When you’re making your own door, an essential step is making mortises for the hinges. This post walks you through my process making door hinge mortises using the Milescraft Mortising Template for both my DIY bathroom door and DIY Shaker Style Closet Door. Making Door Hinge Mortises – Tools Needed Milescraft Mortising Template Router that […]
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About a year ago I discovered I could make my own door from affordable lumber when I built a simple one for a closet on our main level. It has held up wonderfully, but it is joined only with wood glue. When I decided to build a door to finish off our kids’ bathroom renovation,
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If you’re anything like me you’ve got gobs of scrap wood in your workspace. After I made the cherry wood DIY bathroom vanity for our kid’s bathroom renovation, I had a few leftover scraps of cherry wood to add to my pile. As we were putting the finishing touches on the bathroom renovation, I decided
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The Ikea Odensvik sink/counter is a win-win for modern bathroom renovations on a budget. At less than $150 for a sink that doubles as a modern white countertop, it saved us some serious cash over paying for a sink + granite or quartz countertops. And the $avings isn’t even the best perk. The designers were
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It is done! The small bathroom that our kids share is renovated and finally back in use! This bathroom renovation was one DIY project after another, and I’ve got plenty of tutorials planned over the next several months. Today, however, I just want to share a few before and after shots. So . . .
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Our kids’ bathroom renovation is complete! Almost EVERYTHING in it was a DIY project, including the pretty DIY brass toilet paper holder. This little beauty is made from affordable brass lamp parts and is super simple to make with minimal tools needed. Best of all it’s a sturdy, solid brass toilet paper holder that doesn’t
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This post is Sponsored by Rustoleum. All opinions are my own. If you follow me on Instagram, you know we’ve been working on a DIY kids’ bathroom renovation. When I originally sketched out a design plan, the idea was that we would be replacing the outdated and chipped, beige-colored 1990’s bathtub with a new white
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How to build a chippendale planter using basic cedar lumber and simple joinery. Step by step instructions & pdf plans
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After building the DIY Lumber Rack, the previously chaotic situation in my garage was looking a lot better. But the 2×4 and conduit lumber rack is ideal for medium and long pieces of lumber. After loading it up, there were still quite a few pieces of short lumber and wide scraps of plywood that didn’t
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Over the past year my lumber collection has outgrown my ability to keep it organized. I recently decided that it was time to completely re-think the organization system we (don’t) have in the garage. First matter of business–create a dedicated space for all of the lumber I have been collecting, and build some kind of
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