15 Awesome DIY Highlights

Every week, I host a DIY linky party where so many of my talented blog friends share their latest DIY and every week, I am so inspired. I wanted to share a few recent favorites with you {please visit and pin from the original link}:

Julia from Cuckoo 4 Design always has a plan for some fun DIY and shares her tutorial for a DIY room divider. Beautiful and functional!

DIY room divider @Cuckoo 4 Design

I love every room Janel has shared of her fun eclectic home at Nellie Bellie and her epic hallway makeover has so many fun features including a painted floor and awesome lighting…

nellie bellie hallway reveal

So beautiful! Amy from the Blissful Bee shares her formal living room updates. Great space to hang out! I love what she’s done to create an inviting formal living room {nothing stuffy or impersonal about her style…it’s awesome!}

formal living room @ The Blissful Bee

As a mom of girls, I’ve never had the opportunity to decorate a boy’s room but loving these…

Color, texture, memories…it’s a beautiful combination for this big boy room makeover at Dixie Delights.

boy room before and after @Dixie Delights

A sweet little vintage/industrial nursery from Korrie’s neighbor at Red Hen Home…

vintage nursery Red Hen Home

Speaking of sweet little boys rooms, did you see this adorable stenciled biplane dresser at Classy Clutter? SO cute! {stenciling tutorial included}

DIY, stenciled biplane dresser @Classy Clutter

and then…speaking of Classy Clutter, there’s an amazing tiny kitchen makeover! Need an example of how paint can brighten up a small space? Check out the before and after that Mallory finished earlier in the year {dining room makeover too}. Wow!

DIY kitchen makeover @Classy Clutter

No entryway or mudroom? Creating your own closet to mudroom. A great idea for making a welcoming space to take off shoes. This one from Handmade Modern is so pretty and organized:

DIY closet mudroom @Handmade Modern

or…Ellora from Creatively Southern shares tips for creating an entryway space right inside the door:

how to create an entryway @Creatively Southern

Closets aren’t just for storage or clothes or junk or entryway/mudrooms. A closet makes a cute office space too. I love the organization and pretty closet office at Thrifty Parsonage Living…a quiet place to be busy.

closet office reveal @Thrifty Parsonage Living

A vintage rustic master bedroom filled with DIY awesomeness and gorgeous vintage accents at Down to Earth Style…

vintage rustic master bedroom @Down to Earth Style

Bethany from This Little Estate invites us to see her stunning kitchen remodel. Beautiful choice in materials, lovely styling, unbelievable before and after…

kitchen remodel @This Little Estate

Sheila really did an amazing job with creating this beautiful footboard wall hanging at Plum Doodles…it’s so creative, so pretty!

footboard wall hanging @Plum Doodles

Tricia from Simplicity in the South is updating her sweet petite master suite {makeover in progress} and it’s looking good!

master bedroom makeover @Simplicity in the South

and last but not least, my laundry room inspiration. There is not one thing in this laundry room that doesn’t fit my style or requirements. It’s full of character and so functional. Yes. It’s dreamy.

laundry room makeover @Me and My DIY

All of the links were really worth sharing but since I can’t do an entire post, you’ll have to visit the DIY party to see the rest. Including these fun ideas:

  • Weaving with twigs from hurricane
  • Chicken wire bulletin board
  • Thumb tack embellished ornaments
  • Simple rustic Christmas ornaments
  • DIY decanter bar lights
  • Super cute stocking hat crochet pattern
  • Building a nook under the stairs
  • Autumn front porches
  • Painted faux hardwood floors
  • DIY curtain rods
  • Recycled cork floor mat
  • Reversible tree skirt
  • so many sweet furniture makeovers
  • DIY felt Christmas trees
  • Mason jar chandelier
  • and so much more!

Hope to see you Sunday at the next DIY Project Parade!

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DIY Project Parade and DIY highlights

Hurray! Another week of productivity at DIY Show Off! Look for the apartment reveal towards the end of the week! I CANNOT WAIT to share the “after” tour and show you the DIY projects that we’ve been working on since July! Here’s the before…

apartment kitchen before

Apartment reveal coming this week!

We aren’t the only DIY’ers who’ve been busy. Take a look at some of last week’s awesome DIY links:

Cristy from Menemini shares her amazing before and after school room/play room makeover filled with tons of fun DIY accents…

school room makeover

Shari (Turnstyle Vogue) dressed her fall mantel in dried hops with a football accent. Her gorgeous mantel would look amazing with any decor, but I love her original ideas. Perfect for fall!

fall mantel at Turnstyle Vogue

Did you see the gorgeous master bathroom makeover at Suburbsmama? I love all of the luscious white materials (the tile, that vanity) paired with the aqua chevron shower curtain. I’ll take one of these (the entire bathroom) in my home, please!

master bathroom reveal

Angela from Number Fifty Three’s dining room makeover reveals a beautiful mix of old and new. How about that book page wall? Fabulous!

book page wall

It’s evident how much love went into this sweet little girl’s nursery from the beautiful attention to detail from Jen, The Consigner Designer. Every part of the room reveals something special. Speaking of special, Jen is taking a little maternity leave from blogging…giving us a great chance to catch up on her posts in the meantime.

DIY nursery makeover

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DIY Project Parade

What I love about today is it signals a brand new week and a clean slate for me. I love this day when I celebrate what’s been going on in your life as I invite you to share my favorite topic. DIY! Thanks so much for being here today, friends! If you’re linking up and have the chance, please share a link back via social media too…thank you! {so grateful!}

Here’s a quick round up from my blog posts last week in case you missed what I’ve been up to…

Fall Vignette

decorating for fall

Autumn Mantel 

red and turquoise fall mantle

I also updated our home tour page:

farmhouse home tour

And we’re furnishing the apartment (used furniture gets a makeover) and this kitchen bar makeover is perfect for a tiny apartment eat-in-kitchen space…

kitchen island after

There were so many amazing DIY projects linked up, so much inspiration. Here are a few highlights…

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Unbelievable – $15 DIY chunky wooden floating shelves at the Desert Domicile…

DIY wooden floating shelves

How to Nest for Less – has an amazing laundry room reveal with so many adorable DIY accents you’re going to want to check out…

laundry room makeover

DIY wooden chevron console table – gorgeous job by the Abundant Abode!

DIY wooden chevron console table

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2. This blog linky party is for DIY projects only. Links not related to DIY will be deleted. Please share your link one week only.  Please do not link recipes, giveaways, linky parties, promotions or a collection of inspiration. 


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