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text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! Dixie Belle paint is Florida based, as are we, and they recently reached out to us to try their products. Since I was not familiar with their inventory, I took a bit of time to check out what they had as well as watch a few videos.
In my exploring, I found a product called Slick Stick. It was an 'Aha' moment! Back in 1991 when Steph was in kindergarten, I found some bedroom furniture through the newspaper classified ad. That was a time way before Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist! Used furniture was a little harder to source back then. Anyway, she used it for a long time and even moved the desk to her new house in 2013. The desk is long gone, but I still had the dressers and hutch pieces at my house. I had been very reluctant to get rid of them since they are so well built. I always thought I'd do something with them, but was stymied because the tops were Formica (plastic laminate) with plastic edging. I never knew what would work on these to allow me to paint. Back to that 'Aha' moment--the Slick Stick would work and I finally could paint and reuse the furniture!
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 text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! This past summer we were introduced to a new type of fan by Stile. We thought it would be a perfect fit for the studio at Steph's house. The space is small and the existing fan overwhelms the space. Also, it doesn't provide much overall light at all.
Over the Easter weekend, Steph decided on a whim to go buy the fan and install it with a little help from Andrew, Steph's nephew, my grandson! 
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One of our new tools is the DeWalt Cordless Compressor. Rather than just review the tool, we wanted to show you a real life project on how you can use it. Our favorite use for a compressor is for upholstering with a pneumatic stapler. Using this type of stapler takes all the effort out of upholstering. I find it very difficult to use a standard manual upholstery stapler. The electric ones I've used have not been able to drive the staples in completely.
A pneumatic stapler with a compressor saves your hands and efficiently drives the staples into the fabric down into the wood. This is the only method I'd use to upholster now and in the future! We were very impressed with the new DeWalt Cordless Compressor. It filled quickly with air, it was as easy as turning a knob to set the output force, and refilled quickly. It is loud, but not any louder than others we've used. Hearing protection is a must as far as we are concerned. The project we decided to make is a folding screen. I decided on this after I observed my yoga ball and mat are always in plain sight when not in use. I thought with a screen, I could place these in a corner with the screen in front and not have to look at them during the week! Bonus, I found a piece of mid-century looking vinyl for the screen that has jumpstarted the redecorating of my bedroom.
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With the success of the organization of our craft closet with Wall Control and other pre-made components, we were eager to organize another small space as soon as possible. We found that few tools are needed to install the panels and only a little skill with a drill is needed making this a project that is doable for many DIYers.
We contacted Wall Control, the family owned and operated business making metal pegboard, to see if they'd like to provide product for our next project. As well as being family owned, the pegboards and accessories are made right up the road from us in Georgia! Family owned and "made in the USA!" We love that. We decided to add a Wall Control Laundry Value Kit to Steph's laundry room. This room is very tiny making it a good candidate for wall hung storage and organization. Take a look at the video to see how it came together. And, yes, it probably only took 20 minutes or so to install the panels!
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We have a growing need for paint and battery storage so we decided to build a storage unit to house them. You're probably wondering why we chose to put these two things together. Well, both paint including stains and rechargeable batteries are best stored in a controlled environment. Here in Florida, storing those thing in the garage means they are subjected to extreme changes in temperature. Neither paint or rechargeable batteries lasts as long if not stored properly.
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We recently attended an outdoor tool event sponsored by The Home Depot. There were about 20 or so online content creators and media folks invited to the event. Although we didn't get a chance to really talk to the others attending, we did meet Leah from See Jane Drill and met a representative from This Old House.
The event gave us a chance to see some new outdoor tool innovations, try them out and talk with brand experts. We took lots of video and notes so we could share all we learned with all of you. Here's a brief look what we experienced at the event (please watch the video above for more info). text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! If you have sidewalks or driveways of a certain age you have these--wood expansion joints! These are important as they allow the concrete to expand and contract without cracking. Unfortunately, time and the elements take their toll on them. Eventually they rot and break and should be replaced.
There are a number of reasons to replace them. Having a strong solid expansion joint helps with the following:
There are at least three methods to replace the wood expansion joints. Each has its pros and cons but we settled on flexible vinyl gaskets due because it was very homeowner friendly, required no special tools or drying time. text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email!  Are you ready for a home decor project that is so simple it doesn't really need a tutorial?! This metal pipe and string light statement light fixture will do nicely!
In December, we picked up this string of lights in Ikea's clearance section. They were marketed as Christmas lights, but we thought they were classic enough to use any time of the year. There are lots of these kinds of lights on the market so you shouldn't have to wait until Ikea has a sale to get a set.
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A while back I turned my office closet into an audio recording booth. It's been great to have the mic setup and ready to go when I need to record narration for our videos. Even with the recording setup I still had a little space left in the closet for storage. I've been storing plastic bins on the side, one on top of the other.
It worked for a while, but I got tired of having to move each bin, especially when I need to get to the bottom one. I decided to build some simple shelves to hold the bins and keep them out of the way when recording. Here’s the plan I came up with. I made three shelves, but I might add one more in the future.
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There is nothing more frustrating when crafting or making than knowing you have what you need, but you can’t find it! I read a quote once that stated “if you can’t find it, you don’t own it!” I think of that often when I can’t find something and have to buy again in order to start or finish a project.
Although we have lots of craft/maker supplies for Mother Daughter Projects stored at Steph’s house, they were becoming more and more inaccessible due to lack of organized storage. Over Christmas Steph decided she had had enough of the mess and started to digitally put together an idea to install an organizational system into the closet in her Lego room. The closet we are working with is 86" wide x 96" tall x 23" deep. Seeing that everything we wanted to use was from The Home Depot, we reached out to them to see if they wanted to partner with us on the project. We felt it had universal appeal to others like us who wanted to buy and install pre-made components to get the job done fast! We are calling this a semi-DIY because we are not actually building anything. With the exception of cutting a few pieces of closet rod, all the other components are ready to be installed and come with all their parts to get the install done. Please watch the video above to see how it came together, and get more details below! text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! Recently, with Steph’s help and the help of a few volunteers, we planned and hosted a craft night for women at my church. A search of Pinterest and a picture on Facebook provided the inspiration for our Valentine’s Day craft. I’ll provide some tips at the end of the post for planning a craft night for a group.
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A gift from a friend of eight old worn card catalogue drawer fronts inspired this project. Another friend suggested we make shelves with them, so that’s what we did! The floating shelves were not initially designed to have a secret storage space, but towards the end of the build we realized we had the perfect opportunity to build in a secret compartment. Ours will hold a secret stash of candy!
Every time we go to a local restaurant here in Tallahassee Florida, I notice something. I always notice the really large canvas artwork they have on the wall and the very simple frame around it. I quickly determined a way to mimic the look with simple materials from the hardware store. Well, two weeks ago, I made a piece of artwork and thought, hey, I have the perfect frame idea for that! Take a look at how it all came together for under $10.
text by Vicki Sign up to get Mother Daughter Projects updates in your email! This post is sponsored by The Home Depot as a part of The Home Depot’s ProSpective Campaign. THD provided the mechanics tool set and inspection scope used in this post. When Steph moved into her home four years ago she needed some display shelves for her growing collection of Lego sets. We put up a couple of pre-made shelves using white brackets. They solved the storage problem but were not attractive by any stretch of the imagination. Fast forward a few years; Steph was ready for something a little more stylish to replace them!
The step-like design stretches 9 feet long against the wall and is 3 feet high and provides lots of storage for small and large Lego sets. |
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