one of the easiest pallet projects ever

By Karah | April 8, 2013 - 7:08 am | diy, free, pallet projects, repurpose, scrap wood, trough, tutorial, upcycle, wood salvage

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Do you remember the last time you moved? When you unpacked your things in your new house and all these old memories flooded back of those same things on your old space? I’ve been relishing the nostalgia of it all for about a week. With every new box I opened I would uncover some of my favorite upcycling ideas or pallet projects. The palm frond pumpkin made it pretty much unscathed! And all of the pallet art projects need to find a new home here. And then when I found the diy door trough, one of the easiest pallet projects ever, I thought the tutorial was worth resharing. This little gem might just happens to be one of the first bits of pretty around here. After I shared this tutorial I also shared how to reverse image and text in Word and make an easy little Welcome sign for your pallet projects.

my wooden spool dilemma

By Karah | October 22, 2012 - 7:08 am | diy, furniture, nearly free, our curacao space, paint, rooftop bedroom, sisal, unfinished projects, upcycle

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Hey, hey! Happy Monday! How are you? I am great! I am gearing up for company to come visit. FUN!! That’s one thing about living on an island. We get our fair share of visitors. :) Luckily, we mostly like them all. ;) We had about a year there where we had at least one week of company every month. I became quite the tour guide. Hence my knowledge of the top 10 free things to do in Curacao. I’m ready to get to doing a few of those again soon. You know how it goes, don’t you?!? You have these really cool things to do in your town, but you don’t usually do them unless you’re showing them to visitors. Or you have this really cool room in your house … or on the roof as it may be … and you don’t spend as much time up there as you could. Because it’s always there. I’ll just go up tomorrow. Or next week. Or sometime soon, for sure! :)

pallet art {tutorial}

By Karah | October 20, 2012 - 7:08 am | paint, pallet projects, stencil, upcycle

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Ummmm, have you ever totally meant to do something for months and just never did? That’s what happened to me here. I wrote a tutorial of the very first pallet project I made for a guest post and never came back and gave you guys the how-tos. And the guest post was in January. :/ Ack! Anyhow … here’s the story of my very first pallet project. Well, for the blog anyway … me and pallets go way back. ;)

old wood {new desk}

By Karah | September 14, 2012 - 7:08 am | blog room, carpentry, file cabinet, free, furniture, home decor, intentional imperfection, old wood, repurpose, scrap wood, tutorial, upcycle

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old door {upcycle} how to make a wood coffee table tutorial

By Karah | August 24, 2012 - 7:08 am | before and after, canon 60D, carpentry, coffee table, couches, diy, door decor, furniture, home decor, imperfection, inexpensive alternative, intentional imperfection, living room, most popular, nearly free, old wood, repurpose, sanding wood, scrap wood, scraping wood, tutorial, Uncategorized, upcycle, wood salvage

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Happy Friday!! How was your week? I feel like I came back to the island from our trip to the US ‘swinging’, so to speak. Just ready to get things in order and become more productive and efficient in everything. And get focused on my personal priorities … which definitely includes learning the ins and outs of our new camera!! So I can take better pictures of our current favorite project, our new coffee table that I made from an old door I pulled out of a dumpster.

restoring {old wood} scrape, strip and sand

By Karah | August 17, 2012 - 7:08 am | carpentry, coffee table, diy, dumpster diving, free, home decor, home improvement projects, imperfection, living room, message center, nature, old wood, paint, quick tip, restoring old wood, sanding wood, scrap wood, scraping wood, unfinished projects, wood salvage

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I have just finished my second old door project around here, and after my DIY day by the pool with my girlfriends I’ve started looking more constructively at how I work with old wood. It was fun to be with my friends, and showing them new things, and realizing that what seems second nature to me might be new to others. So, here are some of my thoughts as I work with old wood. Some are technical, some are personal preference, some are physical and some are mental tips. Hopefully you find some, little bit of it useful.

month in minutes {july 2012}

By Karah | August 3, 2012 - 7:08 am | autumn decor, bachelorette, beach, carpentry, color, curacao, dumpster diving, floating shelf, fourth of july, free, home decor, hometalk, house tour, inspiration, it's a cinch, link party, living room, mantel, MISSION: POSSIBLE, month in minutes, nearly free, our curacao space, paint, scrap wood, taco seasoning, unfinished projects

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Check this out … the monthly review in the first week of the following month. #surprisedmyselfwithmyefficiency July has always been a favorite month of mine … and it proved to be the same on the blog. I started the month begging asking for help as I started to undertake a living room redo. So far, as part of the Blogging without Borders series we have made a floating shelf and started work on DIYing a coffee table. I am reeeally hoping to have that for you at the next update. If this review is old news to you, head over to see what the other gals are up to. We had a bunch of fun with decor on this new floating shelf. Well, I know I did, I hope you did, too. :) From the initial attempt, an early fall mantel and the most recent where we finally brought ‘the girls‘ back and added a pop of color with a spray painted leaf wreath. How to Build a Floating Shelf Tutorial is here! I enjoyed putting together a round-up of 105 ideas for your 4th of July celebration. What a great resource! I was a day late so feel free to pin it for next year. :) And I also made another piece of pallet word art that I adore. It has been the perfect, sun shiny addition to our rooftop pallet bed area. July was also great fun for me as part of the Hometalk Ambassador team. I shared my tips for posting your projects on Hometalk here. And also had a blast with my girlfriends at our DIY pool party with Hometalk ‘swag’ here. Thank you so much Hometalk, and Miriam, for the wonderful opportunity. :) It gave me chance to help my friend Carol learn how to use … continue reading →

how to build a floating shelf

By Karah | July 30, 2012 - 7:08 am | carpentry, diy, dumpster diving, floating shelf, free, home decor, home improvement projects, mantel, nearly free, paint, scrap wood, tutorial, upcycle

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Hey! Happy Monday!! How was your weekend? Mine was particularly wonderful. Celebrating a birthday was the perfect way for me to end ‘this week {in curacao}‘. And the beginning of the Olympics … just awesome. Here are a couple of my favorite gals and their gifts for me on my special day. #bestbirthdayever And for today, we’re starting this week with a bang. I’m combining a little Blogging without Borders update and ‘Crazy for Color’ project together to gear up for our big link party tomorrow, live here. Link up here and automatically be linked up to 5 blogs.