HOMEMADE TV STAND - PART 4

We added another built-in bookshelf on the opposite side of the room to match the TV stand.  To see the beginning of this, see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

 It completes and balances the room.

Here is the finished product with a picture of both built ins below.

FRESH LANDSCAPING AND BLACK MULCH

The hubby and I were trying to think of ways to spruce up the yard.  We have been watching a lot of "Desperate Landscapes" on the DIY network.  They always seem to have dark mulch in their yards.  So we went on a search for dark mulch and found "Midnight Black Mulch with Weed Barrier" by Preen at Lowe's.  It costs $4.49 per bag, but we got it for $4.00 per bag with the military discount.  AND, then we needed more a week later.  It was on sale at Lowe's for $3.39 per bag ($3.00 per bag with the military discount). It makes a huge difference in the flower beds.  It makes everything "pop."

BEFORE the new mulch:

AFTER the "Midnight Black" mulch:

 Notice how this pot of marigolds looks really nice against the black mulch.  You can see where we hadn't finished putting the mulch in the back of the picture.  Huge contrast in color.

HOMEMADE THREAD HOLDER

My hubby made this thread box out of MDF and wood glue using a nailgun and a table saw.  It took about 2 hours total including the time to paint it.  It is really nice to have all of my thread colors handy right there where I need them.

HOMEMADE WOODEN HEADBOARD

We found the idea for this headboard on google images.  It took some planning to execute, but it ended up being worth the time and effort.  The longest part was waiting for the glue to dry when gluing all of the wood pieces together.  It took a long time to sand, stain, and poly.  My hubby hand-carved the "M."

SIMPLE DECOR PROJECT

I found this project on Pinterest a few months back and thought it was a cute idea.  Very simple, yet unique.  I just made the table top out of wood glued together, sanded, stained, and polyed.  The table is sitting on top of two white columns that someone gave me for free.  The picture frames are hanging from a curtain rod mounted to the wall.  I stapled some ribbon to the back of the picture frames and then tied them onto the rod.  This is sitting in the corner of our master bedroom.

CORK PROJECTS

We collected several wine corks and I wanted to do something with them besides leave them in a vase or a jar.  Here are a couple of ideas.

I have this hanging in my sewing room and plan to use it for little notes pinned to it.  I just glued the corks with wood glue to a yardstick.

This is LOVE sign is hanging in our master bedroom.  I glued the corks to a scrap piece of plywood that the hubby had in the leftover in the garage.

HOMEMADE TV STAND - PART 3

We finally got around to adding the top part of the TV stand.  To see the beginning of this, see Part 1 and Part 2.

 It sure does make a difference in the room and allows for more storage.

Here is the finished product with a few in progress pics below.

Here are a couple of pictures in progress of adding the trim.  We glued the trim and then painted and touched up to finish.

HOMEMADE HIDDEN SHOE STORAGE IN MUD ROOM

My hubby made this awesome built-in project from something we found on PINTEREST.

It is hidden shoe storage with the ability to hang jackets and bags in our mud room.

We love it because it keeps the dirty shoe bottoms out of the carpeted closets!

With the doors open:

Before the doors and white paint:

REUSE CANDLE JAR - REMOVE WAX

Another project complete from PINTEREST.

Just follow these steps and it works great!

As you can see, I use my clean jar to hold my hair ties (Emi-Jay).

HOMEMADE CORK LETTER

We have been collecting corks for a long time.  Pinterest gave me the idea for making this project.

Luckily, my hubby is extremely creative and didn't mind gluing them together.  Before gluing, he made the letter flat on the desk.  Then, he used wood glue and a small paint brush to put it together.   He completed the letter in sections and allowed each section to dry before gluing the next.