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June 17, 2018 by Heather

DIY Restoration Hardware Wall Shelf for Under $20

After installing this shelf during our laundry room makeover, a friend pointed out that it looks just like a restoration hardware wall shelf that costs hundreds of dollars . Of course I was thrilled. There’s nothing better than knowing I can help people save a ton of money. Our shelf was really cheap to make, and so simple to install. The board was around $5 and the plumbing pieces were a couple of dollars each (and they are cheaper if you buy in bulk). You can make this DIY Restoration Hardware wall shelf even if you don’t own a saw!

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May 15, 2018 by Heather

How to Replace Your Deck with a Lowe’s Composite Deck by Tropics

This post was sponsored by Lowe’s Home Improvement. All of the opinions of the Tropics Composite Deck and other Lowe’s products, are our own.

It has been a long hard winter in western New York. We are well into spring and it was still snowing just last week. So what did we do? We decided to install a deck. 😉 Well, Mike did all of the work and he was out there in snow, sleet, ice, rain and wind. He really couldn’t get a break with the weather, but even with mother nature working against him he got it installed in time for warm temps! Although it was time consuming, the installation process was easy enough for him to do on his own. In this post he’s sharing how to install the Tropics Composite Deck from Lowe’s.

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April 15, 2018 by Heather

The Easiest Way to Update a Boring, Flat Door

While we were updating our laundry room and back hall, we painted all of the trim and doors white. I thought white paint would be a good fix for our ugly, beige flat door that leads to our garage. But all it did was make it an ugly, boring WHITE flat door. #FAIL

We didn’t plan on doing anything else to the door. But we also didn’t originally plan on Extending our laundry room cabinets to the ceiling or Installing concealed hinges on our cabinet doors.

So what’s one more surprise project, right?

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April 1, 2018 by Heather

How to Install Concealed Hinges on Cabinet Doors

Our laundry room is moving along nicely but I’ve added another quick project! When we removed the cabinet doors I realized I really wanted concealed hinges installed before we put them back up. The husband just loves making me happy (or is it that he loves playing with new tools?)so he installed them for me. At first he was worried it wouldn’t work because our cabinet doors are quite thin, but where there’s a will there’s a way(my will, his way)!

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March 15, 2018 by Heather

Easy Furniture Makeover with Rustoleum Aged Gray Chalk Paint

This charming little piece of vintage fun sits in my foyer. She’s been a cute teal color for a few years. It was time for a change and I decided to use chalk paint to give her a makeover!

Chalk paint seems really different and overwhelming if you haven’t used it before, but I promise it’s so easy! It is the perfect paint to use on an already finished piece because you don’t have to strip the old paint. [Read more…]

March 12, 2018 by Heather

How To Extend Your Cabinets To The Ceiling In Under An Hour For $20 Or Less

We are giving our laundry room a makeover! Most of the makeover is painting, but we also did this really inexpensive modification to our cabinets that has taken them to a whole new level(get it?) By simply using some wood and molding to bring the cabinets to the ceiling, we changed the look of the entire room!

This project was very simple. It took Mike less than 20 minutes. He wrote up some simple instructions on how to do it so that you can do it at home! Here is how to extend your cabinets to the ceiling:

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March 5, 2018 by Heather

10 Beautiful Farmhouse Style Kitchen Makeovers

You’ve never seen a picture of my kitchen (at least I hope not) and I promise you there is a very good reason. We bought this house because of the location, layout and potential. We did not buy it because of the kitchen. It’s fine, it’s functional and its hid-e-ous. Yet, every time I think about renovating it I choose a different project. A kitchen remodel is overwhelming in every way. So many choices, so much time, so much mess and soooo much money. With the cost of kitchens these days you can do like 700 other house projects or one kitchen.

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February 17, 2018 by Heather

How to Easily Install Bi-fold Closet Doors

This post was sponsored by Lowe’s Home Improvement. All of the opinions of my elegant closet organizer, masonite heritage bi-fold closet doors, and other Lowe’s products are my own.

Last week we shared my elegant closet makeover with you. The closet was pretty useless but now it’s both pretty and organized. One of the most dramatic changes we made was switching out the old sliding doors and installing bi-fold doors.

This change was all Mike’s idea. When he mentioned it, I pictured ugly bi-fold doors of the 80’s. Then he showed me these Masonite Heritage bi-fold closet doors from Lowes.

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January 1, 2018 by Heather

How to Make a Simple, Gorgeous Bay Window Curtain Rod from Cheap Dowels

Let’s talk about bay windows. They are beautiful but it can also be an expensive nightmare to find window treatments for them. Bay window curtain rods tend to be really ugly or boring.

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November 1, 2017 by Heather

DIY Thanksgiving Cornucopia

My name is Michelle from Our Crafty Mom, a DIY/Home Decor and Craft Blog. I am happy to be back guest posting at Centsible Chateau today! As Thanksgiving is just a few short weeks away, I thought it would be fun to show you how to make a classic Thanksgiving Cornucopia.