Our youngest recently outgrew his former Pack ‘N’ Play bed (out climbed, rather) and we were able to borrow this crib-turned-toddler-bed from one of my sisters. In a former life, it had been painted bright primary colors, but the paint was chipping and in need of a refresh and I had a hankering to spray […]
Custom DIY Bed Frame – Foot Board Tutorial
This post contains a lot of pictures. You have been forewarned. We designed and drew plans for a custom bed frame. Our mattress is currently resting on top of a set of plastic storage bins. Functional, but not exactly pretty. We wanted the new bed to still contain a good amount of storage options and […]
Radio Flyer Refreshed
My younger son was gifted a hand-me-down very old tricycle. It was a Radio Flyer in its former days, very similar to this model. Over the years, it was faded from the sun from red to pink, and at some point someone tried to give it a makeover by spray painting the whole thing black. […]
Rusty Mailbox Makeover
New mailboxes don’t cost very much. It’s a good thing I didn’t spend anything on this project other than my time, because I just now looked it up and you actually can get a new mailbox for less than $10! Oh well. This was free because I already had all the spray paint and other […]
Perfect Caulk Lines Every Time!
After installing the beautiful new pantry floor, I cut, painted, and put up new trim and then to finish it off, I caulked said new trim. In case you missed the post about the new floor, this is the former condition of the floor in our pantry and the complete lack of trim. The old […]
Mini Dresser Makeover
This ended up being my first blog post because it was a short project that I finished quickly, but it really is part of my bigger project of a full pantry makeover. While I was in the middle of the pantry remodel, my sister returned this little dresser to me that she had been borrowing. […]