How to Plan and Build a Custom Cabinet Part 1

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Building a custom cabinet can be intimidating for someone who is new to DIY and woodworking. I know that when I first started, I didn’t build anything unless I had a plan and spent a ton of time studying it, literally!

I like to sew and have a large rack that holds all of my [...]

Free Plans to Build a Pier One Inspired Rivet Cabinet

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Here are plans for a slim cabinet with some really neat detail on the front… The inspiration piece has rivets in a scrolling pattern on the front. This detail can be recreated by drawing a pattern with a pencil then using upholstery tacks to create the design or by using a scroll stencil and paint!

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Free Plans to Build a Wisteria Inspired Farthingale Chair

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Here are plans for a chair that can be finished and upholstered to complement any decor. They would be really awesome each painted a different color but all upholstered with the same fabric! Whoa!

 

Materials:

1-1/4″ pocket hole screws 2″ pocket hole screws 1-1/4″ brad nails Upholstery fabric 1″ & 3″ upholstery [...]

How to Mount a Self-Healing Mat to Plywood

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I love the self healing mats (also known as “rotary cutter mats”). I have two and use them constantly! I mounted mine to plywood a few years ago and find it really handy when I want to “work” while sitting on the couch instead of at the table or my desk!

Now that my [...]

Free Plans to Build Frontgate Inspired Ellington Trays

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With the holidays coming up, these trays will be perfect for serving up fabulous food to your guests! Plus, two of these trays can be made from one quarter sheet (2′ x 4′) of 1/2″ plywood which makes it very inexpensive. This is also a project that can be completed in an afternoon! Yay!

How to Repurpose a Food Package into a Pretty Container

 

We have a new addition to the family – a sweet beagle named Pokey. We had his treats stored in a coffee can but that coffee can just didn’t blend into the decor.

Pokey’s treats needed to be stored in something much nicer. A little scrapbooking paper, twine, and a letter P turned the [...]

Free Plans to Build a Seventh Ave Inspired X Etagere

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Today’s plans are super-easy and super-inexpensive! This would be a great shelf to organize your space and it would be really cool painted lime green to use as a “Christmas Tree” for the upcoming holiday season! Holla!

Materials:

1-1/4″ pocket hole screws 1-1/4″ screws 2″ pocket hole screws, optional Finishing Supplies [...]

How to Make Halloween Lanterns

Last week, my cousin posted a picture on Facebook of Halloween lanterns made by her girls. I thought they were really cute and asked them to send the instructions to me so I could share them.

This also gave me the opportunity to interview them and ask them about their craftiness… We [...]

Free Plans to Build a Wisteria Inspired Chinese Butcher Table

Build a Wisteria Inspired Chinese Butcher Table

 

I think I need a bigger house. I keep finding all of these great furniture pieces, drawing plans for them, and wanting to build them. I don’t have room for any more furniture! I’m trying to reduce my “collection” as it is. In all reality, a new house to contain my “collection” is totally [...]

Critters, Pests, and Creepy Crawlies – Oh My!

Living in the country, we see all kinds of pests and critters. My son is deathly afraid of spiders. My daughter is petrified of grasshoppers. My heart stops when I see a snake. We also have ticks, ants, field mice, wasps, raccoons, and these giant wood rats that I swear are going to carry off [...]