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Freestanding shelving systems that double as room dividers change the look and function and increase your interior options.
Freestanding shelving systems that double as room dividers change the look and function and increase your interior options.
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I have always had a love/hate relationship with our sliding closet doors. Ok, let's say more of a hate relationship! Our builder grade doors are cheap and flimsy. They always come off of the stupid track and just hang there broken until my husband can come put it back on track. We are trying to replace them as we go from room to room. Of course, we don't have normal size closets so we have to special order doors. My daughter's room was the first room that we replaced the doors on. I must say she is has a pretty plush closet now. We decided we would do hollow doors for the closets and then add our own trim to make it look more decorative. It was also way cheaper to go with plain hollow doors than with solid wood doors or even hollow doors with detail. I don't really have a great tutorial to go with our project but I do have the before and after pictures and some explanation on what we did. Let's start with the before pics: Sliding doors...be gone! Here are the new doors before we added the trim and drilled the holes for the door knobs. The doors also came with a frame. We had to cut some of the drywall to make the doors fit. No project is every easy. And here are the after pictures: We added trim on the doors, trim on the wall and dummy door knobs. It looks much, much better! We left the back of the door plain, no need to fancy it up since it is just the back. I have thought about making a growth chart ruler for my daughter to hang on the back of the door. We bought pieces of pine trim and cut it down to size for trim on the closet doors. We glued the trim on with Titebond and used clamps to hold the wood until it was dry. You could probably also use Liquid Nails to glue the trim onto the door. My husband used a hole saw to drill the holes on the one side of the door. The door knobs come with a template/pattern to use for cutting out the holes so you don't have to guess. Here are a few pics of the doors with trim. I love the corners for the doors. I love how much easier these doors are to get into and I never have to worry about them coming off of the track. It's the little things! I am linking to: House of Hepworths Southern Savvy Style DIY Show Off Thrifty Decor Chick: Before and After
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Say goodbye to ugly oak banisters! Find out how we completely transformed our stairway with this inexpensive DIY tutorial.
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Hey ya’ll! Recently I was blessed to be asked to review some paint brushes by Purdy and of course I said, “yes”! I knew I had some things coming up I could use them on and this project was one of them! Here’s what they sent me! Woo hoo! I’ll tell you up front these are the best brushes I have EVER used! (but keep reading…you’re gonna want to see what I painted with these brushes..and get the tutorial! lol) I have been wanting to do some updating to my doors for a while now and wasn’t sure what I wanted to do until I saw what Emily did to her doors. (she was inspired by Diann) I’ll show you how I went from this…… this…. and this…. To this…… this….. and this…… To get started you’ll need pre-primed MDF boards from Lowes…I bought 3 1/2” wide x 8’ long boards for $6.76 each. Each piece did two doors. (well the regular sized doors…I bought longer pieces for the bigger doors) First I measured the width across my doorways from the outside edge of the door facing (most of my doors were 38” wide.) I then took my board and cut it with my handy dandy miter saw and nailed it above the doorway like this… The next step was crown molding (I had some left over from another project and just bought a little extra to finish up) Crown molding is a little bit tricky to cut…you have to cut while it’s resting at an angle and upside down…like this. (see how the little curved part is facing up…that’s actually the bottom of the crown. Also, it’s angled just like it would be when it’s installed) You cut it at 45degree angles on each end, and to the length of your board that you’ve already nailed up. Like this…. (see how the bottom edge of the 45 degree cut is right on the edge of the board that you already installed? This is what you want it to look like on each end) The next step is to cut little pieces that will fit into that space on the end. Your side pieces will have one 45 degree cut that matches the 45 that you just cut, plus it will have a straight cut that goes against the wall. (these too are cut upside down and angled) They’ll look like this when they’re in place I just put some glue on the angled side…… stuck it in position and used painters tape to help hold it in place until the glue dried. Do NOT try to nail this piece in place, it will split out your wood. I installed a little decorative piece of half round next, to hide where the 3 1/2” piece of MDF joined with the regular facing. I just glued that piece up too and taped it until it dried. After the glue dried, I primed all the doors with my Kilz 2 primer and my Purdy brushes! I have to tell you, I LOVE these brushes! I used to think I was doing the smart thing by just using