The Ultimate Lego Organizer

how to organize legos

My mother-in-law saved all of my husband's Legos from when he was little.  I mean seriously--entire, complete sets preserved for the last 20 years.  That's some serious care.  All the Legos from my house growing up are missing tons of pieces and my mom probably threw the rest out.  Anyway, so one day she pulled them all out for my 5-year-old son to start building with.  They would spend hours building Legos together.  And she started to … [Read more...]

An Easy Tiered Planter and Other Plans

tiered planter

This post was sponsored and written on behalf of The Home Depot; all opinions are my own. If you've been following along for the last couple of weeks, you've seen my large Flower Tower and my mini Flower Tower.  You've seen my backyard plans, and my shopping trip to gather supplies.  I still have a very long way to go, but I wanted to share with you another project I made which was inspired by these other outdoor projects. Isn't this … [Read more...]

How to Make a Flower Tower…Take 2

miniature flower tower

This post was sponsored and written on behalf of The Home Depot; all opinions are my own. I've been working with the Home Depot on a Dig into Spring campaign and my project was the Flower Tower!  If you go back and read my first post about it, I show you the original directions.  Now I'm going to show you how to make a Flower Tower with my own revised directions.  (I recommend reading my original Flower Tower post first.) I have to say … [Read more...]

Corner Rope Shelves DIY

corner rope shelves nursery

The next project I completed for Ellie's Nursery:  Corner Rope Shelves.  I cannot even tell you how much these shelves add to the room.  This corner was like a giant black hole, sucking up all the life and light.  It desperately needed something and something bold. I wanted to do the rope shelves because they really fit in to my theme in just the right way, and they were so unique and fun.  And of course I'm gonna share the shelves DIY … [Read more...]

Shopping at Home Depot

flower at home depot

This post was sponsored and written on behalf of The Home Depot; all opinions are my own. Today I want to share with you my experience shopping at Home Depot for supplies to make my Flower Tower with lots of pictures.  Have you ever been to the Home Depot?  That sounds like a crazy question to me since it's one of my favorite stores, but I'm sure there are some of you who haven't.  Well let me show you around and show you how great it … [Read more...]

How to Replace a Kitchen Faucet

New Moen Faucet

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Moen, Incorporated for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. It's been a long road to get to writing this post.  And I want to tell you the story because after all this, I definitely have learned how to replace a kitchen faucet. Moen asked me to review one of their kitchen faucets and show how simple it is to install.  I said SURE!  I love Moen and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. … [Read more...]

How to Make a Flower Tower

Flower Tower 2

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot; however all opinions are my own. Remember my Project: Outdoor Living plans?  Well I've already gotten started and made my first Flower Tower!  And vertical gardening is not as intimidating as it looks!  I've actually now made two and each one gets a little better and a little easier.  And I've gotta say, these are awesome statement pieces for my patio!  My backyard is … [Read more...]

Kids Workbench from Old Table

Kids Workbench

Remember that Craft Room Pegboard I made?  I didn't use the entire thing and so I had a cute idea on how to use some of the rest...a kids workbench!  I think this turned out so cute.  I was going for a Pottery Barn Kids effect rather than the primary-colors-and-plastic variety.  And it was actually really easy.  I completed this in an afternoon! This kids workbench is built on one of those old ugly end tables that probably everyone … [Read more...]