DIY at the Mango Archives

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Roeshel

The Mango Archives is a blog maintained by Mrs. Mango where she documents her DIY weekend warrior projects in their first home. She’s so talented and says things like blogerony and booboos (cute!) and has named her home the Mango House. I’ve been spending the evening going through her archives to share a few of her DIY projects with you.

Laundry Room Makeover

This room + building a wall, adding plumbing and electrical…

makes for a beautiful laundry room reveal…

The paint is (290B-6) Squash by Behr.

The Ikea Kristaller chandelier was $40.00.

Allover peony pattern stencil at Cutting Edge Stencils.

A Home Office Makeover in the works(I can’t wait to see more! You’ll want to follow along too!)…

Frame Fix…

Before

After:

DIY candle tutorial

Thanks so much Mrs. Mango for sharing your hard work and creativity!

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Lori's Laundry Room

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Roeshel

Having a pretty laundry room must make doing laundry a little more fun. Organization and lack of clutter must feel so fresh! I wouldn’t know but after looking at the area that Lori from Deming Design Studio attends to her laundry chores, I’m even more impatient to get busy on ours! See her glazing process below. Beautiful!

Here is a before picture of the cabinets:

First coat of paint:

She used a paint called Caramel Colors and says it is fabulous to work with. It is a very thick textured paint that covers everything! You don’t have to sand or prime the surface–just start painting. She chose a color called Cobblestone. It is a green color but has some gray in it. Her inspiration was her Anthropolgie tablecloth that she turned into a curtain for under the counter.

Side by side you can see where she added toner to the left cabinets and no toner on the right. She recommends watering down the toner a bit to give it a smoother finish and doing one or two coats and sanding lightly before adding the toner.

You can see how much more depth is created with the toner.

Creative idea for using a tablecloth turned curtain to hide the dog cave! It’s like a secret hide out for her furbaby!

She plans to get or DIY (my vote) a drying rack but for now I love her shelves, accents and decorating!

So pretty!

What do you guys think? Is your laundry room a beautifully inspired space in your home?

Thank you so much for sharing your process and beautiful laundry room, Lori! The cabinet looks beautiful with your ‘curtain’ and all of your organization. Love it!

Guest Blogger: Tatertots & Jello

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Roeshel

I’m having a blast at the Country Living Magazine Fair! What a hot & windy day but so much fun! If you’re in Columbus – stop by the Gorilla Glue booth to meet Nadine and Holly from Gorilla Glue and me too! There are so many antiques and crafts that you’ll need a wagon. And good walking shoes. And I haven’t checked the weather yet for tomorrow but hopefully not an umbrella or raincoat.

I’m sure you know her, but just in case…DIY Show Off reader, meet Jen from tatertots & jello. Not only is her blog full of DIY creativity, beautiful inspiration and great projects but she’s a sweetheart too. Happy Birthday Jennifer! Thank you so much for guest blogging while I’m out of town and sharing your favorite projects! I am in love with a laundry room!And the beachy bathroom is gorgeous too!

Hi — I’m Jen from tatertots & jello and I’m so excited to be here at Roeshel’s wonderful blog! I am a HUGE fan!!

I thought maybe I could share a few of my favorite DIY Projects with you today…

This summer I transformed my bathroom from kind of Tuscan:

to “Beachy” with Board & Batten:

It’s amazing how much brighter and larger the room looks with the wall treatment and lighter color!

Another Project I just finished this week is my Laundryroom Redo!
Yikes – it started off like this {very messy picture}

And I installed the same type of Board & Batten treatment as I did in the Bathroom redo. I used a wonderful stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils {a DIY Club sponsor} to stencil between the panels.

I really like the way the two elements came together in the room.

Another DIY element in the room were shelves that we made under the counter. I wanted a place to put laundry baskets for my four kids. Then when they have clean clothes I have a place to put their clothes. And they are able to check the baskets each day to see if there is anything they need to put away.