With the price of outdoor furniture these days, I tend to look for ways I can create what I need with little to no money. I made these tables last year and wanted to spruce them up a bit for entertaining this summer. I was given a set of wire planter holders and knew right away that I wanted to…
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Last year TJ made this outdoor bar for our son’s wedding. We wanted to do concrete countertops, but ran out of time. We decided to install a 2×6 wood top instead. We torched the wood for a different kind of finish. I never applied the right kind of sealer to keep the “burn” from fading, so it was necessary to…
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A show of hands if you are a fan of barbed wire art like me! I especially LOVE the stars! I found a pretty simple way to craft your very own barbed wire star of any size that you choose. The example I show today is about 12″. Here are the few things you will need: While wearing gloves, I…
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Last week, I showed you how to make farmhouse style planters using plastic coffee ground jugs. (If you missed it, you can find the link here.) This week I’m showing you how to make round, black framed mirrors using the plastic LIDS to the coffee jugs! What?!? Here are the things you will need: The plastic lid (that fit the…
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With the farmhouse look all the rage, we decided to upcycle some of our leftover corrugated metal from our DIY firepit and several plastic coffee containers laying around to make these cute little planters. These are the up-cycled materials that we used. (I know, it’s a lot of stuff. LOL!) We cut the metal with tin snips to the right…
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