Right before last Christmas, we built our new oak dining table. We had lived here 4 years by then and up until then we had used a sheet of plywood on two saw horses. It was great because we could host parties for many people, but ...

We recently tried out a bent wood technique to see how it would work out and used it to build a small side table. Here is how that went. We used 1 inch dowel for the four legs and 5/8 dowel for the cross support under each table ...

This is what we are calling the Teen den. It is a hang-out space / hall way between the "kids" bedrooms and bathroom. You can see the bathroom in the picture below.  This is what it looked like before with two extra sinks out ...

Today I am revisiting our green guest room reveal where two of the 11 DIYs we made for the room was designing the green leaf fabric and upholstering an inexpensive bed from IKEA. You can read all about how I designed the fabr ...

Home office make-over, oh what a long, drawn out project you have been. But now you can stick a fork in it. It is done. Our office is set up with the desks facing each other to form an island in the middle of the room and then be ...

We needed at step stool for our master closet, so I got the Bekväm step stool from IKEA as well as a TEJN faux sheep skin and some white paint. I had expert help putting the step stool together. And did you know that IKEA has ...

I have had some further questions about how we built this bed for our son B. These are the posts I have already written on the subject: IKEA hack: B's bed with trundle How to make a tufted headboard Oil based primer and latex pai ...

Two quick things: - Thank you so much for all your fantastic comments on our post: Kitchen reveal: before and after pictures of our kitchen remodel - how it all came together.  We so appreciate each and every one! Thanks! - ...

I am so excited to tell you that our white desk just got featured over at IKEAhackers.net this morning. Just as I am about to share how I made the shelves for that wall. We had some Ekby Bjärnum shelves from when I designed a tod ...

I love our new Kreg Jig. It's so easy to use and it gives you great professional results. When I say easy to use, I mean easy to use after you have figured out a few things. As I mentioned in my tutorial on how to build our white ...

Yesterday, I showed you the finished blue wall with the new desk and some shelves and a gallery wall. Today, I am back to share our tutorial for how we built the desk. We used 1x4 for the legs and 1x3 for the frame under the de ...

A couple of weekends ago, while shopping for some wood for other projects, I saw this barnwood board out of the corner of my eye. It was the perfect depth (true 1 inch) for a set of IKEA aluminum brackets that I had on hand. I g ...

Fair warning: long post alert. Remember when we Installed the new hand rail on the deck off the master? And we got the wrong width at first? Then we bought some more wood and finished that project leaving us with a bunch of 2x6 c ...

We made the Mario art yesterday (instructions). I am participating in this Pinterest challenge with my new faux fur chair. I mentioned these two inspiration pieces in my original mood board post back in October. I later re-did t ...

Did someone pull you aside in the school of life at a very early age and make you pinky swear never to mix an oil based product with a water based one? That happened to me. It seems to be a sort of an unwritten truth in the world ...