Interior Design DIY ideas

I have an unbearably small kitchen. No, really — it’s impossibly small. With only five cabinets, one drawer, and a pint-sized counter, I’ve had to go to some crazy extremes to make my kitchen both functional and presentable. It doesn’t help that I’m a very persnickety gal, and I need to have things just so. As William Morris...

Hey y’all! How the heck are ya? Hopefully not freezing to death. Even in Austin, where it’s usually H-O-T, it has been so fr-fr-fr-freezing cold I can hardly stand it. I’m so used to hot weather that I pretty much just shut down and hibernate if the temps get below 50 degrees. I seriously cannot …

Do's and Don'ts of using MDF

A quick, inexpensive way to transform a room—and a beautiful cover-up for damaged ceilings

~Bar Stool Buying Guide...Or the builder's guide. When building desks, tables or bars these measurements come in handy.

I am so excited to show you my new and improved Master bedroom! This took my handsome husband and I one day to install and another 3 for me to do the finishing (caulking, and painting.) First, pull off the existing floor board. This could be skipped, but we wanted the floor board to [...]

Turn unused space around the house into extra seating and storage with a minimum of carpentry—and get a snug, homey haven for daydreaming, reading, even napping

Turn unused space around the house into extra seating and storage with a minimum of carpentry—and get a snug, homey haven for daydreaming, reading, even napping

I love framed mirrors in the bathroom but I really don't like the idea of ripping out a large builder mirror to replace it with a smaller fr...

DIY, cheap and easy ways to make your home look more expensive... LOVE these genius upgrades!

These DIY sliding barn doors are an easy way to bring character to your home. We used pine and household tools to make these functional hand-crafted doors.

I had been mulling several ideas around in my head about what to do with this wall in our new house( the Christmas picture from last year i...

Fireplace update. Create a mantle that slips over the top of the existing brick and anchors to the wall on either side! I'm going to have somewhere to hang stockings this year!!! Now I need stockings...

We had purchased an iron bed with a slatted headboard that was just terribly uncomfortable to lean back on. See below how I created a DIY padded headboard and added it to the existing bed! The first step was to choose a fabric. I chose this herringbone patterned fabric to match our existing bedding. Measure your headboard and cut a piece of 1/4" plywood to size. Using spray adhesive, attach a piece of foam padding to the wood. I used a twin size mattress pad -- much cheaper tha…