The Blue Velvet Chair – DIY Mosaic Planter

Michael from

Blue Velvet Chair
re-purposed/re-used a toilet tank (the upper part) that had been left in a junk pile by the side of the road as well as the bottom of a plastic coke bottle and created a beautiful sun and moon mosaic tile planter that’s gorgeous!
How creative is using a toilet tank (already waterproof) as a planter?  
She posted a full DIY tutorial with great tiling and grouting tips at

The sunny side welcomes guests and the moon side shows as guests head home.  Recycled and beautiful!
Michael at Blue Velvet Chair celebrates everything from life stories to DIY to upcycle chic, arts and crafts and stumblings across creative genius in all of its many forms. Pop over and say “hi” and check out more great DIY projects! 

Handy Man, Crafty Woman

Meet:  Laurie from

Handy Man, Crafty Woman
She hosts a wicked awesome DIY party…

and she has some great DIY transformations too!

Before
Beautiful after…
Living room before and after
Dark before…
Let there be light! I love the light walls and beautiful wood trim!
See more DIY from Laurie at

and link up to the Wicked Awesome Wednesday party!
Thanks so much for sharing your hard work Laurie (and handyman!).  Great job!

DIY Project Parade – Deck Day Bash

With it being a short week, we managed a simple little DIY paint touch up…

This is what it looked like before…

We sanded the peeling paint and with a quick touch up using my favorite Purdy paint brush…it’s looks so much better. Small things make a difference too!
Could you use $100 to update your deck?  Don’t forget to enter the DIY Show Off Deck Day Bash (here)! 

What have you been doing this weekend?  



The DIY Show Off



If you’d like to link YOUR DIY project post to The DIY Show Off Project Parade:



1.You must use the button above (ADD BUTTON HTML CODE FROM SIDE BAR TO YOUR POST) and link to this post to share the linky love.

2.Include your name or blog name and project title. Add your permali
nk (not your blog url, but your DIY project post url). Feel free to link a Past Post, just invite your readers in a current post with a quick note.

3.Or email your link to thediyshowoff@gmail.com and I will add it for you.

4.If you notice your link has disappeared -please add the link back to The DIY Show Off to your post today, a button or a quick note to your readers about the party and try again! I love when everyone participates and readers check out everyone’s links, but I think the return favor of linking back is the nice thing to do so everyone plays fair and enjoys all of the projects and links. Also – this blog party is for DIY projects only. Links not related to DIY will be deleted.
And…just wanted to share that I’m so proud of both of my girls.  This week, baby girl graduated from high school.  Congratulations, sweetheart!  You’ve become a beautiful, smart young woman.  Live your best life!  I can’t believe how quickly they’ve grown up, how much I miss them being little girls and how quiet it’s going to be at home soon. I might need a big blog group hug…