Category: Furniture Building

How To Build A Rustic Kitchen Island Part 2: Finishing And A Budget

March 24, 2016

Welcome to our second installment of kitchen island building where we can official stick a fork in the island building…

How To Build A Rustic Kitchen Island Part 1: Framing and Drawers

March 21, 2016

First of all, major thanks to everyone who showed us the love on our newly completed kitchen island. We’re absolutely…

Meet Our Rustic Kitchen Island

March 14, 2016

Last week we had one of those triumphant moments. The kind where you feel like Mr. Rocky Balboa at the…

The Tale Of Two Tables: And An Initial Craft Room Tour

February 17, 2016

Craft room table frame built from recycled barn wood from our farmhouse property and table top built from old shelves.

A Beefy Post About How To Build A Beefy Desk

June 2, 2013

Consider yourself warned…this post is beefy…to match our beefy desk! I know…I got all (sarcastic) “original” up in the blog…

Mean Green Bookcase Painting Machine

March 11, 2013

I’m getting ahead of myself tonight with this project. Or maybe I’m just REALLY behind. Depends on how you look…

Entrifical Force

January 30, 2013

It’s official…our entry is done! And done with pizazz, otherwise known as entrifical force. And an entrifical force our entry…

How To Re-Upholster A Chair

January 23, 2013

Tonight we’ve got the third and final installment of the $5 thrift chair refinishing saga. I know, exciting stuff. We…

How To Fix A Broken Chair Spring

January 21, 2013

So let’s pick up right where we left off. Yesterday, I revealed the new chair for the craft room, which…

New Threads For The Five Dollar Thrift Store Chair

January 20, 2013

Dude…I’m gettin’ on it. Get your mind out of the gutter. By “gettin’ on it” I mean getting things done…

An Early American Love Story

January 9, 2013

I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it! One hundred thousand space bucks to the…

DIY Rustic Bench For The Entry

January 7, 2013

I’m about to unleash some serious words of wisdom here so everyone grab a pen and a notepad…bonus points if…

Potting Green

April 19, 2012

In the recent weeks I’ve alluded to this awesome thing that Colby has been building me. Well hold on to…

Wined Down Rewound

April 16, 2012

This little project definitely belongs in the “2012…Year of the Nagging Project” category. It’s the wine rack in the dining…

Toto, We’re Not In College Anymore

March 1, 2012

It’s official Toto, we’re not in college anymore. I’m nearly 7 years out of college and I’m pretty sure Colby…

Floating Shelf Foray

February 12, 2012

This weekend we checked another item off the good ol’ parlor/office to-do list. We installed some floating shelves. And because…

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Angie's Roost Campbell Family in front of home in 2021

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