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How to Build a Modern Oak Dining Table

December 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

How to Build a Modern Oak Dining Table

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If you are new here, we recently built beautiful wrap-around benches in our eating nook, and the last step of this renovation was to build a modern oak dining table.

We knew we wanted something really minimal, as the space is so small, and we wanted to fit the maximum amount of people in the space as possible while creating a very modern, sturdy table that would last us for years to come.

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How To Make Your Own Real Christmas Garland

December 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

At this point in the game ( December 15th ), you’re probably like, why is she making ANOTHER Christmas garland? Well, 2020 is the year to pull out all the stops to spark joy, and real greenery REALLY sparks joy for me.

Since I had to decorate in really early November for Real Homes Magazine, I couldn’t use real greenery, but our yard is full of it, and I wanted to style our mantle again before the season ends.

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DIY Skinny Dowel Bench

August 4, 2020 6 Comments

Last week I took my followers on Instagram along on the ride of making a DIY skinny dowel bench. I’ve been seeing them all over the internet and seeing as us Canadians can’t find a lot of these trends in store, I decided to make it.

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DIY Floating Shelves

March 28, 2020 9 Comments

How are you all doing stuck inside? I can say we’re probably made for this as we keep busy with DIY projects, fun activities for the kids..but we do also miss our family and friends.

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Easy Hairpin Bench

February 6, 2020 2 Comments

I’ve wanted to make a hairpin bench for so long and the price of hairpin legs always turned me off. But then I came across these hairpin legs on Amazon and for 20.00 for a set of four – you can’t even buy materials to build the legs for that price!

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How To: Asymmetrical Wood Wall

February 4, 2020 15 Comments

January 1st I set a lot of huge goals for myself. Eating healthier, working out, going to bed earlier, focusing on inner health annnnd to DIY a lot more. It’s how this blog was founded in 2015 and my most popular and most viewed blogs are DIY blogs, so I knew I wanted to incorporate a ton more of it into 2020. Today I’ll be teaching you how to build your own asymmetrical wood wall.

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Ikea Kids Kitchen Hack [ DUKTIG Play Kitchen DIY ]

January 26, 2020 4 Comments

You guys! This project was so so fun and so easy. I’ve put off refinishing our Ikea kids kitchen as I thought it would take so long to take it apart and paint everything but it was super quick and easy! Keep reading to see how easy this Ikea kids kitchen hack was.

If you’re new around here, Hey! I’m Jess. I love to DIY and redecorate on the daily. We’ve started to run out of rooms, so now I’ve moved onto my kids toys 😉 haha

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Easy + Quick DIY Oak Picture Ledge

December 21, 2019 4 Comments

You Guys! Can you believe that it’s only four days until Christmas? It’s so crazy insane! But I’m so excited for the week of events, spending time with fam and lots and lots of food!

I’m jumping on to blog about my DIY Picture Ledge. If you guys have been here a while, you will remember last January we made a ton and blogged about the DIY here. But we made a new one yesterday out of oak and it’s so so dreamy.

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DIY Refinished Coffee Table

April 1, 2019 8 Comments

Oh my gosh you guys. I’m so excited to jump on the blog today and share with you my DIY Refinished Coffee Table. On the weekend my bestie and I drove down Island to try and find a coffee table. I did find one, but with a price tag of over 500.00 after taxes & I just couldn’t stomach that.

I went home feeling a bit defeated as I had already exhausted looking on Craigslist, Marketplace and other second hand sites. The next morning I checked one last time on Marketplace and a coffee table that I somehow missed, appeared. Below I’m attaching the coffee table I wanted and the coffee table that was for sale.

As soon as I got the coffee table home, I unscrewed the top so I could strip the finish off, and I immediately spray painted the legs. The legs took two coats of spray paint.

The top took about 35 minutes to completely strip down to the bare wood, and it was a bit too orange for me still, so I took 1 TBLS of white paint to 1 cup of water and white washed it. I left it for about five minutes and then wiped it off like a stain.

Here is the finished result:

My DIY Refinished Coffee Table. How I Did it For FREE. I paid Twenty Dollars For The Vintage Coffee Table and Stripped The Top and Spray Painted The Base. Gorgeous Modern Farmhouse Coffee Table

Let me know what you think of my DIY refinished coffee table. I’m pretty in love and I actually think it turned out better than the original 500.00 one I liked.

I hope this inspires you to see the beauty in ‘old junk’ and before you spend money, try your hand at refinishing something in your home.

If you like this DIY, I would be honoured if you pinned it to Pinterest!

Hope you’re having a great week and don’t forget to check back on Thursday for my Spring Home Walk Through!

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