Monthly Archives: July 2012
Unfinished Hardwood Floors
07-20-2012
Let’s just say……I picked the worse time ever to rip up a majority of our flooring and begin to install unfinished hardwood throughout the first story of our home. The timing may be off, but I’m slowly making some progress on a project that will really transform our most common living areas. Here’s a pic or two of the progress….waiting…
Sawhorse Desk with a Door Tabletop
07-08-2012
Remember this double work station we built? Well, we decided to downgrade it to a single work station. We had a twin bed in what is now Tucker’s room that we needed to find a place for. We were considering storing it in the attic until a later time but thought it might be nice to make it available for…
Painting a Chevron Dresser…Again
07-07-2012
Well, it wasn’t too long ago that I painted an old dresser with a Chevron pattern on it. If you want the details on how I came up with the pattern and taped it off, check here. The dresser that I used in the tutorial was a little too short for our liking so we sold it to some friends of…
Classic Baby Bumpers with Piping Tutorial
07-04-2012
I just finished sewing the bumper for Tucker’s nursery and we are so pleased with the way it turned out. I am not a proficient seamstress like my mom, but these bumpers were a lot easier to sew than anticipated. I used a tutorial that I found online by Vanessa Goertzen. Here’s her tutorial with some of my own additions…
