DIY Nursery Reveal (and more) – The House of Wood

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Roeshel

I love meeting “new-to-me” DIY blog friends. I just recently met Jen from The House of Wood. Jen is a songwriter. When she’s not writing, recording or touring, she is enjoying everything life has to offer with her husband and growing family. Being 7 months pregnant hasn’t stopped Jen from DIY-ing! She loves DIY as much as we do and she just calls it “nesting” so she doesn’t get any grief from her husband. haha!

She looks so cute too with her safety glasses and little baby bump (had to include this picture too, Jen!)

Her little girl’s room is super sweet and packed full of DIY projects.

Yellow and Gray Birdie Nursery Tour – a full nursery tour with a bunch of DIY projects involved: curtains, crib skirt, pillows, bookshelf, bunting, mobile, and more! Visit Jen’s original post for links to the ‘how to’ for each project and full details.

Adorable!

There are so many other great DIY projects at The House of Wood. Here are just a a couple sneak peeks:

Restoration Hardware Night Stand Knock Off Tutorial

DIY Box Planter Tutorial

Go ahead – you’re invited to stop over, introduce yourself, say ‘hello’ and be inspired.

The House of Wood

DIY Project Parade and Highlights

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Roeshel

It’s weekly DIY party time and you’re invited! It’s the start of my favorite reason for blogging – when you can show off and I can see what you’ve been working on. Share your creativity in the DIY linky party and browse the other thumbnails for inspiration for your next DIY project.

I was only able to fit in a small craft project this week which I’ll be sharing with you soon but my sister, Patti, did find a house to rent! Woo hoo! She’ll be here for good in about one week! And since I know the owner of the rental house who’s familiar with my DIY and decorating passion, I have the freedom to help Patti make the rental “home”! I’m so excited and will be patching and painting walls a lot this week while she’s packing boxes and hopefully some room makeovers to share this summer.

This past week’s party links were amazing, friends! You are so clever, so creative and I don’t know where you find the time {have you noticed I didn’t even have time to blog the past two days? That’s NEVER happened!} but I’m so inspired by your awesome talent! Here are some highlights from last week:

I LOVE stripes and this gorgeous hall reveal from The Poor Sophisticate is a must see.

Find out how to get this beautiful textured painted look at Lake Girl Paints. SO pretty!

Domestically Imperfect has an awesome rustic/industrial bathroom vanity to show off…

There’s a glam master bedroom makeover going on at My Champagne Taste and you’ve likely seen this stunning silver leaf dresser before, but it’s just one of my favorite details in this beautiful room…

Betsy Speert is quickly becoming one of my favorite sources of cottage inspiration. Her latest being a cottage living room reveal…

If you’ve followed DIY Show Off for a while, you know we currently do not have a front door. I can’t help envying this fun blue door at Bees Knees Bungalow.

Gail from My Repurposed Life never fails to amaze me with her beautiful work. She makes it look easy and shares a great tutorial. This awesome kids’ table is built from scratch…

See MORE unbelievable super fun DIY at last week’s party here.

Let’s see what you’ve been up to!

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Your post must be recent, shared at one DIY Project Parade only (not continuously) and be DIY related.
Include your name or blog name and project title. Add your permalink (not your blog url, but your DIY project post url).
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I know summer is a slow blog season. Lots to do and little free time. Thank you for being here, for sharing your DIY and decorating and for your sweet comments. Have a great week!

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Rustic DIY and Enamel Tag Tutorial

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Roeshel

Beautiful reclaimed barnwood
Lovely painted distressed furniture
Numbers!

I love each of those things, don’t you? Meet: Kimberly from

Kimberly is a professional home stager and decorator and a nature at decorating and do-it-yourself projects. Here are some of my favorites:

100 year old reclaimed barnwood before:

Now: Reclaimed Barnwood Hutch

Love!

Dresser Before and After

And a tired old dresser before…

gets a new distressed paint technique and a new purpose in the dining room… oh-la-la!

See those pretty number tags too? I don’t know what it is about numbers but I love the charm it adds to decor, don’t you? Kimberly shares how to make these sweet little charms…

Here’s what you need:

Key tag blanks. (I got mine from Ace Hardware, they are steel with a brass finish and are about 1 and 1/2″ across)
Paint and primer (white..but I’m considering doing some blue or dark green ones with white numbers)
StazOn Stamp Ink (and number stamps)
Embossing Enamel (clear)

Prime and paint the tags. Once dry, stamp the numbers using StazOn.

Line a skillet (frying pan) with foil. (or use an electric skillet). Place the tag on the foil and sprinkle with the embossing powder.

Turn the heat to medium and watch as the embossing powder turns to liquid.

When the embossing powder is completely smooth and transparent, gently remove the foil (with the tag on it) from the pan and place it on a rack to cool.

When the tag is partly cool, but before it is completely cool, gently peel the foil from the tag. and return the tag to the rack until it is completely cool. I also used a nail to remove the powder which had filled the hole while the tag was still warm.

So cool!

To pin from original sources and to see more creative DIY and decorating from Kimberly, visit Serendipity.

For more information on enamel tags, see the original inspiration at Can’t Stop Making Things.

Easy Ottoman Makeover

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Roeshel

Wow! Martha from

makes her ottoman makeover so easy, I want to tear mine apart right now and give it a makeover! Take a look at this for inspiration:

Thrift store ottoman – before shot:

1. First, remove upholstery nails and save for use on the finished piece.
2. She covered the top and sides with the same fabric (so that it would show through the burlap).
3. Next she covered the sides with strips of coffee sacks.

4. She painted the legs to bring the light cream.
5. Martha used tacky glue and duct tape (to hold in place) to tack down the sides/seams.

After an hour or so of drying, She simply removed the duct tape.

Isn’t this so fun? I love the mix of striped fabric with grain sack burlap! Great job, Martha!

What do you think? Love it, right?!

To pin from the original source and see more amazing DIY from Martha (so many furniture makeovers with lots of helpful tips) at

DIY Drawer Shelves

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Roeshel

Creative budget friendly ideas like these side table drawers turned wall shelves are such an inspiration. Beautiful, practical and so fun! DIY friends, I’d like to introduce you to Katie, lifestyle blogger at

and I’m honored to ‘show off’ her latest creative do-it-yourself project:

Katie was working with a limited budget of less than $20. She wanted shelving and wanted it to be something you don’t see everyday. This is her creative solution…

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DIY Nursery Reveal (and more) – The House of Wood

DIY Project Parade and Highlights

Rustic DIY and Enamel Tag Tutorial

Easy Ottoman Makeover

DIY Drawer Shelves