Category: DIY

Our four-week long “Do It Yourself” Christmas series is well underway.Prepare to be inspired to wrap presents this holiday season with these do-it-yourself ideas.Given that I am the world’s worst present wrapper, this one really excites me.I like doing it, but I feel terrible about how it seems to others.I […]

My recent obsession has been painting on canvas.What happened to my Christmas canvas depicting the Elf Code?As for that, it was just a case of Mod Podging.And so I started painting.Here we are with the first of many future canvas masterpieces.I ordered 10 of them and want to paint four […]

Please “like” Our Used Home on Facebook.I knew I had to make the trip when I saw that the Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, featured on HGTV’s Flea Market Flip, is just about three hours away.Due to its limited hours, we planned our trip to New Milford, CT the night before, […]

How I took a standard cloth shower curtain and made it into a one-of-a-kind work of art is detailed in this article.I began with a standard white cotton curtain for the bathroom shower. Diamond textured weave isn’t a deal breaker, but. Now that I’ve decided to paint moustaches on my […]

It won’t be long till the Happy Holidays.The DIY Christmas series, hosted by Our Secondhand House, will last for 6 episodes. As we count down the weeks before Christmas, I’ll be sharing fresh, original, and motivational DIY Christmas ideas with you every Monday. This week’s theme is Do-It-Yourself Christmas Decorations. […]

Have you ever thought of giving your bathtub a facelift with paint or covering up dingy tiling with something more appealing?Yes, it could certainly happen!I did a lot of research to see whether it was feasible to paint tile when I chose to renovate a particularly unsightly bathroom in my […]

I don’t have the finest photos of this project since my children and I were having so much fun that I forgot to take any. That is unquestionably an indication of a successful project! This exercise requires a lengthy setup time since the ice cubes must freeze, but other from […]

“Mom, I need 25 cookie pops for my class tomorrow,” my daughter said. What the…? The school year is almost over. I really did think I’d make it a whole year without hearing the immortal words of my daughter, “I need this tomorrow.” Darn, so close! There are a lot […]

I found the concept of handmade, reusable Swiffer pads appealing after seeing many how-to guides on the subject. I really liked the idea, in theory. But, the examples I saw seemed more difficult to implement than I wanted to undertake. Most of the guides required sewing, and I haven’t mastered […]