DIY Quote Sign

Supplies Needed:

thin piece of plywood cut to size (I did 2' by 3' sections) 

white paint and paint brush

quote printed to size on regular paper

medium gel

foam brush

patience (wink wink)

I went to home depot and found an 8' by 4' piece of plywood for $19...and then got it cut there to the size I needed.  I went with 2 pieces cut 2' by 3' for my wall quote signs. 

I painted them white and did a kind of distressed look, letting the detail in the wood come through a bit

 Close up picture of the painted plywood...

I LOVE quotes so picking just one to make was impossible.  I picked my 2 favs of the day and got them printed at kinkos 2' by 3' on REGULAR paper and make sure to tell them you want them printed mirror image-$5 each.

Next step is to put a nice thick coating of medium gel on your plywood.

Carefully line up your quote to your plywood and place printed side down onto the medium gel and press firmly in place.

let dry for 12-24 hours

NOW time for the patience I mentioned.  Using water get paper a little bit wet and use fingertips in a circular motion to start taking the paper off.  I did literally 8 rounds total to get paper all the way off- if you move to fast, push to hard or get paper too wet it will mess it up.  Get a cup of coffee or vino and take your time.  Walk away and come back if necessary.

 Remember to use a circle motion

This is layer 4...

It's messy!!!

Just keep at it, it looks better by the minute!!

Ok all done! Next step is making a frame for your new beauty! Will post that DIY soon friends! And also my finished picture will be up very soon.

GOOD LUCK!

DIY Huge Wall Mount Clock

Supplies needed for this fun project:

wood (we did ours with 6 pieces of 2" wide by 6 foot long and 6 pieces 4" wide 6 foot long)

Wood Stain

Paint

Saw

Measuring Tape

Brackets (about 20 small ones) or scrap wood to hold wood together in back (we used both)

wood screws

Stencils if desired

We decided that instead of watching dateline one Friday to get off our butts and do a project we had been talking about ;) Loaded up both of our tired children and crossed our fingers!

They seriously love the depot! They don't get out much ;)

Got our wood 12- 6 foot long pieces 

6 4" wide

6 2" wide

Shaun decided to cut them randomly longways to give the clock more detail...this step is NOT necessary but it did end up looking super cool when stained and sanded!

Then use those little brackets (we bought 20 of the 53 cents each ones) you bought and put all the pieces together on the backside.

Once it feels pretty secure with all pieces together flip that sucker over and measure out your circle to saw. If you use a string and chalk you can hold the string n the middle of wood, tie the chalk on opposite end and draw it out easily...well kinda.

Stain whatever color you like and after that dries paint over it if you want to give it a white washed or weathered look. Paint doesn't have to be perfect because we are going to sand after the paint dries.

Painted...

And after sanded...

Final step is the stencils!! I lightly hand sanded over stencils numerals once they dried so they looked weathered also. Oh ya I quickly added a little bit of a darker wax here and there after all was said and done because it was to white white for me.

Can't wait to hang her up BUT we cannot locate our stud finder and this heavy beast needs to be in the studs for sure!

Thanks for reading! Hope this inspires you!

Tack holder with a new purpose

So my momma my friend Kelli and I threw our kidos in the truck and made our way to go find some old barn goodies a few Fridays back.  I found what most people would consider a bright red piece of crap that needs thrown away aaaand gave the guy $20 for it...

Can't you see the potential?! Anyways I took this beast apart as soon as I got home and the hubs and I decided to try to strip all the disgusting red paint off of the actual hooks themselves.  About 36 hours and 4 coats of paint later we threw in the towel and called "Papa" aka Shaun's dad to come to the rescue.  The next day they were back to their original amazing glory!

I am a very thrifty (cheap) person that likes to save anything I can because of the thought and or story behind it- So I decided since the front of the wood slab was so far gone I flipped that sucker over and gave it a quick sand.  It didn't look bad at all so I decided to give it a white washed look.

From here I sanded it just a pinch more to bring out some of the cool wood grain from the old wood:

Perfect right!!!?

Then I positioned the hooks and screwed them back into place! Oh, and found some way cool mugs to display on them. 

Project Complete!!!

Before / After 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Girls bedroom tours

Coming soon... full room tour and cheap decorating ideas!!

DIY cheap and easy clay pots

So many fun ways to use them around the house!! 

Supplies as shown:

Cheap clay pots (Pat Catans had these under $1)

Acrylic paint under $1 also at all craft stores

2 paint brushes- nothing fancy

Stencils if you wish

 Paint the pot- acrylic paint dries in like 3 minutes tops...

 while the paint dries grab a quick cup of coffee :)

 Stencil away!! Use very very little paint while stenciling it works a lot better that way...

 Get creative!! I used the numbers from each of our birthdays for mine.

 So fast, easy and cheap get your kids involved and plant flowers or herbs in them.  Or the hold kitchen utensils or fake flowers perfectly too!

 Picture of some ideas:

I would love to see the creations you do!! Shoot me some pics. Have an awesome weekend!

Kitchen Reno on a budget- it can be done!!

Finished Farmhouse Style Kitchen

                  Before/After Pictures:

   

                                   

                                                           

 

                                                                                                             

   

                                                                                  

Quick tips to keep cost down:

Paint your cupboards! $40 for paint plus primer higher grade paint (1 gallon)

Spray painted knobs $4

We made our island counter top out of reclaimed barn wood and its a pretty big chunk of change when compared to redoing it with granite!! I'm talking 1/4 the cost...we sanded, stained and put the poly on ourselves- total cost was right around $200. 

We really wanted the apron front "farmhouse" sink buuuut it was way too expensive when compared to the same exact size sink- only without the apron front :) Our sink is 34" wide and 10" deep and only $170!

I'm so happy with how it all turned out.  Its so fun to see it all come together in the end and all of your hard work is worth it and your wallet is much much happier!

I would love to help people bring their own projects to life! Please comment below with any questions at all! Thanks for reading :)

Breakfast Nook got an update also: