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How to Build a Raised Square Foot Garden

May 6, 2013 By Jon 8 Comments

A few months ago, I helped my dad build a raised square foot garden. This project took a half day and the total cost of supplies was around $200. This is definitely an intermediate wood working project. It requires quite a few tools and knowledge on how to build. A raised square foot garden bed is ideal to keep animals out and it makes gardening easy on the back. We were inspired by these plans. Please know, that you do not need to use the wood we listed. If you don't prefer pressure treated … [Read more...]

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National Open Call: Woodworking Design Challenge

February 25, 2013 By Katie 2 Comments

You guys know how Mr. Woodsy is a self proclaimed wood worker, right? I mean he is 100% self-taught. He has never had any formal training... well whether you are a beginner or advanced woodworker the fine people over at UncommonGoods are hosting a Woodworking Design Challenge Challenge: Whether it's carved, whittled, etched or stained, we love the beauty of a carefully crafted woodworking design. And so do our customers! Enter the Woodworking Design Challenge for a chance to see … [Read more...]

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{Ikea Hack} Revamp a Media Stand

January 28, 2013 By Katie 9 Comments

Do you remember way back to last year when I shared that we hit the mother-load of a curb-side find one early morning? Well we never intended to keep the media stand. We had planned to sell it on Craigslist. But then I had that ah-ha moment that I wrote about last week how I wanted to give our living room a little revamp and remove the circus strips from the living room. Well, then I decided maybe I would paint the media stand. So I tried painting a few sample spots on the back of the media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: Living Room, Mini Tutorial, Painting, Woodworking

{Tutorial} Vintage Coca-Cola Crate Turned Dog Bowl Holder

January 7, 2013 By Katie 21 Comments

Last summer, our neighbor (and good friend) came to us and asked if we could drill holes in an old Coca-Cola crate to make a dog bowl holder for her 5 month old yorkie. She was hoping this would solve the problem of him picking up his bowl and running around the house with it once he was finished! Our neighbor just wanted us to flip the crate over and drill holes. If we did this, the Coca-Cola writing would be upside down. Mr. Woodsy decided to take it to the next level without our … [Read more...]

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Organize the Kitchen Island… Build a Shelf!

January 3, 2013 By Katie Leave a Comment

It is a new year and like most people we all strive to set new goals or what some like to call resolutions. One of the many goals we have for 2013 is to add more storage to our home and get organized! Although we completed this project in 2012 I feel like adding a shelf to our kitchen island helped get us organized and ready for the new year! When I'm not working on DIY projects I'm cooking up a storm in the kitchen! You can always visit me over at Katie's Cucina! Because I blog about cooking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: Organization, PureBond Plywood, Woodworking

Halloween Wood Pallet Fence

September 24, 2012 By Katie 14 Comments

Last year, I begged Mr. Woodsy to make a spooky fence for our front yard. After quite a bit of convincing and brainstorming together he decided he would tackle this project for me us. We decided to use pallets to give a rustic feel and to keep the cost of materials down. Essentially this project was free for us other than all the time spent creating the fences. Supplies: Wood Pallets Crow Bar Hammer Safety Protection Square (Ruler) Chop Saw Nail Gun After a little bit of … [Read more...]

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Severed Limbs Costume Contest Trophies

September 5, 2012 By Katie 7 Comments

I'm so excited to post my first (of many) Halloween DIY projects for the season! Today, I'm going to share with you a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to reward your party goers with memorable trophies. We made these trophies last year for our Mad Scientist Halloween Party on what I like to call the 11th hour. We always work on projects up until just an hour or so before our parties. I took the final photos of the trophies in the craft room before I brought them out to aware to our fellow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Woodworking Tagged With: $5 project, Halloween, Mini Tutorial, Spray Paint, Woodworking

Restored Wood Outdoor Table

August 29, 2012 By Katie 4 Comments

A few weeks ago we shared our Restored Wood Outdoor Table with Gail from My {re}Purposed Life, and today I'm excited to share it with our readers! We snagged this table off the curb over a year ago, while walking our yorkie on our evening walk. We spotted a child's wood table, umbrella, and chairs from a distance on the curb. We non-chalantly walked over to the curbside find, examined it, and after a few minutes of debating back and forth we decided that we would take the table with us. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project, Woodworking Tagged With: $10 project, Curbside Finds, Spray Paint, Tutorial, Woodworking

{Revamped} Wire Basket Plant Stands

August 28, 2012 By Katie 1 Comment

5+ years ago when Mr. Woodsy and I first moved in to our first place we had very little decor. Needless to say nothing on our porch! One day, he came home from work with two beat up wire basket plant stands. I had expressed the interest in wanting a container garden and he felt these stands would be a great place to store the variety of pots we were starting to collect on our patio. It was a small narrow patio and with all the pots on the patio it gave us very little room to walk around. At the … [Read more...]

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Guest Blogging over at My {re}Purposed Life

August 9, 2012 By Katie Leave a Comment

Today we are sharing our Restored Wood Outdoor Table over on My {re}Purposed Life. Below you'll see what the table once looked like. Of course this was another curbside find that sat on our patio for about a year until we decided to give it a much needed makeover. Now, it looks like it is brand new! So new that our neighbor recently saw it and thought we bought a new table! Make sure you head over to My {re}Purposed Life to check out our outdoor wood table transformation and learn what … [Read more...]

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