I don't know about you, but I love seeing my kiddo dress up as his favorite superheroes! When designing his new bedroom, I wanted to have all of his kids' costumes right at his fingertips. His friends especially love emerging from his room as all kinds of different characters! Kid's costume display breakdown At our previous house, I had used a metal wall organizer (similar to this one!) in the laundry room for our mail and keys, but decided to go a different route for that in our new … [Read more...]
DIY Lego Room Shelves for less than $10
With so many awesome Lego creations that my sweetie pie puts together, I wanted to find a great inexpensive way to display all of this awesome creativity. With just four pieces of pine plywood (mine was leftover from another project), some clear coat polyurethane, and black shelf brackets from IKEA, I created some great DIY Lego Shelves and have added great space for tons of Lego displays. Here what you'll need for these easy DIY Lego Shelves :) Choice of wood (I used pressed pine) cut to … [Read more...]
Kid’s Interactive Pegboard Art Display
There is just SO MUCH you can do with good 'ole pegboard. After completing my son's secret nerf gun storage hideout loft bed project (I know that's a mouthful!) we had an extra sheet of pegboard leftover. Coupled with my desire to cover up as much of the wall in my basement due to the exuberance of whoever was in charge with spraying on the texture , I took this opportunity to create a unique interactive pegboard art display for kids :)! This project was super simple as I just painted the … [Read more...]
DIY Alphabet and Numbers Artwork
Our little guy came home from school one day with these awesome pieces of artwork. I knew immediately I wanted to showcase these babies in his Lego/Makerspace Room. We love this simple art project to add some color to a kiddos space! Here's what you'll need: 2 pieces of whatever sized paper you want for your art piece. We used 12” x 18”SharpieWater color paints and paintbrush Instructions for Numbers Artwork You, or your kiddo, draw a grid of 4x5 squares (3 lines vertically and 4 … [Read more...]
How to Paint a Brick Fireplace
It's a little scary to paint over brick, I admit. But in soooo many examples that I have seen from other brave souls, I always like how it turns out! So, I figured I'd give it a go and makeover our living room fireplace by painting it white as I wanted something more light and fresh feeling. Here it is before with the (previous) green walls and oak trim. To get started, I primed the fireplace with Zinsser Bullseye 1-2-3 high hiding gray primer. This baby had some super deep grout lines so … [Read more...]