Tag: handcrafted

How to Finish Your Reclaimed Table with Stain, Paint, Distressing, Boiled Linseed Oil, Urethane and Mineral Spirits

How to Finish Your Reclaimed Table with Stain, Paint, Distressing, Boiled Linseed Oil, Urethane and Mineral Spirits

Handcrafting a gorgeous table, but wanting to save some cash in the creative process? 100% hardwood tables cost the prettiest of pennies. 100% soft dimensional lumber-made tables are THE most cost effective, but are usually stained on top to yield a more expensive aesthetic – 

How to use a Kreg Jig for Pocket Hole Drilling, Screwing & Wood Furniture Joinery

How to use a Kreg Jig for Pocket Hole Drilling, Screwing & Wood Furniture Joinery

Intimidated by furniture making? I was too, friend. I thought it required a whole lotta fancy dove tailing, planing, jointing, maybe a little biscuit or domino joinery, extensive routing, your grandpa’s hand tools, all of your time margin, and the lingering stale scent of patchouli 

Actual Renovation (Maybe): Installing New Rustic Laminate Floors in our First House

Actual Renovation (Maybe): Installing New Rustic Laminate Floors in our First House

We closed on our first house the day before Halloween. House-buddy knew getting a makeover was his destiny, so he staged the house accordingly.

How to Paint, Stain, Whitewash & Distress a Fancy X Farmhouse Table by Ana White

How to Paint, Stain, Whitewash & Distress a Fancy X Farmhouse Table by Ana White

What does your table stand for? Is it only functional, or does it serve a deeper purpose?

How to Build an Entryway Organizer for Mail, Keys, Wallets and Coats

How to Build an Entryway Organizer for Mail, Keys, Wallets and Coats

(Read with House Hunters sterile RoboLady voice) We enter our perfect-for-entertaining open floor plan with high ceilings, hardwoods throughout and an updated kitchen for better resale (end HH voice). Mail, keys, wallets and coats are dang EVERYWHERE, or gone forever. Clutter is the proverbial endless 

How to Stain, Whitewash & Distress a Herringbone Headboard

How to Stain, Whitewash & Distress a Herringbone Headboard

Welcome to the Rez, friend! We’re super glad you stopped by to try your hand at beautifying your custom piece of woodworked art we like to call a headboard. But feel free to use this finishing technique on any and every piece of wood you 

How to build a DIY herringbone headboard with wood shims

How to build a DIY herringbone headboard with wood shims

Good ole Pinterest, all the DIY blogs, the Google machine and home design magazines are “inadvertently” wooing and beckoning your gaze with their custom-built rustic chic furniture pieces. Is that a droplet of drool I spy, easing itself out of the corner of your jaw-dropped 

How to Finish a DIY Restoration Hardware Copycat Maison Bed Headboard | Part II

How to Finish a DIY Restoration Hardware Copycat Maison Bed Headboard | Part II

Welcome back, DIYer! Part I was quite the journey (the build). This is Part II of the Restoration Hardware copycat headboard tutorial. We’ll be covering the “finishing” component in this post: painting the casing, waxing the casing, adding white ribbon to the edge of the 

How to Build a DIY Restoration Hardware Copycat Maison Bed Headboard | Part I

How to Build a DIY Restoration Hardware Copycat Maison Bed Headboard | Part I

Restoration Freaking Hardware. *Sigh*. Why do you always leave needing wanting everything you see – perfectly space-planned and tastefully positioned in your own “home design studio”. Better yet, outsource a Restoration Hardware design consultant to redecorate your frumptown fabrics, granny graphics & tacky trinkets with