One of the classes Steph took at the Haven DIY Conference was learning how to cast with concrete. The class, sponsored by Quikrete, was taught by blogger, Ben of Home-Made Modern, the guru of all things concrete! Steph made this fun concrete hand in the class (see below).
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Yes, there is such thing as spray paint for vinyl. Rust-Oleum makes it and it is actually called Fabric and Vinyl Paint although I’ve tried it on fabric and it was a FAIL! I would have to do more testing to see if it also works on fabric. But this post is about using it on a vinyl chair so let me walk you though what I did.
I have been known to stop and pick up trash along the road, not just any trash—I’m particular about my trash. It needs to be a piece of furniture in terrible shape that the owner has determined is not even fit to donate to a thrift so out to the curb it goes. This little sewing machine bench was on the curb in my neighborhood along with its water damaged, beyond repair sewing machine cabinet buddy. I passed this sad little pair three times before I decided to load up the bench. The cabinet was just in too bad of shape to take and try to rehab.
The bench sat outside another week before I had a idea for its transformation. I decided it would make a great clothes hamper for my bathroom. I’ve needed one for a while and just hadn’t found anything I’d want sitting out in the open where it can be seen.
Here at Mother Daughter Projects we love the challenge of ‘using what we have’ in our projects. We like a good trip to Home Depot, but being able to use what is already on hand without having to go buy something new is quite satisfying!
In our project, Pipe & Pallet shelves we were staging the studio/office shelves and I let Steph borrow one of my plants. We liked it so much that we wanted to get another of the same flower pots and plant for her to have permanently. The one she borrowed is from a set of three matching so she couldn’t keep mine.
I keep extra work gloves in an old baby wipes box. Because I use gloves for a lot of projects, I wanted to keep the box out in the open which meant the box needed to look a lot better! Mom likes a challenge so I thought I would let her work her magic and make the box cool enough to keep on my office shelf.
I headed to Mom’s house to give her the assignment and she was ready to go! She decided to give it an aged look. We have used this technique before to make Harry Potter style spell books for Halloween. Check out the video above to see how it came together!
Finding more and more of my jewelry laid on my dresser rather than hung, I realized it was time to revamp my jewelry board. The framed board, which is actually a bulletin board, was given to me by a former colleague. I had painted the frame previously, but now I wanted to paint again, change out the fabric, and add permanent hooks as opposed to the push pins I was previously using.
In December we took a trip to the Orlando Ikea. We were in the middle of a few projects (mainly my garage floor makeover) and bought some goodies we thought we might use. We found a pine table that I thought would be a good worktable for my garage. But back in Tallahassee, just a few days later, we found the perfect worktable at Home Depot. We were left with the Ikea table and no use for it. We planned on returning it; hoping that we would be back to Orlando before the return deadline.
With the spring weather we are having here in Florida, I’ve been able to work in the garage on projects. This chair has languished in my garage far to long. Originally a yard sale find, I put off doing anything because one of leg brackets was bent. Fast forward a few years, I pulled it out to look and found if I moved the bracket that was bent to one of the other corners, I could work around the problem!
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Pool noodles make the best crafting material! Steph challenged me to come up with a post of ideas to using pool noodles. Challenge accepted!
In this post you’ll see a couple of ideas we’ve previously posted, an unoriginal idea (boot storage), but one that we’ve found especially useful since we are now putting our winter boots into storage (yes, we wear boots in Florida!), an idea for using pool noodles to make a floral arrangement, a fun pool noodle footstool, and a squeegee for Steph’s garage floor. With the new floor coating in Steph’s garage, we’ve found a squeegee to be a necessity as water sits rather than absorbs into the concrete and needs to be removed. Rather than buy one, I decided to see if a pool noodle would work. (Previously we had used this pool noodle type hack with a rake to make a squeegee. That version used split insulating foam and zip ties.)
