Hello and welcome to our laundry room makeover as a part of the one room challenge. An important part of this project was adding more beautiful storage. While we added a wonderful wooden shelving system, I also wanted to improve the storage above the washing machines themselves. Hanging a cabinet was the simplest way to...
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How to Build a DIY Cardboard Cat Castle
Want to build a DIY cardboard castle for your cat? Here are the step by step instructions that you need to do so! I love making my gray fluffy cat, Bear, happy. I have bought her a ton of toys and as you can imagine nothing makes me madder than when she ignores the new...
How to make a countertop from plywood
Want to add a plywood counter top to your home? Here's a step by step tutorial showing exactly how to make a countertop from plywood. Plywood countertops are growing in popularity for many reasons: primarily functionality and affordability. Plywood is extremely durable - even after getting wet. Plywood countertops are budget-friendly and a great way...
How to Make DIY Concrete Pumpkins
Want to add concrete pumpkins to your fall or halloween decor this year? Here is an easy step by step guide on how to make diy concrete pumpkins! It's getting very close to Halloween and we are having so much fun decorating and celebrating! Since learning some basic concrete pouring techniques, we have been trying...
Spooky Halloween Porch Decor & a Link Up!
I absolutely love Halloween. I love dressing up and being silly and decorating! This year we focused on decorating our front porch. Focusing is a great way to make a big impact, and since this is what most people will see of our house (we aren't having a party or anything this year) it makes...
ORC: DIY Oversized Pegboard Shelves
If you want to make pegboard shelves for your home, you will love this simple DIY tutorial! One of my biggest pet peeves that seems to be the normal for everyone else is metal, wire shelving. Why is this such a thing? Things don't sit on it right and it's so flimsy and cheap looking....
My Favorite Ways to get Cozy for Fall
It's officially fall, y'all. And while it's still hot in Charleston, it really is cooling down, and the evenings especially. As it starts to get darker earlier, I am looking to get cozy at home in the evenings. Here are my favorite ways (via Amazon!) to get cozy for Fall. Tasseled blanket - nothing says...
How to clean your fridge (in 5 easy steps)
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ExperienceScrubDots #CollectiveBias Your refrigerator is one of the hardest working appliances in your house - it is always running, and you probably really depend on it to keep your favorite foods cold. The fridge can also get really...
One Room Challenge: The Initial Legwork (Arm Work?!)
Hello hello and welcome back to our One Room Challenge: Laundry Room Edition. You might remember that we are doing a 6 week laundry room makeover. Week 1 was the least glamorous but most necessary. This past week we: Demo-ed all the old metal wire shelving Patched & sanded the holes from said shelving Scraped...
DIY Group Costume Idea: Halo Top Ice Cream
I just love Halloween. Dressing up, being silly, decorating with bugs and pumpkins - I'm all about it all. I also really love group costumes and simple homemade costumes. So, when I came up with this costume idea, I had to execute it. Yeah, pretend it's not a group of just me 🙂 So many...
How Do You Know If You Should Sell It, Donate It, or Trash It
Spring cleaning is a huge deal, but I really try to clean and purge once a season. The end of a season is a great time to acknowledge whether you used something in the last 6 months and get a clean fresh start for the upcoming season. A lot of people hate to purge, but...
One Room Challenge: Laundry Room Design Plan
We are so excited to be playing in another One Room Challenge - a twice annual event where bloggers makeover a whole room in their house in just 6 weeks! We are so excited to be making over our Laundry Room this time! I am nervous because as I write this, we really haven't done...
How we like our recycled glass oyster shell ECO counter tops 6 months in review
Since posting about our recycled glass oyster shell ECO counter tops in April, they (and our kitchen reveal) have quickly become the most popular posts on our site. Since we have now had them for six months, I wanted to check in and review how we are liking them and to answer some FAQ. For...
DIY Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do Cat Mask Halloween Costume
Looking for a DIY Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do? You are in the right spot! Y'all might know that I get super hype for Halloween. I love decorating and making costumes and this year I made an effort to have my costume early in advance to share with you before Halloween. You're welcome....
