AKA How To Use A Belt Sander Follow along as I show you how to makeover an outdoor dining table that has not weathered well. This table and chair set was bought from a higher end furniture store two years ago, but it was through their outlet, so maybe that’s why it didn’t hold up so well. There are covers…
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Learn how to makeover a kids’ table and chairs from sanding to sealing with this DIY tutorial. Kids can be rough on furniture. Add in the outdoor elements and this particular table was really rough! I saw it for free on Craigslist and just had to scoop it up for a makeover. Solid wood furniture can take a lot of…
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Power tools can be intimidating for a lot of people, especially if they didn’t grow up using them. This tutorial will show you the basics of how to use a compound miter saw to make straight and angled cuts. This is the first in a series of posts that will go over the basics of tools needed to take on…
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Looking for some cute markers for your herb garden? Here is a simple tutorial on how to make DIY stamped herb markers out of antique flatware and a stamp set. When we finished the raised bed herb garden for our back deck, I knew I wanted cute markers of some sort. I looked around and most of them were $5-10/piece!…
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Come along as we build a raised garden bed in the Hugelkulture fashion. Most hugelkulture mounds are made right on the ground, but that would not be allowed in our neighborhood so we built a box to contain the mound. The word may be hard to pronounce, but the theory behind it is easy. The base of the mound is…
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