DIY With Lisa & Ty

Step by Step DIY Lace Painted & Stained Stairs Have you ever wanted to rip all the carpet off your stairs and just do something with whatever you find underneath?  That's exactly what Ty and I did. After I talked about doing ANYTHING to the stairs as long as it wasn't more carpet. We knew we were going to be putting in new flooring in the next month. So no time like that weekend to undertake this project. We start most projects on a Friday night and try to have them done by Saturday night if they are small.  This project took a little longer because of temps and dry time and we were working with ebony stain and that just seems to take FOREVER anyway.  We finished this project that Sunday night and have loved each step of this projects.  While Ty was at work I ripped all the carpet off the stairs. So nice of me right? He came home to this and his reply was "so are we doing this THIS weekend?"  This is the only stair tread we had to replace. We...

As many know, we love a GOOD junk sale! The more junk the better! Previously posted in our Found it! page, there is one Flea Market we never miss! Sparks, KS and White Cloud, KS outdoor flea markets are my favorite in our region! The sales are only twice a year and this past weekend Ty and I took to the road and ventured our way through the treasures. I didn't take pictures this year. I was focused, maybe too focused.  Our weekend started on Thursday and on the heels of a big storm the night before. Several of our favorite vendors were not there on Thursday and many vendors encountered damage from the winds, so sad to see the vendors picking up broken glass and trying to salvage their wares.  Trash bins were filled with broken canopies and other discarded display pieces.  We had spent that previous night in our basement listening to tornado warnings.  Our hearts went out to those vendors who suffered from the storm. Thankful there was no tornados and nothing...

Ahh, spring is in the air! Windows are open and the kids are playing outside which means, I can blog a bit more than I have in the past few months.  Our next project is quite the unique thing.  Ty thought it would be fun to build himself a violin that's a bit more unique than the ones you find everywhere else.  He made this one from an old cigar box and part of an old broken violin. Let's take a look!!  The details here will be vague. Until Ty can help me a bit more. ;)   Ty started with a broken violin, a cigar box, and some other misc. pieces.  Ty added some length to the box and drew the shape of the instrument so it would have the right fit and feel while playing. Next using this lid as a template to get the curves just right a violin needs curves in all the right places. placed a repurposed fingerboard Attached the fingerboard from a discarded violin           ...

This is digging out some old photos from Feb. 2009.  However, it goes to show that Ty and I have been working hard making our house our home for many years.  This project is something that I had wanted so I had a place to store and work on my crafts and scrapbooking.  I wanted to turn a junk filled closet into a functional space for me to work and keep my things in one place instead of dragging it all out from the closet to the dining room every time I wanted to scrapbook.  This bedroom closet is in our kids play room, my thought was that I could work on my projects while our oldest played.  At the time I was expecting our second child so my involvement was 'limited'.  We started by taking out all the wire shelving, you know the kind, white non-functional Empty and freshly painted After it was painted & dry Ty started taking measurements and we talked about how I wanted the shelves and workspace.  I wanted it tall enough to ...