How to Install Peel and Stick Vinyl Tiles

Looking down on the peel and stick vinyl floor installed in the kitchen and dining room.

Give your flooring an instant update with easy to install peel and stick vinyl tiles. A big part of our budget kitchen remodel and bathroom makeover was replacing the flooring. To stay on budget we used inexpensive peel and stick vinyl tiles and couldn’t be happier with the end result! Updating the old tile flooring, … Read more

Fast DIY Concrete Countertops in a Day

End view of the kitchen island with a concrete countertop and a dining room in the background.

You will love how fast you can make DIY concrete countertops and how amazing they look. I am so excited to finally have our last kitchen countertop installed in our DIY kitchen remodel. We almost have a fully working kitchen again. For our kitchen island, I wanted a beautiful solid surface countertop, but on a … Read more

Budget Bathroom Makeover Plan {$100 Room Challenge}

Mini design board of the $100 budget bathroom makeover with 3D drawing of the vanity, picture of marble vinyl flooring, gray and blue color swatches, and text: $100 Bathroom Makeover Plan.

I am so excited to do another $100 Room Challenge. And this time it is my first budget bathroom makeover! Updating a room in your home can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. In our last home I updated an office/craft room, walk-in master closet, laundry room, and kids closet each for only … Read more

Popular DIY Projects of 2020

Pictures of the top 10 popular DIY projects of 2020 with a dark overlay and white test: Popular DIY projects of 2020.

Take a look at the most popular DIY projects from the past year! 2020 was a crazy year! For us even a bit more as we picked up our family and moved half-way across the country. The beginning of the year was finishing off the last of the DIY projects in our home to get … Read more

Tabletop Cornhole Game Build Plans

DIY tabletop cornhole board on a table with red and blue mini bean bags and snacks around it.

I am dying over how fun this new game is! I guess I should have known because everything is more fun in miniature. But you will also love how easy to make this mini cornhole game is too. And it is fast so you still have plenty of time to make some for those hard-to-buy … Read more

Rotating Spray Paint Storage Cabinet Build Plans

Wood shop with a spray paint storage cabinet in the corner that rotates and holds 40 cans of spray paint.

Organize the spray paint cans you have all over your garage with this rotating spray paint storage cabinet. My new shop is coming along, we have walls, roof and power! So now I am eager to start getting things organized. It has been hard to find things still in boxes and crates from our big … Read more

DIY Dining Table with Leaves

DIY trestle dining table with 2 leaves in the dining room in front of a hutch.

One of the things I miss the most from our old home is our giant dining table. But it was too big to trek across multiple states and we knew it would not fit into our new home. So one of the first things I wanted to build for our new home is a dining … Read more

Christmas Tree Christmas Card Holder

Christmas card holder shaped like a Christmas tree in a corner next to a storage bench with a Santa mailbox on the floor in front.

This easy to make Christmas tree is the perfect display for all your Christmas cards. How do you display the Christmas cards you receive each year? I have used many methods: hanging on the back of the door, taping to a wall, this wood Christmas card wreath (that didn’t make the move). But this year … Read more

Easy Scrap Wood Christmas House Ornaments

Square photo of 3 colorful wood Christmas house ornaments laying on a flat white surface.

Turn your scrap wood into cute Christmas house ornaments for a fun holiday craft. The only thing better than Christmas trees… Christmas houses! They are one of my favorite types of Christmas decor. So when my scrap wood pile was overflowing with small pieces of scraps, I figured it was the perfect time to make … Read more

How to Install Cabinet Drawers with Ball-Bearing Slides

Three drawers in a base cabinet pulled out slightly to see inside the drawers.

Drawers are so useful! They are my favorite part of a kitchen, desk, console, and more. But they can be intimidating to install. So I partnered with Kreg Tools to share all my tips for how to install cabinet drawers using their awesome drawer slide jig. I use all of the Kreg Hardware jigs on … Read more