Add Color to Your Laundry Room for a Quick and Easy Makeover
My laundry room is functional but not very pretty so I've decided to make a few changes and give it a bit of an updated look. The first thing to tackle is the cabinets because I knew they would make a big change that I could enjoy while I'm working on the rest of the...
How to Age an already Old Jewelry Box with Amy Howard
I love boxes! More specifically I love boxes with drawers! Big boxes, little boxes, wide boxes, narrow boxes...as long as they have drawers, I love them! I've been wanting to do a large jewelry box makeover for a long time. I found this old jewelry box on...
Super Easy DIY Ladder Pot Rack for Under $40
I admit I thought Cindy was a little bit crazy when she suggested suspending a ladder in the kitchen and hanging pots and pans off of it... ladder pot racks just weren't something I had ever even heard of, let alone seen. But Cindy has a really good track record when...
All Great Signs Point to ANTIQUES
I love antiques... and signs....and antique signs. I just don't love paying the prices, so I decided to build a sign myself, an ANTIQUES sign. This sign was so easy to make and very inexpensive and it only took a couple of hours (not counting the drying time for paint...
Easy and Affordable Garden Box
With gardening season fast approaching and lots of time at home, I decided to try my hand at some gardening and building my own garden box. I live in the desert and I knew I was not about to try digging into the hard ground in my desert yard so I made a plan...
Kitchen Peninsula from Builder-Grade to Custom Made
One room/space/wall at a time, we're putting our own stamp on this builder-grade home of ours. A high bar area in the kitchen is not my cup of tea, but it's a little more than we can take on at this time so I decided to take this kitchen peninsula from builder-grade...
Groom Your Dog and Save Money: Part 2 The Bath
In the first part of this series, Groom Your Dog and Save Money, we talked about the importance of brushing. Today we're focusing on the bath and all that it entails. How often you bathe your dog is up to you and depends on your dog's activity, coat, environment and...
Groom Your Dog and Save Money: Part 1 Brushing
As many of you may know, my dogs, Jimmy Stewart and Greta Garbo are a very big part of my life. They are both purebred Havanese; Greta is 4 and Jimmy is 2 1/2. This particular breed requires a great deal of grooming. The Havanese breed is a fun-loving little dog that...
How to Start Making Your Own Candles
Have you ever thought about making your own candles? Come on, who doesn't love a good candle? The soft light, the ambiance, the hypnotic flicker of flame and that amazing scent that fills your room in the aroma of your choice... What if you could have all that and...