the little foam brushes that I could throw away when I finished using them, but I was wrong! I think I’d have been much better off buying a reusable Purdy brush and just keep using it over and over…these have been amazing! They come in these cute little boxes that you can reuse once you clean your brushes…it keeps the bristles nice and straight. I also enjoyed using a brush with a real wood handle….they were very comfortable to hold. (and let me tell you, I held them for a LONG time…LOTS of painting with these doors!) The paint went on beautifully with these brushes, BUT (ha, you thought I was going to say something negative didn’t you!) Nope, I was going to say, BUT, my favorite part was the angled brushes…they made getting the sides of the doors a breeze to paint! (and it was with no painters tape!) The only time I used painters tape was to hold the wood while the glue dried! lol So lets see the before and afters one more time shall we?! (cause we all know that’s our favorite part!) upstairs hallway BEFORE: and AFTER: Above the front door BEFORE: and AFTER: Over dining room BEFORE: and AFTER: I did ELEVEN of these doorways!! I told you I did a lot of painting! Ok..to wrap it up, I sawed, I nailed, I glued, I primed and I painted and now I’m in LOVE with my doors and the Purdy Brushes! If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask away! Hugs! Missy Linking up to Beneath My Heart Technorati Tags: how to install crown molding,how to make door headers,how to make your doors pretty,how to install molding
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Need an easy DIY fix for dated tile flooring? See how to Change Grout Color using Polyblend Grout Renew with this easy step-by-step tutorial. This is NOT a sponsored post. Homeowner shares honest reviews and insights of how this project has now held up for years.
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Transform your boring flat panel interior doors into stylish 6-panel doors with moulding using this simple and cheap interior door makeover idea!
Set of 5 'Los Feliz' swiveling counter stools by Design Frères. Shown here in supple black leather with clear coated white oak rods. Matte black frames. Very comfortable for long hours spent at the kitchen counter. Other versions of these 'Los Feliz' stools are available: please search for "Los Feliz counter stools by Design Frères" to view the other listings. Height: 37.5 in. Width: 19 in. Depth: 22.5 in. Seat Height: 25.5 in
Love the rustic look of a barn door? Here is a really easy and inexpensive step by step tutorial for how to give your bifold doors a barn door look!
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I fell pretty hard for a piece of artwork I saw in a space designed by the designer, Amber Interiors (seen below). While I don’t know the cost of the original piece, I do know this designer works on high-end projects and has some celebrity clientele. Being that I wanted to spend under $100 on […]
Maximize pantry cabinet space with a pantry swingout. Designed to use in a pantry cabinet with recessed center divider and half shelves, the swingout is mounted on the center divider in front of the shelves and the piano hinge allows the shelves to swing out of the way to access the back shelves. Each side has five shelves, two of which are adjustable. Beautiful birch wood matches cabinet interiors. What's Included? Mounting Kit Features Used in pantry cabinets with recessed center divider Top shelf and bottom 2 shelves are fixed 2 Adjustable middle shelves The piano hinge allows left and right shelves to swing out Solid birch and birch plywood construction with a clear UV finish Wings ship preassembled to center mounting strip See More
To add mid-century stye to my bedroom without spending a fortune, I bought a solid wood dresser off craigslist, refinished it, and built a mid-century base.
I have been wanting to whitewash brick for a really long time. Problem is….I don’t have any brick at my house. But what I do have is an amazing client that said, “Can you whitewash my brick fireplace?” Ummmmm let me think about it….YEAH! UPDATE-I did a quick video in THIS POST. Click to watch and...
Finishing up my week of bedroom updates, I am excited to share with you my faux paneled doors. This is a great project because it can be tackled in one day, doesn't require any power tools, and makes a BIG DIFFERENCE. This is a door hack that you may have seen floating around the internets, and this is my (cheaper) take. Some people use expensive door kits to convert regular builder doors into faux-paneled doors. Other people buy crown moulding and meter the corners to create frames. But what I ended up doing is buying canvas stretcher bars, the wooden frames that artists use to stretch their canvas over. They're great because they come in a whole range of sizes, snap together at the corners without the need for a metering saw or nails, and are relatively cheap. Here's how to attach them to your door: Here's the full pic of the finished door. I splurged on some crystal door knobs from Amazon because we only have two interior doors in the whole house. The panels have now held up for 10+ months. OK, next week I promise to get back to some clothes-making. It's so nice to have all this stuff out of the way so I can get back to sewing!
Turn an outdated stone fireplace into a focal point! This limewash stone fireplace makeover in Riposo Beige limewash is beautiful!
