Painted Upright Freezer With New Handle
One Room Challenge, Week Five: The Reality Of The Situation (All I Need Is A Miracle)
There’s one week to go on the One Room Challenge, and I’m starting to realize that finishing my pantry in that time might take an actual miracle. As of today, the state of things isn’t pretty, but I’m still going to press on and give it my best. But here’s the reality of the situation… […]
Pantry Cabinet Paint Color – Purple Or Teal?
If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time, you knew this moment of indecisiveness was coming. I can be going along just fine for weeks while working on a room, and then…BAM! I hit that wall of indecisiveness. And that time in this pantry project came last night. I’ve said from the […]
Pantry Cabinet Progress — Drawers, Pull-Out Shelves, and Really Vibrant Tiles
Y’all, I’ve been working overtime on the pantry, and I’m very pleased with the progress I’ve made. My goal today is to get the cabinet built finished, so I’m going to make this update short and sweet. Here’s what I’ve done since the last update: I re-resined the tiles, and now they’re super colorful and […]
My Finished DIY Butcherblock-Style Countertop Made From Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
Butcherblock-Style Countertop Made From Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
One Room Challenge, Week Four: Gauging My Pantry Progress (What I’ve Done, What’s Left To Do)
There are only two weeks left in the One Room Challenge, and I’m starting to doubt that I’ll be able to finish my pantry on time. But you know what? Even if I don’t completely finish, I’m just so glad that I finally started (and have made a huge amount of progress) on this room […]
Pantry Options – Cabinet Paint Colors and Countertop Stains
I had such a hard time getting started on the pantry yesterday, and by the time I actually did get to work, I only had time for finishing up the countertop installation. The task seemed so simple. I just had to install that last row by the wall. No problem. I’d just use the table […]
DIY Butcherblock Style Countertop Made From Red Oak Solid Hardwood Flooring – Part 1
I made some serious progress on one of the biggest pantry projects yesterday — my butcherblock style countertops that I made out of the same red oak solid hardwood flooring that I have on my floors throughout my house. Here’s a peek at how they look so far… They haven’t been filled or sanded or […]
The Pantry Is Back On Track (New Lights, A Square Wall, Trimmed Cabinets, and Tile Progress)
These last few days have been so productive, and the pantry project is back on track! In my last post about the pantry (which you can read here), I described how the left wall was so out of square that it was impossible to install cabinets or open shelves on that wall. So I started […]
One Room Challenge, Week Three — A Pretty Significant Setback In The Pantry
I was feeling all good about myself and my progress on Tuesday when I showed y’all the finalized layout of the pantry with the cabinets that I had built (but hadn’t quite finished or trimmed out yet). And while I knew I couldn’t get the cabinet build finished by today (I’m still waiting for the […]
Pantry Cabinet Progress — The Finalized Layout
I have pantry cabinet progress to share! It’s not much yet. As you probably know, plain cabinet boxes really aren’t pretty or exciting to look at. They’re just plain plywood boxes, after all. It’s the trim that really dresses them up, and I’m not quite to that stage of the project yet. But I can […]
Two Things (One Product And One Process) That Have Changed My DIY Life
Y’all, my life (my DIY life, that is) has been changed. Revolutionized. I know that sounds dramatic, and maybe it is, but I don’t think I’m being overly so. One of the biggest problems I’ve had when DIYing big projects that require sheet goods like plywood or MDF is that they’re just so dang difficult […]