I felt that our stock tank pool could use a little night time charm and since I love fairy lights so much, the solar version of them was the perfect fit to make this macrame outdoor hanging solar lantern. In my old stock tank pool photos, you can see that we had a candle lantern hanging in the same spot…
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Today is a really long post about how I bleached my dresser to give it a much-needed update. There are many tutorials out there already about how to do this and I just wanted to add my 2 cents to it to tell you what worked for me and what I maybe did differently than others. The Drexel French Provincial…
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Ever since putting in our stock tank pool last year, I have been thinking of finding a way to cover the unsightly pool pump. Unfortunately it was the first thing you saw when walking into our yard. Originally I just wanted to build one out of wood but when I came across some faux rocks used to cover well pumps,…
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Today I want to show you were my DIY geometric wood wall art ended up. When I created the the decorative woodburned circles, I had in mind all along to create some outdoor art with them for our stock tank pool. I loved the grass plates I had hanging on the fence last year but they were just not durable at…
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I’ve gotten so many questions about our stock tank pool lately and how it held up over the winter. So today’s post will address just that. I also took a short video to show you how it looked and what we did to get it back up and running. Opening up our stock tank pool with pool liner after winter…
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Previously I have shown you how to make a macrame planter sleeve and also a macrame hanging solar lantern, today I want to show you how to make a macrame plant hanger using only easy Half Square knots which form a spiral called Spiral Knots. For this tutorial, I was also able to reuse the original plastic planter and hook….
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Today’s little DIY is definitely not groundbreaking and new. There have been many DIY tassel umbrellas before but what is different about mine is the yarn I used. I wanted to make sure that I tested the yarn outside for several weeks before sharing this post with you. This tassel umbrella has been outside in cold weather since the end…
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My earlobes are pretty stretched out and I have difficulty wearing my DIY macrame earrings which are on hoops. That is why I wanted to come up with a pretty version involving stud earrings instead and I’m showing you today how to make your own. This tutorial is very similar to my boho fringe knotted bracelet that I just shared with…
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How to make a knot bracelet or cool bracelet inspired by Free People macrame? Did nobody ask ever but I’ll tell you anyway because I have been on another macrame binge. This one is pretty easy because it mostly involves square knots. For those of you who don’t know what a square knot bracelet is, it’s basically tied string around…
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I get a ton of questions about our Karndean vinyl plank floor and after having it for exactly a year, I thought I’d give an update to address those questions. Well, there are actually two main questions “Do you still love your vinyl planks?” and “How does the color compare to other light colored wood vinyl plank flooring options?” The…
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I couldn’t just stop at woodburning geometric wood wall art. You guys know me better than that! I had to keep on going. Well, updating your home on a budget can definitely be a challenge. Sometimes the slightest little changes can make a big impact though. One of those slight big impact changes are light switch covers. I really dislike…
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