Potting Bench DIY Makeover. Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member ourfifthhouse from The Girls' Guide to Gardening group: I'm not an expert gardener; I'm a novice. Right now I pretty much stick to planting in pots, but someday I dream of creating a lovely backyard garden. I decided to create a little potting station on my patio where I can play and learn. I had this old work bench that my father in law made for us when we bought our first house, which was covered in tools and dust in our garage. I decided to give it a new life with some paint and a few other re-purposed items I already had. Continue reading to see the finished product! This bench adds so much Summer whimsy to our patio! Have you done any gardening projects lately? Turn Doilies Into Luxurious Pendant Lighting Dos Family. How to Paint Wood Furniture So it Lasts and Looks Great. Learn how to paint wood furniture with these tips and detailed project instructions.
So you have some wooden furniture you want to give a new life to? Perfect! There is nothing I love more than seeing how an old shabby chair or table (or bookcase or dresser or cabinet, etc) completely transforms with just a coat of paint. However, you want your hard work to last and be durable, right? What are you painting? Also, the finished look is important too! For a completely different look, you might enjoy this funky mid century coffee table I built and painted using a woodburning technique combined with regular acrylic paints. Prep: This is a step that you can not skip when learning how to paint wood furniture. Prime: This is another step that you do not want to skip. Paint: Finally, paint! Large flat surfaces can be painted on with a small roller.
Seal: If you have followed all of the other steps completely then sealing is optional for many applications. Share YOUR Painted Furniture Project! Antiqued glass votive. The way antique glass alternates between absorbing and reflecting light always catches my eye, even on a small piece like a votive or a frame. This awesome tutorial from Ashley Brown features a simple, inexpensive way to create an aged-mirror look out of any glass object. If you have old jars lying around, this would be great way to revive them and make them useful again. Thanks for sharing this with us, Ashley! — Kate Read the full how-to after the jump!
Materials Krylon’s Looking Glass Spray Paint (#9033)spray bottle (filled with water)glossy black enamel paintmetallic glossy gold enamel paintscrub spongesmall paintbrusha glass piece you want to paintoptional: painter’s tape and a few magazine scraps Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Upholstery basics: dining chair do-over. Welcome back to Upholstery Basics, where we’ll be rolling up our sleeves and completing our first project together: a wrap-around seat. Of all seating, dining room chairs get the brunt of the abuse — a little vino here, red sauce there. If you’ve been glaring at those chairs and wondering how to give them that much-needed facelift, read on, and you’ll be transforming those eyesores into jaw-droppers in no time. — Amanda Read the full post on reupholstering dining chairs after the jump! Materials gogglesglovesclampspliersstaple removerstaplerfoam (denser is better for seats)permanent markercarving knifecotton battingDacronfabricwhite or yellow chalkstraight edge/rulerscissorsregulatordustcovercardboard tack stripair blower attachment Don’t forget to check out Upholstery Basics: Tool Time to learn more about the tools we’re using today.
Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Wrap-around reminders: Before and After Party: Buh Bye Pleather. So….you remember that one time, when I was redoing my office? Yeah. It’s taken a while. I’m just so easily distracted, really. A few weeks ago one of my very best bloggy friends came up to help me out with a project. Traci from Beneath My Heart came to town and I could NOT have done it without her help. I wanted to reupholster the chair in my office: I got it from Bombay Company years ago, and it’s a great chair, just not the look I’m going for in this space. My plan all along was actually to make a slipcover for it. So we decided to take it apart and just cover each part individually: Because this was in no-spend July, we used some fabric I bought months ago to make a bed skirt for our bed.
I think we had plenty: We covered the seat like I’ve shown you a few times: Then we stopped to tickle a Bub: OH my goodness, I think the Bub loved Traci more than I do…and that’s a lot. :) He still talks about her. And then put a dog on it: He wasn’t helpful. That part was SUPER FUN! Then we took a nap: Etched map serving tray. Summer brings out the travel bug in me. I start dreaming of the beautiful places I’ve been and the locations I still hope to visit. My initial idea for this project was to create a roadmap of one of my favorite travel destinations.
I thought a subtle tray celebrating a place I love would be a fun daily reminder of my dreamy locale. However, the more I thought about it, the more I knew my favorite place did not require a plane, train or automobile. It sounds cliche, but my home is my favorite place. So, instead of a roadmap of an exotic destination, my tray bears the grid of where I spend all my days.
Have a DIY project you’d like to share? Read the full how-to after the jump! Materials window paneArmour Etchutility knifeclear contact paperpaintbrushroadmap2 decorative knobs (mine are from Anthropologie) Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. DIY Fire Pit. So this weekend was pretty fabulous... My best friend... Maddux's GodMom came down up to stay with us for the weekend, We celebrated my grandpas birthday with some Meatloaf and Euchre at our place.... then ended the weekend with Smores :) I desperately want to give our little cement patio a makeover... so Lauren I went downstiars to check the basement to see if Rod left any cement paint down there... He did. So we assumed JackPot! So we got some painting clothes on.... went outside dumped the paint out... and (dum.. dum... dum...) barely any in there. so we painted a small square section for fun... and that was that... so maybe next weekend I can finish that project (fingers crossed) But today I thought I would share our little DIY firepit.
Update:I have had a few people that have had a hard time finding these blocks and are running into higher priced blocks... So here is everything you need... to DIY a fire pit :) Build a base of bricks... Hot husband making the fire.... 191. 192. 193.