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Easy DIY Earring Stand

Build an easy DIY earring stand in an afternoon to organize all your earrings. The metal screen is perfect for storing stud earrings and dangling earrings. Even though the temperatures have been close to or in the 100s, I have still been itching to make some easy woodworking projects. I love building more elaborate things … Read more

Updating Old Railings without Removing Them

I never thought about redoing my railings, but these look so good! The new rustic railings in our living room are done. Now all we need to do is the finishing work then we are ready for new carpet. See how we remodeled our boring builder grade railings on a budget to make our living room look like a million bucks. | Housefulofhandmade.com

See how we updated our old railing by covering them for a more modern look. Our updated railings are done! Okay, so maybe not 100% done but somewhere around 85-90% so I am pretty happy with that progress this week. I do still need to fill nail holes (and I am a little nail happy … Read more

DIY Driftwood Sailboat Decor

I love coastal decor! If you've ever skipped making your favorite driftwood project because you don't live by the ocean, no need for that anymore. Check out the tutorial for this DIY driftwood sailboat decor and find out where she found driftwood in a land locked state. | Housefulofhandmade.com

So today’s craft isn’t anything new, I am sure you have seen driftwood sail boats before. I know I have. I have wanted one for some time now, but since I am too cheap to buy one and we don’t live near the ocean to find driftwood, I just gave up on having one. Until this last weekend…

I love this vintage inspired farmhouse fireplace. DIY your own fireplace with new white hexagon tile on a budget. Love the white tiles and gray grout. Farmhouse fireplace reveal from Housefulofhandmade.com

It’s done! It’s done! I can’t believe it’s done. When we moved into our house 10 years ago, our fireplace was surrounded by wood paneling. Unfortunately all our before pictures were lost on an old hard drive, so I can’t show you how truly awful it was. But trust me, it was awful. Our house was built in the late 70s so you can only imagine what a wood paneling fireplace with no mantle looked like. Over the years I have made baby step improvements, but now it is completely done! I am so excited to finally share our vintage inspired farmhouse fireplace reveal.

I love patriotic decorations for summer! You can make this easy DIY rustic USA wood sign for your 4th of July decor in just a few hours. Tutorial from Housefulofhandmade.com

What do you do when you need a break? I like to build things! Not necessarily big things, those take too much brain power and concentration. When I need a break, I build simple decor things.

Since I needed a break today after trying to get the kids to do their chores and I needed a little something more for my patriotic summer mantle, I decided to take the day to build this easy DIY Rustic USA Wood Sign and I love it!

I'm working on updating a boring fireplace with a farmhouse style starting with tiling the fireplace hearth. The fireplace will be surrounded with beautiful white hexagon tiles with a gray grout. A wonderful update for only $100. | Housefulofhandmade.com

I’ve caught a series case of the summers! The summers are when you loose all motivation to do anything except go to the pool. When you have the summers you definitely do not want to do anything that requires expending energy in the heat. Remodeling your home is near impossible when you have a case of the summers. But I did not want another Saturday post saying I did nothing on the remodel this week. Two nothing reports in a row is just sad, even if it is summer. So I fought my case of the summers really hard and managed to accomplish a little project: Tiling the Fireplace Hearth.

This week we installed baseboards into the master bathroom. While I continue to struggle with installing baseboards and door trim, I am really great at filling in any gaps with this cheater trick! | Housefulofhandmade.com

This week I knew I wasn’t going to get anything too big done in the bathroom. I’ve had a busy week with lots of end of school stuff. But I am trying to at least get one thing done each week so I can creep closer to a beautifully remodeled master bathroom (hey it’s been 7 years in the making, what’s a few more months right?).

But this week I knew I could make time for installing baseboards and door trim since bathrooms are relatively small.

Make drying your herbs a part of your decor with this DIY rustic chalkboard herb drying rack. It's made from an old palette and makes preserving herbs beautiful. | Housefulofhandmade.com

Turn drying herbs into art for your kitchen with this DIY rustic chalkboard herb drying rack. I was really excited that this year as soon as the weather started warming up, my herbs that I planted last year or the year before just started growing. I did absolutely nothing and I already have lots of fresh … Read more

10 Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden

If you haven't tried planting a vegetable garden yet, you have to read this. Here are 10 reasons you need to plant a vegetable garden. | Housefulofhandmade.com

Ever thought of growing your own vegetables? Here are 10 reasons why you should plant a vegetable garden this year! As much fun as I have been having updating the master bathroom, this week I had to take some time off. I had a couple prior commitments that took up a lot of my time. … Read more

Master Bathroom Remodel: Installing New Tub & Shower Fixtures

I thought installing new tub & shower fixtures would be easy, boy was I wrong! Before you start your own bathroom remodel you want to read what I learned about tub & shower trim and valves. | Housefulofhandmade.com

Last week after figuring out the tiling and grout, I was so excited to add my tub and shower fixtures and use the new shower! Even though the rest of the bathroom isn’t done, I was determined to start the completed shower.

So on Friday I took my daughter to Home Depot to pick out our new tub & shower fixtures. I found a nice gentleman in the plumbing isle to assist and told him I needed a new bath faucet. He asked me what valve I had? I looked at him like a dear in the headlights!

I've been working hard on the master bathroom remodel. This week I tackled tiling and learned a lot. Check out the update on the bathroom and see what I learned so you can avoid making the same mistakes. | Housefulofhandmade.com

The master bathroom is looking so good! I find myself being drawn to it all day, just so I can look around and think about what it will look like when it’s all done. But then I snap out of it and get back to work! Honestly, in January I felt like a finished master bathroom was never going to happen for me. I vowed to get all the drywall done in January (and only missed that goal by a couple weeks). And once the walls are closed up, it all started to just come together.

I love this fun St. Patrick's Day shadow box. The perfect way to bring a little green to your decor. | Housefulofhandmade.com

OMG! St. Patrick’s Day is the next holiday, do you know what that means??? Spring is so close! I cannot believe how excited I am for spring. I am so ready for the ground to thaw so I can plant something. But until then, I will have to do some spring decorating to bring the green inside. I am starting my green decorating with this St. Patrick’s Day Shadow Box for the mantle.

Easy DIY Earring Stand

Updating Old Railings without Removing Them

DIY Driftwood Sailboat Decor

Vintage Inspired Farmhouse Fireplace Reveal

Easy DIY Rustic USA Wood Sign

Remodel Update: Tiling the Fireplace Hearth

Installing Baseboards and Door Trim

DIY Rustic Chalkboard Herb Drying Rack

10 Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden

Master Bathroom Remodel: Installing New Tub & Shower Fixtures

Master Bathroom Remodel: What I Learned about Tiling

St. Patrick’s Day Shadow Box

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