I love finding unused space for storage. Nothing bothers me more than a wall that obviously hides a large void behind it. Â Or a built-in bench that could have been perfect for extra storage.
While on the hunt for creative ways to store more, I found 20 brilliant ways to add built-in beauty AND storage to your home. You can see some above, but there’s plenty more in this curated collection of storage ideas that I put together for you. Enjoy.
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
Do your kids want to build and paint just like you?  This project a great beginner build for young ones who want to get in there and make something to call their own. And once they’re done building they can paint it too!
Or give the build as a unique personalized gift for that artsy friend who loves to paint:
Attach a cute gift tag (download my tag free from here) and include some fun acrylic paint colors and brushes:
This project is super kid friendly, I tested it at my 6 year old daughter’s birthday party and all the girls absolutely loved building their own project . Â We used kid sized drills (like these kid sized drills) and they truly enjoyed painting their bookends: Read more
Jacque, my wife, and the other half of The DIY Village has been kindly reminding me that I promised to make her a decorative shelf for our downstairs half bathroom. Â She only had a few requests. She asked that I incorporate crown molding into the shelf, along with some hardware to hang hand towels. Â As luck would have it, she found some scrap wood and crown molding that I had left over from a recent project! Â Since I already had the materials, I couldn’t find a good excuse to put the project off any longer! Â So I set out to make a decorative shelf with crown molding!
Materials:
The easy part of this project was constructing the actual shelving unit. Read more
Hi everyone, I’m Cristina from Remodelando la Casa, and I’m beyond excited to join the team of Pretty Handy gals and guys!  I’m still pinching myself at such a wonderful opportunity.
Today I’m going to show you a fairly easy way to transform your builder grade windows from plain and boring to beautiful with loads of character and with a more finished appearance.
Right now I’m working on updating my bedroom, where I have a couple of these windows.
 They look  like they are wearing skirts, but forgot to put on the tops! 🙂  Yeap, naked!
Let’s change that by dressing up those windows! Read more