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Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
How to Landscape a Corner Lot
Today I'm sharing my solution to landscaping for privacy on a corner lot. If you follow Serendipity Refined on Instagram, you know that over the last ten days I decided to do some landscaping in the front yard at the farmhouse. I designed a 60 foot long berm that is roughly the shape of a boomerang and contains several varieties of evergreens as well as some flowering ornamental trees and shrubs as well as shrub roses and perennials that will not only provide privacy but will add a focal point to our front yard.
How To Build A DIY Rustic Cedar Window Flower Box
Rustic French Country Milk & Chalk Paint Grandfather's Clock Makeover
Today I'm sharing a rustic French country painted Grandfather's clock that I made over using both Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint. I love using both types of paint on the same piece and have been doing it for a couple of years because I really like the crusty, rustic, layered effect that I can achieve by layering ASCP and MMS (with bonding agent).
Furniture Makeover Tutorial: Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint and Paper Napkin Decoupage
Today I'd like to show you a new way to use an old technique to brighten up painted furniture. I used printed paper napkins as a part of the makeover for this customer piece. The flowers and butterflies on the Miss Mustard Seed milk paint table above are paper napkins which have been decoupaged onto the piece using Mod Podge.
Reader Painted Furniture DIY Help #2: Maureen's Chalk Painted French Linen Armoire Cabinet
The second reader painted furniture piece in this year's series is Maureen's armoire. To tell you the truth, I wondered if someone would have an armoire to paint this year after Nancy's fabulous armoire which we transformed using ASCP Provence with dark wax, last year so I was really excited when Maureen messaged me about her pine cupboard.
If you haven't seen Nancy's cabinet, you really should (click the link above to view the original post). It's one of my most popular painted furniture projects with over 7,500 pins and shares to date!
Spring Paper Flower Cone Door Decor: Easy, Inexpensive Kid's Craft
There's nothing that makes me smile more than the first signs of spring in my neighborhood and to celebrate, I made these simple brown paper cones filled with fresh daffodils for my front door and for my neighbors as well. It's a super easy, inexpensive craft to do with kids, too!
Product Review: Fusion Mineral Paint, General Finishes Gel Stain,Gel Topcoat
Today I'm reviewing three different products that you have probably been hearing a lot about: Fusion Mineral Paint and General Finishes Gel Stain (Java) and Gel TopCoat. These are the products that I used to make over this sweet little book table for a customer.
Easy Crochet Throw Blanket Pattern
When my youngest son made his Christmas list this year I thought that I pretty much knew what would be on it. A couple of new t-shirts, khaki pants, a pair of jeans, socks, a sweater. Standard issue, 20-something year old, college guy stuff.
When I opened the email just after he went back to school from Thanksgiving break, I realized that I was right....
...for the most part.
Candy Cane Stripe Christmas Kitchen - Welcome Home Tour
Welcome to Christmas in my farmhouse kitchen! My philosophy this year is inexpensive...and easy. Ninety percent of this red and white striped candy cane kitchen was created using items that I already had on hand.
No Sew Felt Horse Head Candy Cane Cover {Ornament Day 6}
Today we're making a replica of one of my favorite ornaments from my childhood: this felt horse head candy cane cover. Let me answer one question before we start: Why does it say "No Sew: when the photo shows stitching? The answer: I chose to stitch mine. The original was made using glue. It was lime green, a red rick rack "mane" and a gold rick rack harness. I've updated mine just slightly so that it better matches my style.
Rusty Lantern and Bittersweet Simple Fall Table Centerpiece
Have you ever driven around your village early in the morning on trash day? I do it. In fact, I did it one day this spring when it was raining. On that day, I found two perfectly good rusty metal lanterns that someone had carefully placed next to their trash bin. It was like they had left a gift especially for me.
DIY Fall Wheat Bundle Table Decoration
Do you need a fall table centerpiece? Do you have five minutes? If you answered "Yes" to those two questions and have access to just a couple of simple supplies, you can make this DIY wheat bundle table decoration.
Black and Gray Painted Dresser : Webster's Challk Paint Powder
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by my sweet friends at Restyle to try a product that they carry called Webster's Chalk Paint Powder. I had a dresser that needed a makeover and I had decided on black and gray. I wanted to use a chalk finish paint but I didn't really want to purchase two quarts of paint because I knew that I really only needed a couple of cups of paint or less.
