With my home and business as my canvas and a shoestring budget my medium, I demonstrate how to create high impact projects, solutions, and mini-remodels in your home or business as well as unique and playful artistic creations. The bravery required to create art and the gutsy determination to try DIY are birds of a feather!
How to Clean a Stained, Dusty, or Soiled Fabric Lampshade
I’ll confess, I get most of my lampshades from thrift stores or secondhand shops. With patience, it’s easy to find…
Making DIY Garden Art: A Tutorial for Plywood Cutout Garden Decorations that Pop
In today’s post, I’ll be showing you how I made a project that I recently completed for my community garden….
How to Make Colorful Chalkboard Art on Sidewalks & Chalk Walls
By some measures, chalk might be the ultimate art supply. It’s affordable, erasable, non-toxic, and it’s easy to use. While…
3 Simple Ways to Make a Sea Glass Light: Pendant, Lamp, or Nightlight
What do you do after you make sea glass? Craft with it! In this article, I’ve collected two full-length free…
How To Customize a Doggie Door for Cleanliness, Safety, and Style
Whether you’re in the investigation/planning stage of installing a doggie door or if you’ve already installed one and discovered the…
Easy DIY Gift Tutorial: Essential Oil Felt Air Freshener Wool Felt Diffusers
Did you know that wool makes an exceptional diffuser for essential oils? Wool felt is a highly porous natural…
Portable Washing Machines: Tips to Buy, Install, & Use
When I lived in downtown Seattle my entire apartment building shared a total of 2 washers, 2 dryers, and zero…
Easy No-Dye Fix for Scratches on a Leather Chair or Sofa
The Internet is filled with tutorials for fixing scratches on leather chairs and sofas- I know because I read at…
How to Make a DIY Industrial Floor Lamp from a Vintage Photography Tripod
Classy floor lamps are expensive –like, very expensive. As I priced sturdy lamps for my new Seattle apartment, I couldn’t…