#DIY Home Project

[xiaq]

I’ve been patiently waiting for a nice second-hand wood dresser to appear on fb marketplace or at Goodwill for months. Finally, I grabbed this one yesterday for $50.

My inspiration for this project are some dressers I saw at Anthropology that have gorgeous carved details. But I want my dresser to cost $200 or less rather than $2,000.

Of course I can’t add actual hand-carved wood, but I’ve got clay and some silicon molds + epoxy and a potential overconfidence in my DIY abilities.

First up, I removed the existing hardware and sanded this pretty lady down. She is now looking MUCH better without all those terrible stains (and the drawer pulls weren’t doing it for her, tbh).

Up next, I’ll give her a paint wash or three and start trying my hand at faking some carvings!

[decorationinside]

Beyond Beige: Embracing the Warmth of New Neutrals in Interior Design

[thoughtportal]

presto patch

[somerabbitholes]

first crochet project of the year, and it only took four seasons of parks and recreation worth of time

[archerinventive]

This new year brought with it some new goals, including one of my latest projects, upgrading the studio and workshop spaces. Starting with some handpainted trim. :)

Stay tuned for more progress photos and wip videos as I tackle this yearlong endeavor by following future Workshop Wednesday posts. :)

Wishing you all a lovely rest of your week.

🩵💛❤️

[vintagehomecollection]

House Beautiful Christmas, 1994

[tessawinterbourne]

[nels-mama]

The life I aspire to have.

I just want a haunted homestead to raise my kid(s) on.

[leebrontide]

After two years in this house we're finally doing the DIY project I've wanted to do since before we closed.

The kitchen in Rhombus house was last updated in exactly 1990. It features knobless honey oak cabinets, a Styrofoam tile drop ceiling, florescent lights, a sad and cracked yellow and beige vinyl floor, and, my personal top pet peeve, a badly chipped warm beige laminate countertop.

But new countertops are VERY expensive and we spent all our money on insulation and windows with fancy features like being able to close all the way.

But the countertops are so sad and chipped and pathetic that it's kind of like...we can't really make them worse, you know? And there's a freedom in that.

So, last year, we got a fancy white concrete skimcoat mix, and bits of colored recycled glass to add some shimmer. It was incredibly cheap. Like $100. Now we have finally secured childcare and means of keeping cats out of the kitchen.

I wouldn't do a poured concrete countertop because my sister had one in her house and after a decade it warped so badly you could get your whole hand under the hump.

But we're gonna try this skimcoat, then sand it, then seal it.

Because, again, we can't really make the countertops any worse.

Plus, I got a bigass white enamel farmhouse sink for free on craigslist we can put in.

Will report back.

[xiaq]

While waiting for paint to dry in the other bathroom renovation upstairs, I started wallpapering the bathroom downstairs. It is cute as hell, if I do say so myself.

[hello-meow]

Crochet leopard🐆🎀✨

[diycraftsnmore]

🎥 ant_guru (TT)

[claw-11243]

Made this selenite dagger / athame. Selenite is a great protective stone for (among other things) energetic cord cutting

I think it turned out really good! 😊

[somerabbitholes]

me and my crochet project and my ice cream and the bear

[zergys]

Обычные люди- скачивают приложение и не парятся. А я не хочу быть в потребности от враждебных серверов и перепрошиваю свежекупленный выключатель даже не включив его на заводской прошивке... Благо там типовой микроконтроллер оказался. Через пару недель приедет комп под сервер и мой умный дом оживёт! Хотя конечно весело что каждая умная розетка/выключатель просто держит на себе сайт с кнопкой вкл/выкл и мне даже не нужно никакое приложение для дистанционного управления, только браузер. Но хочется именно автоматизации и голосового управления. Будет весело прикручивать голос хд надеюсь все получится.