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How to Create a Rustic Wood King Headboard

I’m back with more progress on the beach condo. I am really excited to share this tutorial on how to create a rustic wood headboard with you because it caused quite the buzz on Facebook and Instagram. This has to be one of my favorite projects that I completed in my stepmom’s beach condo. (You can see more pictures of the condo renovation on my sister’s interior design business page. Be sure to like her page, she has some great renovations to share.)

My sister, Caitlin, wanted me to make a unique rustic wood headboard for the master bedroom. Her budget was running low so she turned to Pinterest for some ideas and showed me this picture as inspiration.

I followed the link to a retail site where you could purchase the headboard for $2,195! {Cough, choke, gag…this was well out of our budget!} When we tallied the receipts, the lumber and materials to build our own king-sized headboard came in around $90 from Lowe’s! Woot woot!

And best of all, it is a relatively easy project that anyone can do if they have the right power tools.

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October 25, 2013/25 Comments/by Brittany Bailey

Build It, DIY, Furniture, painting, Painting & Antiquing Techniques

How to Replace Decorative Trim on Furniture

I found a cute nightstand at an antique mall a while back. As usual it sat in the garage for some ~~a few years~~ time and then I decided it was time to re-finish the piece.

The nightstand had been painted multiple times and needed some paint stripping.

Rather than use any chemicals I opted for a heat gun and it worked great …

…until I got to the delicate trim on the front of the nightstand drawers. Every time I would try to get the paint off it would gouge the trim. I knew that I had two options: try and repair the damage or replace the trim with new trim that wasn’t caked with 40 years of paint. I had a few trial runs with various trims and various cutting methods but rather than dwell on wasted time I’ll just tell you all about what worked best for me!

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October 9, 2013/12 Comments/by Jacque Knowlton

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How to Build a Rolling Storage Seat

Everyone can always use more hidden storage! What’s better than getting organized with more storage? How about combining it with additional seating! Jaime here from That’s My Letter sharing with you this easy tutorial for how to build a rolling storage seat.

Of course I couldn’t stop myself at just one seat, I had to make three – they’re just that fast and easy! The finished size is a generous stool at 19″w x 18″ d x 20″h.

Lift up that cushioned top and you’ve got tons of storage space:

To make the rolling storage stool you’ll need the following supplies: Read more

September 18, 2013/12 Comments/by Jaime Costiglio

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The Painted Chairs – a Second Chance Makeover

My search for some small chairs for the kitchen table area is finally over! The chairs I had before blocked the view from my kitchen to the family room and vice-versa, their backs were too high and overall they were too big for that small space.

I’d seen some pretty, small and colorful chairs from the catalog magazines I receive, but their prices weren’t that pretty. Almost $150 per chair! Craiglist was my searching place, it almost took me a year but I found them, $5 each!

Their condition was good, no squeaky sounds, loosened parts or missing screws. Their appearance was on the drab side, they looked better in these pictures than they did in real live. At some point they had been re-stained but the job was poorly done because they felt bumpy.

I knew they deserved a second chance! And I knew just how to do that.

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September 4, 2013/24 Comments/by Cristina Garay

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Why My Grandmother Would Love that I Wrote All Over Her Coffee Table

My grandmother wouldn’t mind that I painted and then wrote all over her coffee table. She was one of the most giving people you’ve ever met. She truly was the type of person that would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it. I strive to live up to her legacy every day of my life.

She was also a very lucky lady. I mean lucky as in she could spot a four-leafed clover in a field of them. She was constantly finding money on the ground.

When I was living with her my freshman year in college, she made me do a U-turn on a street because she saw a five dollar bill in the middle of the road! She was a hoot and loved to make people laugh with her jokes or just dressing up as a bunny every Easter.

(That’s my sisters and me in the floral skirt.)

She also won several contests in her life. But, she rarely kept her winnings. One of the things she won was a solid construction coffee table. When I was moving into my first apartment, she gave it to me. We used it for years until my design tastes changed and I bought a new one. Grandma’s coffee table moved into our attic. It sat there for years, buried under bags and suitcases.

When the big tree fell on our house, we did some serious purging in the attic. I should have taken the coffee table to Goodwill or sold it at our yard sale. But, something made me keep it a little longer. Read more

August 23, 2013/22 Comments/by Brittany Bailey