I had every intention of doing this project on our master bedroom black out blinds. But as luck had it, someone left an old roll of white black out blinds right behind out house yesterday (I love our magical back alley!). So this project is a bit of a tester. Because so much of DIY is trial and error, I’m going to do this project on a throw away set of blinds and if it goes well I’ll redo it on our master bedroom ones later on.
Dying fabric with tea is great because for the most part you don’t need a mordant! Tea is rich in tannins which acts as mordant, giving the dye great staying power. Tea is still a natural dye so it will fade slightly over time, especially if you use stain removers or detergents with bleach. For […]
When we moved into our new home a year ago, our backyard was completely hardscaped. We couldn’t wait to get started on some DIY backyard projects and breathe new life into our outdoor space. The first thing we needed to do was figure out how to hide an AC unit. The exposed air conditioner in […]
Last week I was given two large jars of avocado dye by my pall at @Backyardbedding and I showed you our ‘Ombre Avocado Dyed Macramé Cord’ project. Today I’m going to show you how you can make your own avocado dye so you can start turning your own house millennial pink. **So far I’ve only done 3 […]
When my good friend over at Backyard Bedding gave me 2 large jars of avocado dye, I had to take some deep breaths and slow down before I avocado dyed everything in my house! I’ve vowed to do one project at a time before my entire house turns millennial pink. Here is the first of […]
Keeping on our gallery wall theme. Here is how we made the “floating” shelf.What you will need for this project: – 2 plywood storage boxes from the dollar store – 2 planks of wood – Wood glue – Clamps – L shaped brackets and screws – Sander or sandpaper – Jig saw or drywall knife – Circular saw – Electric drill 1. Prep your wood boxes […]
If you are following along, we are showing you little projects we did to collect enough interesting pieces together for our front hallway gallery wall. We first showed you our Quick and Easy Dried Flowers and now we are going to show you how to make a new piece of pine wood look like barn board to […]
We’ve been wanting do a gallery wall in our front hall for a while now. First step is finding enough interesting pieces to make up a nice gallery! So I decided to make a few pieces myself using a very easy and very quick flower drying technique. I love the simple look of specimen art […]
</a This is our first Christmas in our new home. Starting new, and going from condo-sized Christmas décor to home-sized Christmas décor is such a treat. You know what else it is though?! It’s not cheap. Buying everything new this year seemed like too much. The bucket we put the tree stand in was an […]
This post is a little late, as it’s close to Christmas I can’t imagine many of you have a plethora of pre-dried flowers around the house. I will take a moment to brag and say that Matt gets me flowers on the regular and it’s my favorite thing. And like most things in this house, […]
