When Ben's sister started the process of selling their house last year they got rid of a lot of furniture. This buffet had been in their family for years and we wanted it to stay in the family, so I took it and it's been sitting in the garage ever since. We finally got some garage space cleared up after I finished the dining room table, so it seemed like it was time to tackle this! STEP 1 Sanding! This was the biggest and most difficult part by far. Sanding is the worst. I to

Level: Easy Time: 6-8 hours (more or less depending on drying time of paint/stain) Materials: Sandpaper, stain, polyurethane/polyacrylic, fabric, staple gun, drill For the last few years we've only had 3 dining room chairs. It normally isn't a huge deal, but we'd like to be able to have more than 1 person over at a time so we thought we should get some more. Turns out, chairs are crazy expensive! Even cheap or used ones are way more than I'm willing to pay. I spent months loo

I'm not going to add difficulty levels and time expectations for this one because it will differ SO much depending on what type of furniture you're transforming! I've been wanting to get a play kitchen for Leo for awhile. She really loves to open and close cabinet doors so I thought this might be a nice distraction. The only problem was that play kitchens are insanely expensive! I had no desire to spend hundreds of dollars on something she will probably destroy in a year or t

A quick step by step on adding new legs to an old chair!

Taking an old, ugly set of drawers and upcycling them into an Ikea-inspired storage unit with padded top. Easy DIY Project!