Vertical Chess Board I’ve been wanting to make a vertical chess board for a while now. When I told Russ about the idea several months ago he was super excited and surprisingly loved it. His birthday is coming up in less than two weeks and I decided I’m going to make one for him. This […]
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Building Custom 24″ Base Cabinets: DIY Kitchen Cabinet Project 🔨 Making Our Own Kitchen Cabinets We officially kicked off our DIY kitchen cabinet project! Instead of buying pre-made cabinets, we decided to build our own wooden cabinets, using IKEA cabinets as templates. If you’re wondering why we took this route, check out our post on
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Mission: DIY > Projects > For the Home > Ikea Hack: Under Cabinet DrawersMarch 28, 2017 by Mission:DIY Ikea Hack: Under Cabinet Drawers When designing the kitchen I used the IKEA kitchen planner for my house before Russ and I met. I knew I needed to make use of every square inch of space. I found clever ideas for making two separate
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Are you overwhelmed by tiny toys scattered everywhere? Same here! While organizing and donating toys my kids don’t use, we needed a solution to tame the chaos. That’s when I discovered IKEA’s Trofast bins—affordable, practical, and perfect for organizing small items. Inspired, I decided to build a custom wooden frame to house these bins, as
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wall pantry with storage Ikea Hack: Floating Kitchen Pantry Ikea Hack: Floating Kitchen Pantry Ikea Hack: Floating Kitchen Pantry A small kitchen means inventing clever ways to use every square inch of space. Our house is about 1000 square feet and thekitchen is proportionate in size. The door leading out to the back yard is
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We Added Another Closet! Adding a Closet Above the Stairs Although the extra ceiling height may be great for moving a huge couch down the stairs, in our case it is really good for nothing else! We decided to make use of the wasted space above the basement steps by building a new closet above
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How to Make a Floating Bathroom Vanity Floating Bathroom Vanity We couldn’t find a bathroom vanity that fit our budget and the dimensions of our small master bathroom. So with some gained confidence from building our kitchen cabinets we decided to make it ourselves. We love the floating bathroom vanity that we installed in our other house. This
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Our current project is making the bathroom vanity. It is a floating, wall hanging vanity with three drawers and a shallow sink. The bathroom tile is a warm grey and the shower tile is bright white. We were having a really hard time deciding on what to stain our vanity cabinet. At first we thought
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While Russ and I were dating we both owned separate homes. He had been meaning to update his bathroom for quite a while. But with any big project he would need to allow enough time and find other accommodations with it being the only bathroom in the house. I decided, last minute, as in the
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An awesome idea for the kitchen! We’ve been working hard on our kitchen remodel and home addition. The Problem We have a lot of utensils, bottles, and large pots that cannot go in the dishwasher. We always hand-wash and set them out on a dish drying rack or towel on the counter to dry. All of
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