felt like it was missing from the shelf. After some thought I decided that our shelf needed picture frames! Beadboard picture frames to be exact.

Today I am going to show you how to DIY your own beadboard picture frames! Read more

May 8, 2013/17 Comments/by Jacque Knowlton

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Picket Fence Planter Basket {Lowe’s Creator Idea}

Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week, but better yet I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

I have a fun little multi-purpose project for you today. I’m going to show you how to make this adorable little picket fence planter basket. You can use it as a planter. You can use it as a fun home décor item or you can fill it with glass beads or rocks and use it as a pencil caddy! Don’t you love versatility?

Best of all, the materials are inexpensive. The fence border section was under $5! And you can use leftover paint if you want. Or you can try out Valspar’s new emerald color. I’ve been seeing that color pop up all over the design world. (Lowe’s provided me with a gift card to give that new Valspar paint color a whirl.) Read more

May 3, 2013/26 Comments/by Brittany Bailey

arts and craft, Crafts, decor, Painting & Antiquing Techniques, Painting a Laminate Countertop, priming, ReNew, repair

How to Fix Your Garden Gnome (and Other Garden Decor)

Garden gnomes are the cute little guardian angels that watch over our homes. And sometimes they get a bit neglected.

In our case the poor fella was beaten up a bit by string trimming and the sun.

So today I’m going to share how you can fix any small holes or cracks and repaint your gnome so that it looks like new. These tips will also work with other garden decor that you’d like to repair.

Here are the supplies you need

Hydraulic cement
Bucket
Margin trowel
Gloves
Great stuff
Old towel
Rust-Oleum Primer (spray)
Hobby paint brushes
Valspar paint samples
Rust-Oleum Clear Coat (spray)

This is a pretty fun project and the kids can participate, too.

Let’s get to it 🙂