When I spotted a couple of bags of wood vase filler at the thrift store, I knew I needed to add them to my DIY stash of “raw” materials. Sure enough, I thought they would be great to use in the transformation of a very 90’s folk art tray.
We were invited to join in a thrift store challenge over at Creator's Studio by Rust-Oleum. We were challenged to make a $10 thrift store item new and beautiful again using Rust-Oleum projects.
We loved the challenge and couldn't wait to get started!
I don’t know about you, but Mom, Ashley (sister-in-law), and I binge watched Fuller House this weekend on Netflix! I grew up on Full House and all the TGIF shows. I think the only thing more exciting then Fuller House coming out is the new Gilmore Girls Netflix show (GG is the official favorite show of Mother Daughter Projects!).
While watching Fuller House, episode 7 “Ramona’s Not-So-Epic Party,” I noticed a cute holder for party supplies. So easy, three buckets! A place for forks, knifes, spoons and straws! Mom and I headed to Hobby Lobby to recreate the look.
Mom loves the cute gift cards Target offers. Sometimes they have little toys and always great designs. If she is at Target and sees a new one, she always gets it and puts $5 on the gift card. She (and me) can't resist something cute and free!
Mom picked up this 3d puzzle one day and she gave it to me to put together. I thought it was such a cute tiny house but what would make it even better- the Mother Daughter Projects logo on it! I think I was right :) Steps: I set the dimensions and laid out the graphics on my mac (in pages) and printed it.
While viewing Restoration Hardware’s spring 2016 online catalog of decor items, I noticed glass cloches filled with collectible objects and thought they’d make an easy & personal decor piece. These were the inspiration for this subtle & quick Valentine’s decoration. It’s a nice addition to my winter table-scape decor.
One dreary, rainy Monday morning this month, I found myself without transportation & feeling kind of blah. What to do? I decided to pull out my Christmas stuff & start decorating, but one thing stood in my way….no tree! Last year I retired my tree with the intention of purchasing one at the after-Christmas sales. The buy never happened so I was treeless.
Many of you have enjoyed our Pool Noodle Lights post from May. Since that post we have discovered a new product that makes the lights even easier—Immersible Battery Operated Lights manufactured by Darcie purchased at Joann Fabrics. Now you don’t have to be concerned at all if the lights get wet.
We created a Christmas/Winter version of the pool noodle lights.
Volunteering at a thrift store provides plenty of opportunity to purchase “raw” materials, that is things to remake into new things! It really sparks my creativity. Steph asked me to come up with an arrangement for her dinning room table. It had to be rustic in keeping with her Christmas/winter decorating theme with a touch of purple.
Steph enlisted my help to design a holiday vignette for her fireplace mantel. She wanted it to be rustic & I wanted it to have a little sparkle as well. She loves snow so I knew that aspect had to be incorporated. She likes to keep her decor up past Christmas, so she tends to go for a winter theme rather than traditional Christmas decor.
This project was so much fun! I’ve been wanting to try my hand at creating these since noticing them on Pinterest. There is no right or wrong way to create the bottles & wands—use your imagination & your treasure trove of crafting stuff. (What? not everyone has bins & boxes of totally random stuff to craft with?!)
I pinned this idea a year ago. I loved the technique although not the subject matter. Just don’t like the creepy aspect of Halloween—never have. I wanted my books to be classic with no creepy elements & to be able to read them following the cover transformations. The music book is the one & only college text book that I saved. “The Enjoyment of Music” 3rd edition—loved that class. That’s where I learned about Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor & the Brandenburg Concertos. Give them a listen if you’re not familiar with them.
This really great shelf/mini mantle came into the thrift store where I volunteer, The Living Harvest. It was a little worn & oak “orange” but I knew it would be a great display piece.
Volunteering at a thrift store & shopping yard sales provides plenty of opportunity to collect what I call “raw materials,” that is, stuff that I can remake or reimagine into something new. The Spooky Blocks & Pumpkins fall into this category!
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