Turning shanty to chic one bargain at a time
***I have completed the matching benches to this table and you can get the plans for the benches HERE!*** Happy Friday! Holy moly, I am so excited to share my latest build with you! I had to take a break from all the Christmas posts to share my new farmhouse table because I just couldn’t {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I am kind of feeling “on top of things” right now because it is not even December and I already have a few things crossed off of my Christmas list. One of those being our Teacher gifts this year! I usually wait until the last minute and throw something together but this year {…Read More…}
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***UPDATE: The Canvas People are very sorry for this misunderstanding and want to make it up to the Shanty2chic readers with a special deal ~ available to you only! They are offering our readers ONLY a FREE 8×10 canvas available through December 31, 2012. Click HERE to take advantage of this offer! An 11×14 for {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I am so excited to share my first Christmas decor for the year! A very easy, thrifty and CUTE, wooden Christmas ornament It’s perfect to hang from the tree, a door knob or even a fun teacher’s gift! Here’s how you can make your own! I purchased 3 unfinished wooden blocks and {…Read More…}
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Hey there! We are so excited about the Olympic Paint ColorClix App available on smartphones! With this awesome smartphone app, Olympic Paint helps take the guesswork out of choosing the perfect paint color that you’ll love living with! This App gives you fresh inspiration and easy color selection for absolute color confidence, making it so {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I have been trying to decorate my kids bathroom for quite a while now. I’ve been torn on a style/theme because I have two older boys and a baby girl. I need something unisex but I also want it to be a “kids bathroom”. I knew right when I saw the awesome alphabet {…Read More…}
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Our little sister’s family just moved into their new home and Whitney and I have been helping her fill it up with all sorts of DIY fun! The latest addition is a large Pallet sign to display over her mantle! It cost about $15 total and was sooooo easy to make Here’s how I did {…Read More…}
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Hey there! So, remember my Pumpkin Planter Box I shared last week? Well, I wanted to add a little something to it! I made this fun Wooden Fall Sign for free with scrap wood! I lucked out and didn’t need to make any cuts. I used a 1×2 and a 1×8! I {…Read More…}
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Hey there! We have another awesome giveaway from our friends at Moen! Meet the new Moen Twist! It is the newest handheld shower offering style, quality, pressure, full coverage and a variety of spray options! What do we love about the new Moen Twist? ~ You can easily switch between the handheld shower’s four spray {…Read More…}
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Happy Monday! I love everything about Fall and was so excited to decorate my porch for the season! To start it off I came up with this fun Fall Front Porch Planter box filled with cute pumpkins! It was so easy and only cost me $20! Our latest shopping trip included an Ikea clearance {…Read More…}
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This is my most FAVORITE build to date! I say that a lot but I mean it every time! It all started when I fell madly in LOVE with this adorable Library Flat-File Coffee Table that I found while scouring the latest Pottery Barn catalog. Love at first sight…right It came with an $899 price {…Read More…}
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Thank you for entering. The contest is now closed. Congratulations to Mary, we have contacted you by email! When we built our house a few years ago we were bombarded with upgrades galore. We had to pick and choose the items we were willing to pay the inflated price for and bathroom faucets were {…Read More…}
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Hey guys! It’s that time again! The Canvas People are running another promo for a FREE 8×10 canvas (you pay shippin) or 50% a larger size with free shipping! You can never have too many canvases! We love to display them all over our homes for decor! You guys know us… we are all about cheap! {…Read More…}
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So, I have had a giant empty space above my refrigerator that has been haunting me since we moved in. Why on earth the cabinets do not continue over the refrigerator is beyond me. I’m convinced it was just to challenge my brain. I have just left it bare because anything I imagined up there seemed to compete {…Read More…}
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So, Whitney and I had one of the greatest experiences in our blogging career, recently. Our friends from Oreck invited us to film for one of their new products that they will be launching very soon! We had a blast filming and just received some fun pictures from that day and we are excited to share them {…Read More…}
