Monthly Archives: November 2011
If you like to put up a natural Christmas tree each year, but you hate that it gets brittle and brown before you make it through New Years, try this do-it-yourself recipe for a Christmas tree preservative that will put a halt to early needle-dropping. We bought our Christmas tree yesterday at a local nursery and we put it up…
Stained Pallets
11-23-2011
It wasn’t too long ago that my garage was filled with old pallets. They were quickly dismantled, sorted, and then re-used in various projects. One of which was a quick and simple headboard. The other was an even quicker project of just adding a board of two to make a piece of wall decor. Both of these pieces sat unfinished…
Room Re-Design: Dining Room to Home Office
11-21-2011
A few months ago, our sweet friends Ashley and Casey asked if I would consider helping them turn their current dining room into a home office. They felt like their dining room wasn’t getting much use, and would function better as personal work space. I was thrilled that they asked me to help them re-think their space, since they both…
Pallet Boxes
11-15-2011
Believe it or not, I still have some remnants of the pallets that I brought home during the summer. Our new console table was itching for some friends so I decided to whip up some small boxes to go underneath it. Partially to hide some of our electronics and partially to fill the space. To build them, I started with…
Very Pinteresting…
11-14-2011
After becoming finalist on a Facebook contest, http://blog.forrent.com/ asked us to submit a short blog about the room that was entered. Shortly after it was posted, our table started showing up on Pinterest. Check it out for yourself; http://pinterest.com/source/blog.forrent.com/ If you don’t have a Pinterest account and want one let me know, I’ll send you an invite…..it’s Awesome! http://pinterest.com/source/blog.forrent.com/
Cut List for Farmhouse Table
11-14-2011
A lot of folks have been interested in my cut list for our Farmhouse Table, so I thought I’d just post it here for anyone who’s interested. It’s an Excel Sheet and I made a few comments. Use at your own risk and be sure to check the measurements for yourself. I’ve also tweaked it some for other various size…
From Bathroom to Mantel
11-12-2011
If you haven’t noticed already, I love to build things from scraps around the house. I hold onto just about any usable size piece of wood. This also then extends to other miscellaneous items…one of which was a large mirror removed from our hallway bathroom, details found here. The mirror has been sitting in my garage tucked against the wall for…
Please excuse our mess….
11-11-2011
web.me.com/tomsibiga If you’ve dropped by our blog this week, you may have noticed some changes are under way. We are in the process of converting our blog from Apple to WordPress, and there have been no shortage of “kinks” during the conversion. So, please bear with us as we update old posts, add in new pictures, and get things up…
Bailey Console Table
11-02-2011
We have recently rearranged our living room furniture which has then lead to lots of other changes. The biggest pressing issue was what to do with our TV? I had always wanted to mount the TV above the fireplace and then run the wires under the house to a media closet that I have already prepped. However, with our extremely…
