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The 3 Essential Tools for Painting High Ceilings
The thought of painting the vaulted ceiling in my home was painful. I let that painful thought sit in my mind for a good 3 months. Then I finally got over it and got to work! Here’s the deal: It doesn’t have to be painful. With the right tools, it’s actually quite simple. Other than the obvious painting items such as paintbrushes, paint, etc., you will need 3 specific tools. An 18-inch roller frame and 18-inch roller. These items will change your world! Seriously. Buy them. Right now. I use them all the time, even in rooms without vaulted ceilings. They make painting projects go about 5 times faster. 2.…
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How to Transform a Room With Removable Wallpaper
Wallpaper. I’d say most people love it or hate it. After buying a 1960’s home and taking down layer after layer of terrible floral-print wallpaper, I definitely hated it. However, removable wallpaper recently piqued my interest. Wallpaper that I could put up and easily take back down again?! I’m sold on this idea! Want to know how easy it is? Here’s a super simple step-by-step tutorial on how to apply removable wallpaper so that it looks great and comes off easily. If you want to see a quick video tutorial, head over to my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/the_handcrafted_haven/ and watch the “Wallpapering” story highlight. Here’s the “After” photo just to keep you inspired…
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How to Stencil Without Paint Bleeding: A Review of Materials
It turns out that there are about a million different types of stencils you can buy. There are also about a million different methods you can use to stencil. Therefore, please, let me SIMPLIFY this for you! I went out and bought a wide array of stenciling products with the goal of finding the very best products and the very best method to use. Below you’ll find a review of products and methods, with a simple recommendation on the best way to stencil. Hopefully this saves you both money and time spent on exploring options! After all my stenciling trial-and-error, I made the above home decor item. And guess what?!…
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5 Easy Tips for Deep Cleaning & Decluttering Your Home in the New Year
The New Year always makes me want to clean and declutter my home. Something about packing up all the Christmas décor makes me want to simplify and start the year fresh. I always feel really motivated and search the internet for hours for the best deep cleaning and decluttering checklist. I get a strong start around Jan 2nd and by about Jan 6th, I’m a few days behind on the checklist and I simply give up. How about you? Do you suffer from the same “quitter’s syndrome” that I do? Well, it’s not you; and it’s not me. It’s the horrible checklist! Ditch the checklist and follow my 5 simple…
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How to Throw a Toddler Birthday Party – The Easy Way!
Before I had kids I thought I’d hate throwing kids’ birthday parties. The thought of spending hours cutting out and painting cardboard so that it looks like a doghouse or something else random sounded painful! Well, turns out I really love throwing birthday parties for my toddler. Why? Because I do it how I like to do it. I do what works for me. Do I spend hours cutting and painting cardboard? Nope! Should other people? Sure, if they want to! For me, here are my three best friends for party-throwing: Pinterest Amazon Prime Walmart Grocery Pickup Seriously. So easy. Then I can focus on the fun parts – the…
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How to Remove Stains from a Bathtub
How to Remove Stains from an Old Bathtub. 2 Simple Ingredients for a DIY Tub Cleaner!
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DIY Rustic Farmhouse Style Coat Rack
I love using old wood I have lying around to make custom home decor items. First, it’s inexpensive. Secondly, I can customize the piece to fit my space exactly right. Thirdly, I get rid of old scrap wood that is filling up my garage! Have I convinced you yet to give this a try? In the following tutorial I am going to show you how to make a rustic farmhouse style coat rack. If you are looking for other easy farmhouse style projects, don’t forget to check out my $5 Blanket Ladder tutorial. Sign up here to get notified of new blog posts via email! Gather your supplies: I bought…
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A Simple Way to Update Old Door Knobs & Vents
Unfortunately for us, our lovely 70s home had 15 nasty brass (aka shiny gold and really ugly) doorknobs in it. It also had about 15 nasty, rusty vents (how do vents get rusty?! I have no idea!). They all looked terrible and I really didn’t feel like spending a ridiculous amount of money buying brand new replacement knobs and vents. Fortunately, Rust-Oleum Spray Paint is one of my favorite products ever. Seriously. It’s amazing. Check out the step-by-step tutorial below for an easy and cheap way to update all the nasty door knobs and vents in your home 🙂 First, the nasty vents (and check out the nasty carpet –…
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How to Update Ugly 70’s Spindles
You know when you walk into a house and this is what you see? 70’s SPINDLES!!! This was one of those things that I told my husband that we definitely needed to update because I just really dislike them. Turns out other remodeling projects took priority when we moved in and these drove me crazy for a few years (haha, yes, YEARS) until one day I randomly walked upstairs and my husband was ripping them out!! Hooray!! I think it was right in the middle of our huge kitchen renovation so I was surprised that we were taking on a new project but I couldn’t have been happier to see…
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DIY Embroidery Hoop Wall Decor: Easy to Make & Less than $10
When I have blank walls I normally just drive to a few stores and find wall decor to hang up (proof here). Sometimes it’s expensive. Sometimes I like it for a few months and then randomly start hating it and replace it again. I’ve never made my own wall decor but I decided to give it a shot to get something truly unique AND really inexpensive. This project took less than an hour to make (seriously, I did it one evening after my son went to bed). Also, it cost me about $10 total but it could cost you $0 if you have these materials already lying around! Simple materials…