Modern Desk Chairs Under $100 on Amazon Prime
You might have seen that Sean recently built an amazing modern desk for our new desktop computer (I know, what year is this!) Well, I decided that I wanted a modern chair to go with it. I wanted something comfy, so I didn't really want to DIY it (lol). I stalked the thrift store for...
$100 Challenge: Hallway Makeover Final Reveal
Hello and welcome to the finale of the $100 Room Challenge! We have been making over our hallway in only 1 month for only $100 and I am so excited to reveal the results to you today. Week 1: the design plan Week 2: how to save $$$ on house paint Bonus: our beadboard ceilings...
What We Think About Our Gel Foam Bed: One Year Later
We have now had our Gel Foam Bed - a mattress in a box - for a full year and I wanted to update our review on it. We have gotten lots of questions about the memory foam mattress and how we are liking it so I thought that it would make sense to do...
Trash To Treasure: What to do with a Damaged Vintage Peacock Chair
Warning: this post might be tough to get through if you are a vintage furniture lover! Why? You might remember that I found this vintage peacock chair on the side of the road. I was so excited to rehab it, but as I really looked at it, I realized how damaged it was. The whole...
How to Replace Wooden Balusters with Iron the Easy and Cheap Way!
Here's how to replace wood balusters with iron and update stair railing without replacing it completely! Want to update your staircase? Here is our tutorial on how to replace wooden balusters with iron the easy and cheap way! Talk about a transformation from '90s to modern! Updating our railing and balusters has been one of...
What's the Easiest way to Paint a Door: Roller or Sprayer?
Want to paint a door in your home? Let's compare whether it's easier to paint a door with a roller or a sprayer! Painted doors are really on trend right now, which I love because it is such a simple and inexpensive DIY update! We have painted 2 exterior doors to our home using 2...
How to Cover Popcorn Ceilings with Beadboard
Want to cover your popcorn ceilings? You'll love this simple tutorial on how to cover popcorn ceiling with beadboard! Do you have popcorn ceilings in your home? This texture was super popular decades ago for covering imperfections in the drywall and making finishing work go more quickly. But, it is a look that feels very...
Gorgeous Dining Room Furniture that you wouldn't believe came from COSTCO
Looking for good deals on high quality furniture? Here's the best dining room furniture for sale at Costco right now! Today is the final installment of my three part blog series on Costco furniture! If you missed it: here are the posts on Costco Living Room Furniture and Costco Bedroom Furniture and Costco Patio Furniture. Today I...
$100 Challenge: The Best Way To Save Money on Paint for your House
Paint is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to update and customize any room or home. But just because it is the cheapest doesn't mean that it is cheap. Even if a gallon of paint is only $25, multiplying that by multiple gallons and multiple rooms can really add up. We know just as...
The Front Room: 1 Year Later
The first time that we ever participated in the One Room Challenge was to makeover our front room last October. When we started, the room was totally empty - literally not a stick of furniture. We painted and furnished it and redid the fireplace in 6 weeks and I love the results. But, it is...
DIY Plywood Concrete Desk
This post was sponsored by Kreg Jig and their DIY project website BuildSomething.com. All of the work done was by us and was our own plan. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Charleston Crafted possible. We love building things, decorating and doing as much as we possibly can ourselves. While we have certainly built...
Get the Fixer Upper Beach House Look from Amazon
Everyone is obsessed with Fixer Upper, right? Joanna's style doesn't necessarily line up with my own (travesty!) but I was really obsessed with one house that she did - the Fixer Upper beach house of course! I thought that it would be fun to grab some snapshots from that home tour and try to find...
$100 Challenge: Hallway Makeover Design Plan
Hey y'all! I am so excited to announce today that we will be once again participating in the $100 Room Challenge! What is this challenge? We are teaming up with a ton of fantastic home and DIY bloggers to completely make over a room in only 4 weeks. The only catch? Your shopping budget is...