DIY Updates: Glass Mosaic Tile Kitchen Backsplash and Marble Tile Fireplace Surround
The countertop paint worked great on the beveled edge but we had some problems with streaking on the island and she'll probably end up replacing that counter top with a solid surface material. The good news is that she won't have to replace the rest of the counters in the kitchen until she's ready.
The glass backsplash tile was installed using premixed mastic tile cement which was applied with a trowel. Cutting the tile was easy using a hand held glass tile cutter and my wet saw. We used electric box extenders to move the electric outlets flush with the surface of the new tile and grouted with non-sanded grout mixed with a stain blocking additive that will help to keep the grout clean.
We also primed and painted the kitchen walls in washable matte paint Benjamin Moore Rockport Gray. I don't have any "before" photos, but the walls were a dark tomato red and warm beige prior to painting.
The laundry room was a relatively quick makeover to resolve several functional issues.
It originally contained a sink which had not been used in twenty years other than as a storage space for buckets and cleaning cloths. Since the laundry is next to the kitchen, there is a sink readily available should she need one.
The laundry sink was removed and the pipes were capped so that we could install a floor to ceiling storage cabinet (18 x 92 inches found for 80% off in the "scratch and dent" section at the Home Depot) which provides reachable shelves to hold cleaning and laundry supplies with upper storage for things that she doesn't use often.
The ceiling got a fresh coat of white paint and the walls were painted with matte finish paint in Copley Gray to cover some long ago sponge painting.
The flooring is the same Armstrong solid surface laminate that was installed in the kitchen and mudroom to allow for continuity between the rooms. After the cabinet was in place, we installed a heavy oak closet rod to provide nearly six feet of hanging space which eliminated the need for the floor rack and freed up the floor space immediately in front of the dryer.
And finally, last but certainly not least...the real reason why I went to my sister's to help: installing new marble on the front of her family room fireplace:
My sister and her family removed the green tile and the wood trim from the front of the surround before I arrived which meant that all we had to do during my visit was to cut, install and grout the new tile.
Since I had a relatively new tile saw that I purchased when I repaired the tile at the apartment, I thought that we were all set. In hindsight, if we had rented a saw that was meant to cut larger tiles, it would have been much easier. (My saw is made for up to 8 x 8 inch tiles so there was some creativity involved in making it work on the larger tiles.)
I still can't believe that we accomplished all of this in five days with trips for paint and supplies and me working my "real job" from her home during the process! Sure, it was crazy and the entire first floor of her house was a danger zone for a week but then, suddenly, it was complete and it looks like a new home! As a side benefit, we had so much fun installing the marble on the fireplace and the mosaic glass backsplash that I recruited my sister to help me with the tile at the farmhouse when the time comes!
DIY Industrial Pipe Shelves for the Apartment: A Tutorial
Last weekend, we finished the last of the projects at my son's apartment, we built industrial pipe shelves for his living room wall. The shelving was made of 1/2 inch black gas pipe and fittings with 1x10 pine shelves which were stained dark using General Finishes Java Gel Stain and Gel Top Coat to match the doors in the apartment.
Milk Paint "Stained" French Bergere Style Chair Makeover
Welcome to the latest in my ongoing list of painted furniture tutorials! Today, I'm using Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint "Curio" as stain to makeover these fabulous reproduction French Bergere chairs that my "bestie", Ann, found for me on Craigslist a year and a half ago. Yes, it has been that long...
....I don't like to rush into things.
Simple DIY Father's Day Gift: Child's Quote Pillow
Sheesh! I almost missed sharing this with you in time for Father's Day! I've been so busy rehabbing that I nearly missed showing you the quickest, easiest, most darling, one of a kind Father's Day gift idea ever.......in the history of ever! Father's day pillow covers with quotes from children to their Dad or Grandpa!
Easy DIY Chalkboard Door Art
Sometimes, it's the little things. Like chalkboard door art that reminds me to be thankful for the day. As you have probably guessed, now that I'm in the middle of demolition at the French Farmhouse my opportunities to create something pretty are limited to artwork on my chalkboard door and, when I can get to the sewing machine, a canvas drop cloth pillow or two.
How To Make An Easy DIY Tea Towel Pillow
Looking for a last minute DIY Mother's Day gift or a quick pick me up for your porch or patio that's both cheap and easy? Well, you're in luck! I made these pillows from two cotton tea towels that I purchased at Ikea for $4.99 for the pair. I've also seen them at Target, JoAnn Fabrics and just about any store that carries kitchen items. Making the two of them took ten minutes....literally.
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