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Painting Stripes on a Focal Wall … and My Colortopia’s Color My Room Tool!

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I love the weekends!! It's time time when I am able to focus on my big DIY Projects. And I have some really fun news to share with what I have been working on the past EIGHT months. More on that later. This weekend, I have been working on my craftroom/office. This is what it looked like before:  I loved it, but the green did NOT go with anything else in the house and because I took my … [Read more...]

Ikea’s Scrolly Ung Frame — 13 Different Ways to Use It in YOUR home!

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My sister Ashley has one of the whimsical Ikea Ung Frames in her entryway. She painted it a pretty grey color and put some chicken wire inside. She keeps invitations, pictures and other pretty mementos in her frame. I have one sitting in my craft room. I couldn't resist picking it up the last time I was visiting Ikea. I have been debating where to use it. Here are 12 other ways I have … [Read more...]

How to Make a Rustic Board Focal Wall (Nautical Bedroom)

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Thanks for all of the sweet comments on Hayley's Nautical Room Redo!! This will be the last post on the room for awhile :) I had a lot of emails wondering how I made the Rustic Focal Board Wall in her room. Here's what I did: The whole room redo started off when I saw these boards at Lowe's: I brought them home and painted them three different colors: Valspar Spun Honey Valspar … [Read more...]

Design Dilemma — Choosing the Perfect Paint Color!!

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I love color!!  You may not have noticed that about me. LOL. Striped Painted Nautical Rug Aqua Pantry Door Dining Room Turned Craft Room Ella's Pink Asian Bedroom I love the look of an all-white home. But I CAN'T imagine living in a space devoid of color. So when I am planning a DIY project, of course there will be color. But it's HARD to come up with the PERFECT color for a room. That's … [Read more...]

Make a Holiday Stenciled Sign {Christmas tutorial}

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I am getting so excited to get my Holiday Decorations out. It snowed a few days ago and I just couldn't resist making something festive and Christmas-y! I decided to make a Holiday project using some of the new MS paint and mediums. I had a broken, old shelf sitting out in my garage waiting for the trash. I cut off the broken part, then cut the good part half and  reattached the pieces … [Read more...]

Double-Sided Fall/Halloween Painted Pillows {tutorial}

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Hello Tatertot & Jello readers! I'm Katie from Sew Woodsy, and I can not express how excited I am to be visiting and sharing my latest craft project with all of you. Sew Woodsy is a "husband and wife craft team". We create Home/DIY projects along with some sewing projects in the mix. "Mr. Woodsy" is a home renovations expert and hobby wood worker. I love to show off his work (I can do … [Read more...]

DIY Entertainment Unit Remodel — Reveal!!

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 A month and a couple ruined shirts later, my DIY entertainment center is done!! Yay!  More details can be found in my update post here, but basically we moved into this house about 9 years ago. The original owners built it with custom maple cabinets. They are really nice, but I really love a more clean look. So finally I got up enough courage to paint them. The entertainment center was … [Read more...]

Guest Project — $7 Yard Sale Nightstand Makeover!!

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Hey Y'all!  I'm Myra from The Casabella Project and My Blessed Life.  I'm thrilled to be here at Tatertots and Jello!  {Thank you, Jen!!} I'm a yard sale, thrift shop, spray paint, craft and decor junkie and I'm excited to share my yard sale nightstand makeover with you! … [Read more...]

Painting my door and stenciling a rug for my front porch!!

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I painted my front door! It used to be this brown color. This picture is a couple years old and you can see even then there were some nicks in the paint. Suffice to say -- it needed a new paint job pretty badly!! I decided to go with black because it's classic. But my porch needed something to go with the new paint job. I have loved Cutting Edge Stencil's Houndstooth Stencil from the first … [Read more...]

Christmas Cookie Exchange, a Party Craft Idea and some winners!

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It was so fun meeting new friends Tuesday at my Holiday Cookie Exchange. Thank you to everyone who came. And for those of you who couldn't come, I am hoping to make this an annual party, so maybe you will be able to join us next year! … [Read more...]