DIY Tutorials

I’ve always liked paint-by-number paintings, but have terrible luck at finding them on my antiquing and garage sale trips. When I saw Ashley’s post about …

My furniture shopping pet peeve is that the price tag rarely reflects quality- more often the price reflects the cost of shipping from a manufacturing …

  If you are reading this article, you may be in need of an urgent DIY. If that’s you, feel free to a skip the write-up …

  When I purchased hawk hill back in 2010, the pitiful little garden trellis pictured below was charged with the huge responsibility of holding up …

    I love Ikea’s small, $3.99 potted Fejka plants for shelf fillers. Most of the time, the standard 4″ pot size is perfect for …

  Faced with a shower head beginning to spray water in every direction except my body, I set out to do a full cleaning of …

  Here’s a home maintenance tip I borrowed from the equestrian world- When your outdoor cushions start looking dirty, stained, or shabby, load them up …

  As I mentioned in my bedroom drawer divider post, spring means an attack on chaos at Hawk Hill and the kitchen did not escape …

Some people dive into deep cleaning every spring, but for me, spring fever hits as an irrepressible urge to organize! Since the weather began to …

A few years ago, I found some discarded wood crates (originally used for shipping) and set to repurposing them into the french-country inspired large white …

Our farm has long been home to chickens. Often they spend daylight hours free-ranging, but for various reasons, many days the chickens stay confined to …

Here’s my story of how I created this tutorial for these faux wool blankets that decorated my porch for a few seasons recently: Like most …

Whether you are selling your home or settling into a new house for many years to come, curb appeal matters. Your mailbox- and any mailbox …

I love decorating with old English riding boots and English saddles, but often the condition I find these items in is far from pristine. While …

      This ugly table was so unwanted that it was left in one of the barns when the previous owners sold Hawk Hill. …

Back in the fall of 2013, Hawk Hill had large but modest gates across the driveway at the front of the property. At the time, …

With one natural ingredient, it’s easy to remove rust from heavily corroded antiques, artifacts, and tools. A few months after I sold my first horse, …