Anytime I need to take a breath and chill out, I close my eyes and picture a lovely Caribbean beach. It is my mental happy place. The crystal blue ocean, gentle sound of the sea, and warm beach calm me down. Daydreaming about the attentive and attractive pool boys serving me tasty Mai Tais on my personal pretend beach doesn’t hurt either. My Mind Palace. My Rules.
I can’t help but think that’s the reason why so many people like to decorate their homes in a nautical, coastal, beach style. So they can live on a pleasant, peaceful beach year round especially for those of us dealing with snow, cold, and landlocked cities.
Or you might just like that coastal style for the sake of just liking coastal style. That’s cool too.
Whatever your reasoning, beach lovers, check out this roundup of 29 Beach Crafts: Coastal DIY Wall Art by Crafts by Amanda for ideas on how to add a dash of beach style to your life on a DIY budget.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
29 Best DIY Coastal Wall Art Ideas
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Romantic Pink Rose Centerpiece
Husband likes to surprise me with flowers – often. I’ve gotten decent at arranging flowers by necessity. (I know you feel sorry for me.) A few times, people have asked me to do flowers for them, most recently for Mother and Father-in-Law’s 50th anniversary party.
By luck I bought the flowers for their centerpieces from ProFlowers because they were having a rose sale. That’s when I clued in that ProFlowers sells flowers you can arrange any way you want.
Need a DIY fresh flower Valentine’s Day, wedding, anniversary, or party centerpiece? Keep reading I’ll teach you how I made this one!
By luck I bought the flowers for their centerpieces from ProFlowers because they were having a rose sale. That’s when I clued in that ProFlowers sells flowers you can arrange any way you want.
Need a DIY fresh flower Valentine’s Day, wedding, anniversary, or party centerpiece? Keep reading I’ll teach you how I made this one!
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Friday, February 6, 2015
18 Unique DIY Floors to Inspire You
I’m still not sure if or what I want to do with our master bedroom floor as I plan our water damage remodels. Carpet? Hardwood? Or something else?
Since I am a nontraditional gal, who likes to build, decorate, and renovate with nontraditional materials, maybe one of these fabulous non traditional flooring ideas I put in this roundup might be the one? Let’s go idea shopping!
DIY Geometric Wood Flooring For $80! – Vintage Revivals. She made and installed this floor for a vintage camper. It would be a stunning floor in any room of a house.
How To Glitter A Concrete Floor – Crafty Chica. A floor as sparkly and bright as Kathy’s personality.
Since I am a nontraditional gal, who likes to build, decorate, and renovate with nontraditional materials, maybe one of these fabulous non traditional flooring ideas I put in this roundup might be the one? Let’s go idea shopping!
DIY Geometric Wood Flooring For $80! – Vintage Revivals. She made and installed this floor for a vintage camper. It would be a stunning floor in any room of a house.
How To Glitter A Concrete Floor – Crafty Chica. A floor as sparkly and bright as Kathy’s personality.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
6 Smart Strategies to Organize a Garage and Workshop
Our garage and workshop was an unorganized mess! I put the organize the garage project off for long time because I was overwhelmed by the clutter. Where do I start? Ack!
By accident or design (I’m going to go with by design because it sounds like I had a plan all along instead of a make it up as I go along series of happy accidents) I broke my big garage organization project into several smaller, less overwhelming projects.
Guess what? Three days later (I had a lot of stuff to deal with) I had an organized workshop I can use without tripping over anything. I discovered some things I thought were working weren’t and why. I made changes according my needs and organization style. My garage is now neat and stays that way.
Yay!
This method worked so well on helping my clear my garage clutter madness that I’m using it to organize other parts of my house. You can too!
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Guess what? Three days later (I had a lot of stuff to deal with) I had an organized workshop I can use without tripping over anything. I discovered some things I thought were working weren’t and why. I made changes according my needs and organization style. My garage is now neat and stays that way.
Yay!
This method worked so well on helping my clear my garage clutter madness that I’m using it to organize other parts of my house. You can too!
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
20 Warm Winter DIY Clothes We Love
Trying to buy warm winter clothing and accessories after Christmas is difficult because all of the stores are selling bathing suits!
Which is great if you live somewhere warm enough to wear a bathing suit during the winter.
For the rest of us, if we want warm winter clothes it’s recycling and DIY or die freezing time!
Which is great if you live somewhere warm enough to wear a bathing suit during the winter.
For the rest of us, if we want warm winter clothes it’s recycling and DIY or die freezing time!
20 DIY Must Haves to Keep You Warm This Winter
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Dog Coats and Boots for Dogs Who Hate Wearing Clothes
Lacey, our snow warrior princess loves to romp and play in the snow. Her dachshund side goes into overdrive. She investigates every little foot print, crack, or hole in the snow when she goes outside and take care of business.
Being part Cavalier King Charles Spaniel means her natural fur dog coat is longer than a barley there dachshund’s but Lacey doesn't last very long in low winter temperatures, nor should she when the temperatures are so dangerously low.
Girlfriend needs a winter dog coat.
Too bad my dog hates to wear a dog coat.
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