Tommy & Ellie

If you like to avoid sewing as much as possible (which I do, because I stink at sewing), window cornices or pelmet boxes are a great way to dress up your windows with just some fabric and a staple gun.
Here’s my quick supply list:
- Staple gun

After receiving several suggestions from one of our recent blog posts, I decided to whip up a frame for the TV. I also thought it would be a fun little surprise for Ellie to come home to.
My vision for the TV frame is essentially just a box that fits overtop of the TV and then just sits on it. The TV itself is very securely mounted to the wall (large lag screws ratcheted into several wall studs) but you would still want to be careful...

Let me start off by saying……I would not build another one the way that I built this one. It’s tremendously hard to be this cheap. My goal was to spend the least amount of money possible to build an apothecary table for our front entry...

So far, I feel great about our 2012 project list because we already crossed one project off and we’ve got another in progress.
1) Install “Arctic Ice” back splash from Home Depot in the Kitchen.
2) Lay and stain hardwood floors in the kitchen and family room to match our existing hardwood in the dining room and foyer. Labor intensive and challenging, but if we do everything ourselves, we can save $3 – $4,000....