This year my teenage daughter wants a more traditional holiday theme in our house… apparently as cute as our “theme” Christmases have been, she longs for something more red and…
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DIY Candyland Christmas Decorations & Ornaments
If you ever wanted a Christmas tree that would delight both children and adults alike, Candyland Christmas decorations are perfect for you! This is an “easy to create” holiday theme,…
Do It Yourself • Modern Christmas Cone Trees
When we started our Christmas decorating plan for this year, we knew we wanted to go with a Winter Wonderland Glam theme. We come across and feature so many amazing…
Easy DIY Faux Fireplace
Those of you who are regular readers of TBD know that I’ve been talking for while about adding a DIY faux fireplace to our long list of DIY projects “to…
Classic Christmas Home Tours
Merry Christmas to all our readers! We have been drooling over all those classic Christmas blogger homes the past few weeks with the rest of you, so we decided to…
Thrift Store Light Fixture Turned Elegant Candle Holder
So Steve and I make trips to the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore a pretty regular event. In case you aren’t aware, anything related to home building, repairing or remodeling…
Make a West Elm Planter look alike for $2!
We all love having unique home accents in our homes, but sometimes that can be expensive. Terrarium planters are very trendy now, and in looking for something out of the…
Crate & Barrel Spin Vase Hack
I love Crate & Barrel, and I recently had a yearning for their Spin Hurricane Vases from the catalog. However, even the small one retails for $24.95, so here…
DIY Canvas Photos (On the Cheap!)
If you’ve been active in the home and garden or DIY blogosphere as of late, you’ve probably seen a few of these DIY canvas photo tutorials around. I wanted to…
DIY Industrial Metal Style Numbers
Ok, so my latest project around the house – I wanted to add some cool, industrial style metal numbers to my living room decor to update the look a bit,…
Make a Contemporary Upholstered Headboard for Under $30
Want to make a contemporary upholstered headboard for your bedroom, but don’t want to spend the three to four hundred dollars or more to buy one? Using a contemporary style…
TBD’s DIY Paper Bag Floor
Sometimes one of the toughest decorating challenges we have when we are on a budget is replacing old, worn, or ugly flooring. If you have linoleum flooring that has seen…