Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

DIY coffee table w/ casters

I found this blue bench at a thrift store and bought it for about 5 bucks! After trying to live without a coffee table for a few weeks, I decided to turn it into a coffee table (with a little bit of love, white paint and some casters - bought from IKEA)








DIY with found objects around the house . . .

Chipped, broken or altogether ugly frame + Need extra space for jewelry = Check out this DIY
After rummaging through some old frames, I realized that I had a few that needed a little makeover. This DIY included:
- Painting
- Sanding
- Fixing hardware to frame
- Fixing fabric into interior hole
ah, much better.
After painting and sanding, I screwed in these hooks that I had in our tool box


This concludes the final product

Avocado Pound Cake Muffins. . .

Ok. So I found this recipe from Joy the Baker. At first, the sound of having Avocado in a treat threw me off, but then I was quickly intrigued by what this might taste like. I got all the ingredients and cooked up some muffins for Alex and I. . . They're pretty good, I must say. You do know that there is Avocado in the muffin when you bite in, but it's nice! Plus, the muffins turn out this great light green color!
Try out this recipe here
Enjoy!





Finally Comfortable in Our Apartment





 After many DIY's and multiple weekends of rearranging the apartment - I would say that Alex and I are finally comfortable in our apartment. Please take a look at some of the pics to see how the place turned out.

I'll be sure to post some more DIY projects from our apartment shortly.





Light Installation

I have been searching for months to find the perfect set of industrial, metal lights to hang in our apartment. Every time I came across some lights, they were either too expensive or just not the right look.

Then, to my surprise, one day Alex called me while in Birmingham AL, telling me that one of his co-workers (Ed Jacobs) had some lights that he had purchased from a GAP store that was closing. Ed was moving to NY and was looking into finding a new home for his lights, of course I told Alex to bring them home!

Once home, Alex vigorously cleaned up the two lights and installed one in our office and the other in our dinning room. I couldn't be any happier! They are exactly what I had been looking for. Thanks Ed for giving us the lights and completing our apartment!

Here is what Alex did to prepare the lights:

  1.  Removed old light fixture 
   2.  Measured and cut bar so that it would hang at  the appropriate height. As well as drilled a hole through the center to hold the pin that would secure the ability to support the weight of the light.
   3. Cut back cord and wires to appropriate length
   4. Polished light with steel wool to remove the yellow clear coat and staining
   5. Final Light once cleaned. . .






















Here are the before and after pictures!


Mirror Project

st time I went home to Chattanooga to visit my family, my mom gave me this mirror she found at a thrift store. At first I really wasn't sure what to do with it, then I decided to do experiment a whitewash finish on it.

Here is what I did to get the finished product:
   - Taped off mirror to protect against damaging (sanding, painting)
   - Sanded mirror (first with 90 grit then with 160)
            - don't sand all of the original finish off [this gives it that "antique" look]
   - Mix white wash mix (1/3 paint - 2/3 water)
   - Apply as many coats as it take until the white wash is to your liking
   - Let dry!