Tips to Update a Gallery Wall
Gallery walls are all the rage. Believe me, I know, we have had a ton of them over the years. However, I can see how you might get sick of staring at the same elaborate gallery wall every day. So, here are some tips for how to update or refresh a boring gallery wall. How...
Gorgeous Costco Bedroom Furniture
Did you know that they actually sell gorgeous bedroom furniture at Costco? Here's my favorite pieces that they are selling now! Looking for the best Costco bedroom furniture? Here are my favorites! Well y'all know that I am on an Costco furniture kick lately. I was so inspired by their stuff that I had to...
5 DIY Wood Finishes Using a Heat Gun
A heat gun can make an awesome finish on wood, but you can do it in lots of different ways. Here's five different wood finishes with a heat gun! Heat guns are a really unique and really inexpensive tool to add to your DIY arsenal. We got this Wagner Heat Gun last month and have...
Three Variations of a Custom Closet
There's nothing better than a custom closet. OK, that's not 100% true, but a custom closet is definitely an upgrade. When you move into a new place and all it has in the closet is one builder's grade wire shelf that you're supposed to hang all of your clothes on and stack the rest of...
How to Create an Ombre Look with Spray Paint
Want to use paint to give something a gradient or interesting paint job? Here's How to Create an Ombre Look with Spray Paint! You may or may not remember that we previously had a snake plan next to our TV stand. Well, it wasn't doing too hot, so I moved it over to be near...
Move over Hygge: How to Lagom your Home
Last fall was all about hygge, which means making your home cozy and comfortable. This year is all about Lagom (rhymes with pom). What is lagom? Lagom is a Swedish word with a definition or translation meaning not too much, not too little - just the right amount. Lagom is about creating a balanced life....
How To Paint an Exterior Door With a Paint Sprayer
Want to paint your exterior door? It's easiest to do if you remove the door from the hinges, but here's how to do it without! I am all about a colored door! Especially since our walls are all gray, painting a door was a great way to bring a pop of color into a room....
Tile Back Splash vs. Painted Back Splash
Ahh, the age old question. Tile back splash vs. painted back splash. Since the first cave person put a bucket in the corner of their hut and called it a kitchen, people have asked how to protect their walls from splashing. OK, maybe this is an exaggeration, but in today's day of people going the...
Have Eclipse FOMO?
Today is the eclipse, y'all! We took the day off of work (work-work and blog-work) to enjoy the fact that we are in the path of totality here in Charleston and will get to see a full eclipse this afternoon. Heck, even schools are off today around here! But, we know that not all of...
Blogger Profile: Saws on Skates
We've mentioned our trip to the Haven Conference a lot since we went in July, but we met a ton of amazing people there, both bloggers and sponsors. We met a lot of bloggers who are doing some amazing stuff and we wanted to take time to profile a couple of our new friends. Our...
How to add a barn door lock
Barn doors are super trendy right now. We built one from scratch last year between our master bedroom and bathroom. It works perfectly, but one of the biggest questions we get is "how does it lock?" Well, it didn't... until now. If you're looking to add a barn door lock to your sliding barn door,...
Unique Gallery Wall Layout Ideas
Gallery walls are a great way to fill up a big blank wall, but there are so many different gallery wall layout ideas! Whether you are working with an empty space, above a couch, around a TV, or over a bed, gallery wall layouts can be adjusted to fit any space. We have hung a...
DIY Wood Burned Stool
Check out this simple DIY stool build that is made unique by using a heat gun to burn the wood! Today we have a DIY wood burned stool for you that we're really excited to share. This project turned out better than I expected and love how we got to try out two new tools...
Gorgeous Living Room Furniture that you wouldn't believe came from COSTCO
Looking for beautiful living room furniture at a great price? Here's the best living room furniture for sale at Costco right now! So, we go to Costco about once a month. I this month, I noticed (how could you miss it!) that they had brought out the furniture. When I think of Costco living room...
What I've learned about growing grass
Wondering how to grow grass? Here is what we learned from a ton of trial and error! We've been in our house for a year now and when we moved in, there was very little grass anywhere. I'm talking like 40% grass in the backyard and 30% grass in the front yard. Our backyard is...