Woodworking
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Timber Wood Candy Cane
Six or seven months ago I attended a fundraiser auction and saw a large wooden candy cane that I absolutely fell in love with. The Candy Cane was donated and sold in the Auction for around $100.00 I couldn’t afford that but wanted to recreate one so I tried to figure out who made it but no one knew who donated it. So, I came home and jumped on Pinterest and couldn’t find anything like it! I was becoming frustrated and let it go for a little while but as Christmas grew nearer. I (of course) roped my husband in and picked his brain on how to accomplish this task.…
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Floating wood shelf
Floating wood shelf I love Shanty 2 Chic and all their creative wood projects. I followed this tutorial on making my floating shelf although I went Longer and thicker on my shelf. I also did not use our Kreg Jig. I felt no need to as all the nails and holes were inside of the base/frame of this project. This project went really fast and was actually really pretty easy. Anything that is uses rough lumber and not much detail goes fast! The frame was up within 5 minutes after cutting the wood. I hung mine above my office room door. I love how sturdy it is and…
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DIY Square Outdoor Flower Planters
Love gardening and love my yard! I’ve wanted some big Flower Planters or flower pots for quite a while but could never justify the cost of them. Nor could I find any that I was completely in love with until I stumbled across these Criss Cross Outdoor Planters online. I am in love with the look and design. Within minutes I had the instructions printed and given to my husband! For the most part Justin followed the instructions to a tee except he added a trim piece a long the top of my planters to give the top a bit more finished look! Thank you to Centsational girl for sharing her instructions!…
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Outdoor Handmade Wood Porch Swing
Handmade Wood Porch Swing Well let’s just say my husband is at it again! I find it – he builds it! I found this wood swing tutorial on Anna White’s website. (and let me tell you there are a TON of cute projects on there) I am trying really really hard to get my husband to build me an entertainment center. If he asks what I want for Christmas (which I’m hoping he does) I will tell him I want an entertainment center! Ok enough of that. On to my YARD LOVE. Here are photos of my Outdoor Handmade Wood Porch Swing we whipped up! I love to entertain and am…
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DIY Outdoor Painted Deck Wood Bench
DIY Outdoor Handmade Wood bench Look what my husband whipped up for me! I get the vision.. he gets included. He made the bench from start to finish including painting it. Here it is before it was painted. He was so good to fill in all the nail holes with putty and sand this baby down so it had a smooth finish. I am mad at myself for not taking pictures along the way while he was working on it. I look at the project while he is working on it then keep on with my own business. I was just happy he jumped in and did it! Here is…
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DIY – Step by Step Handmade Wood Trellis for grapevines tutorial
Last summer we put in our yard. We had moved into our house the first part of October of 2010 and didn’t really start on our yard until April of 2011. My husband installed our sprinkling system, laid our sod, did curbing and added trees as fast as I could find trees on our local classified free ads. What a gem! Towards the end of the summer I decided I wanted some grapes. I planted two different kinds of grapes and realized after a month how fast those suckers grow! The tiny PVC pipe garden trellis I had was not going to hold up. SEE UPDATED PHOTOS BELOW!! Over the…
