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**** ~ GREAT NEWS!!! For all you Non-DIYers out there. The Crate Coffee Table is now FOR SALE! Go to my For Sale page for more information! ~ **** New: Check out the new Inspiration Page! At last! A leg of our old coffee table is about to give out. Optional Materials: ~ Images (not necessary if you use a real wine crate) - I found one on The Graphics Fairy and a few others online ~ Mod Podge ~ Matte Finish ~ Stain ~ Vinegar, steel wool and brewed tea {See my Stain Tutorial for more options} ~ A variety of screws, nails, L brackets, and bolts ~ Satin Polyurethane Final Dimensions: 27"W x 27"D x 17"HTotal Cost: $7 (x4 crates), $8 worth of wood for the frame and $7 per caster = $72 *price does not include screws, nails, stain or finish. I'm not intentionally being vague but unless you go out to buy these exact crates from Michael's then your measurements are going to be completely different than mine. Furniture Painting Tutorial and Tips! « The Cerniks. Over that past year, I have tackled several painting projects.
Some have gone well…and other terribly wrong. I spent so much time online searching for tutorials and trying what each recommended. We have finally mastered our technique and I wanted to share what we find the best. P.S. We are lazy and impatient DIYers….so trust me, this really is the easiest and quickest way to get a great finish!
As newlyweds and new home owners, we have an empty house that needs A LOT of furniture. 4 steps and you are done! Step 1. Every piece of furniture must be prepped. We needed to get rid of the pre-loving on our tabletop, so I sanded it with our orbital sander. For pieces with deep ruts or dents, I suggest Elmers wood filler with a little sanding after it dries. If you have a piece that doesn’t require sanding (or if you just don’t want to), give the furniture a good cleaning with a TSP product. Step 2. Jen Lynn / Pinterest. Everything I know about Spray Paint! This post contains affiliate links {just keeping it real folks}.
I get quite a few questions about spray paint, and I thought the most useful way for all of my readers would be to answer those questions publicly. So here it goes. Convert a Blanket Chest Into a Mini Home Office Martha Stewart. 30 Organization Tips, Tricks and Ideas That Will Make You Go Ah-ha! God Save The Pallet! Reclaimed Pallets Revamped. Used in the shipping industry, wood pallets are typically a low end commodity.
Usually, pallets will get reused a few times and then they will either be scrapped as trash or used as firewood. Most often made from inexpensive junk species of lumber (whatever is most widely available), wood pallets are the perfect candidate for upcycling. Check out these creative examples of upcycled pallets and I think you'll agree! DIY garden pallet fence (above and below) from Camelot Art CreationsA great way to hide trash cans or air conditioning units! Painted wood wall art by Inspired by Charm Pallet headboard Wonderful wine storage in the kitchen pallet stairs lead to loft. Darkroom and Dearly: Interior Design. One household problem that has plagued me constantly for a long time is finding a way to effectively organize electronics cables.
These days everything we own seems to have its own charger: phones, cameras, e-readers, game consoles, computers, tablets, etc, etc. Pretty soon we're drowning in cords and cables, and since they're constantly in use, they're constantly in the way. I've tried pretty much every Pinterest-inspired tip for how to organize these blasted things. Binder clips, over-the-door bags, twist-ties, and the seemingly awesome toilet paper tube method. But you know what happens when you use chargers on a daily basis? UGH. It took me a while to find it, but I think I may have found (nearly) the perfect solution. {diy cable box} Supplies: Hemnes hack. One of my New Year's resolutions from last year was to finish the house.
It's not even close to done. Fail. Projects pretty much came to a halt, like, back in June. Life is so busy! Anyway, we are finally getting back to work on the spare room. I really wanted to get rid of my Hemnes and pick up a vintage piece with some interesting details, but anyone that owns a Hemnes knows they are pretty solid pieces of furniture (for Ikea furniture, I mean), so I decided to hold onto it and add some details myself. My Hemnes before: I didn't take any progress pictures, because I was l-a-z-y. So, I completely took apart the dresser because the inside has super cute yellow striped drawer liners, see: