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Category Archives: DIY
Seat Cushion: Piping
I wanted to share the process of making the seat cushions since I felt like a had to mesh a bunch of tutorials online to make a seat cushion with piping for our dining chairs. You don’t want to read … Continue reading
Tagged As crafty, diy, How to Make Piping, nook, Nook Chairs, prudent baby, Seat Cushions with Piping, sewing
Guide to Painting Furniture
Here is the Wills Casa rendition of how to paint furniture. Nick showed you the nook update with our now black (and super awesome) $25 craigslist table. I wanted to show the whole process of the transformation as a guide to … Continue reading
Happy Handmade Valentine’s Day
This weekend I was laughing with my sister about how holidays and kids’ parties will never be simple again thanks to the internet, more specifically Pinterest. Valentine’s Day is no exception. I will say that none of the things that … Continue reading
Tagged As Fisher Price Record Player, Handmade, Valentines
Chair Pad Situation
The fabric for the nook arm chairs showed up last week and it was time to get some new pads made. I didn’t think the old ones being replaced was a necessity, but we figured that we should go ahead … Continue reading
Tagged As chairs seats, foam cutters, inner craftiness, keeton supply
Overthink, Rethink, Decide
I have a process that requires way too much time to pull the trigger on most home improvement decisions. It’s overthink, decide, rethink, decide…and even then I skip that last step for months. Maybe the reason I like antiquing so … Continue reading
Tagged As fabric, indecisive, nook, painted chairs, serena and lily
January Goal Check
I set some goals because that’s what you do at the beginning of the year. I figured I would share some of them with you. Hopefully it holds me accountable throughout the year since I really only do well with … Continue reading
Tagged As book review, crafty, goals, jonathan adler, journal, motherhood, prudent baby, sewing
Chair Facelift Fabric Edition
After the chairs were painted, I focused my attention on what fabric I wanted for the reupholstery. I had been looking for about 2 weeks, but when I finished painting I knew it was time to pull the trigger on … Continue reading
Tagged As craigslist, fabric, kitchen, nook, serena and lily
Chair Facelift Part 1
I picked up 3 chairs (2 were the same and the other was ugly just part of the deal) on Craigslist for $45. The plan was to use the matching pair for the ends of the nook table. They were pretty beat up, … Continue reading
Tagged As behr paint, craigslist, dining room, diy, furniture update, home depot, nook, painting furniture
How to frame a vintage sign on the cheap
Let’s start this post off with an Disclaimer: We are not saying this is the best/only way to frame an old metal sign, it’s just the way that we decided to do it and we think it looks pretty good. … Continue reading
Tagged As canton, first monday, ikea, metal sign, ribba
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