Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Wall Control. All opinions, images and love of DIY projects are 100% mine. The basement makeover continues! Our tool situation had become kind of a mess over the past couple of years. As the basement got more cluttered with stuff, it just became easier and easier to just throw things wherever when we were done with them. Which seems fine until you need to find something simple like a hammer or drill, and you're met with this disaster. ... Read More about An easy way to organize tools
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Kid-friendly basement plans
I've mentioned in passing that cleaning out and organizing the basement has been something we've been tackling, oh, for the past year or so. I mean the front room looked like this at the beginning of the year. (Can't believe I'm sharing this photo on the Internet but just keeping things real!) Yes, that's what happens when you move twice in a year and a half, and have a baby in the midst of it. Not recommended! But we got the basement completely organized earlier this year. This room ... Read More about Kid-friendly basement plans
How to paint furniture: A beginner’s guide
If you're wondering how to paint furniture, check out this DIY guide that covers everything from prepping furniture, painting furniture, adding special effects and sealing furniture. Happy painting! This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while, and it's finally time: How to paint furniture: A beginner's guide! I get a lot of questions about how to paint furniture, how to prep furniture for painting, how to distress, how long to let painted pieces cure and more. Since I've ... Read More about How to paint furniture: A beginner’s guide
Gorgeous flush mount white light fixtures
This is a great list of gorgeous, affordable flush mount white light fixtures. These white flush mount lights are perfect for nursery, home office or bedroom lighting! Nursery lighting ... this is one of those projects I thought about a lot two years ago and then it got pushed to the bottom of the list. Tell me you do that with some projects, too?! Now that baby #2 is on the way, it's back at the top of the to-do list. (Along with sharing the nursery reveal on the blog. I promise it's ... Read More about Gorgeous flush mount white light fixtures
DIY car door protector for garage walls
If your car doors keep hitting your garage walls, check out this easy DIY tutorial for a DIY car door protector for garage walls. We've been busy whipping our garage into shape. It seems the more toddler outdoor toys we add to our collection, the more important organization is in here! One of the other things that always bugged me about our garage was how my car doors would hit the garage walls as I got out / wrangled a toddler out of her car seat in a tight garage. So we came up with ... Read More about DIY car door protector for garage walls