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We were so excited and honored when Ana White asked us to be a part of her first book, The Handbuilt Home! We have had to keep it hush-hush for quite a while but it is FINALLY time! The Handbuilt Home is now available for preordering and will be released on October 9, 2012! When Ana asked us each to build pieces, from her {…Read More…}
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Well, it’s back-to-school next week and this is always a hectic time in our house! I did manage to whip up these cute Chalkboard Tags and I love how versatile, cheap and easy they were! Here’s how easy they were:) I purchased a bag of these unfinished, wood circles at Hobby Lobby. They are uner $1 after the %50! {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I’m so excited to share my new Anthropologie Inspired Printers Cabinet! I was smitten with the Anthropologie original I spotted but at a whopping $1,698.00, I knew that I needed to enlist the help of our very talented friend, Ana White! Here are the steps I took to build this baby, with Purebond Plywood, for $200 ~ INCLUDING {…Read More…}
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Last week I shared pictures of my Stenciled Photo Frame and now I’m back with the tutorial! These were SO easy to make and only cost $5 each! I was lucky and had left over Purebond Plywood scraps from a recent project (I will share soon;) but if you don’t have scraps, you can purchase a 2×4 {…Read More…}
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I’m back with my super easy tutorial on how to make wood look old, like I did with my Mason Jar Centerpieces last week! It was so quick and easy and I love the look! I started with one coat of Rust-Oleum Dark Walnut stain I then followed with 2 coats of Rust-Oleum Heirloom White spray {…Read More…}
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Hey guys! I built a super fun and functional vintage-looking soda crate this week. I got my inspiration from Ana’s! I modified mine quite a bit and I just LOVE it! Here’s how I made it for $12! I purchased 1 1×6 @ 8ft. and cut it down. You can use a hand saw for this! 4 @ 11″ {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I just built the easiest sawhorses EVER! Not only am I happy to give my knees and back a break from working on the garage floor, I’m doing it in Shanty style! I built these cuties for $24 for the set and it took about an hour:) If you have just started building, or {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I’m still working on my guest bathroom this week! The last few weekends I have painted the walls, framed the mirror and built a towel hook. I put together this fun Chevron Wall Art this weekend and it was inexpensive, quick and easy…SCORE! Here’s how I made it for about $15! I purchased 1.5 yards {…Read More…}
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Hey guys! I decided to take a break from building and get back to my bathroom redecorating. I haven’t done a thing since I painted the walls and added a DIY bathroom frame. I have been waiting for an idea to come to me for a hand towel hook so when it came…I had to {…Read More…}
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Hey guys! I just finished one of my favorite DIY projects yet! I have been wanting a vintage looking bench for my entry for quite sometime and our awesome friend Ana White came to the rescue, once again! She sent me a picture of this bench…I fell in LOVE immediately and with Ana’s Vintage DIY Bench plans, {…Read More…}
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Hey there! We are back and officially rested from the Haven conference. This was our first blogging conference to attend and WOW we had a blast! We want to share a few pictures of the friends we me while we were there! Yep…that’s our friend Ana White It was so awesome to meet this {…Read More…}
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Hey there! We are so excited to share another Canvas People deal with you again! We LOVE the opportunity to add more canvases to our photo wall collages…cheap! If that is you too then you will LOVE this deal from the Canvas People! Now through the end of June, the Canvas People want to offer {…Read More…}
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Hey there! You may remember the Pottery Barn inspired Lounge Chairs that I built last summer for my patio. Well, I really wanted the matching umbrella side table {tables} to match however, it is on sale for $299…. Pottery Barn Chesapeake Umbrella Stand ~ $299 Wayyyyy out of my budget (of course) Thanks to our friend {…Read More…}
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This post brought to you by VTechKids. All opinions are 100% mine. Hi friends! Recently I was asked to review the Vtech Switch & Go Dinos. Being the mom of 5 under the age of 9, I guess I could be considered a ‘pro’ in the toy department This is what they look like in the {…Read More…}
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Hey there! I love a good summer BBQ, swim party or just hanging out on the patio with family and friends! We bought a patio set about 2 years ago and between the hot, Texas sun and chlorine, our table and chairs were looking awful. I couldn’t let them welcome in summer with faded, flat {…Read More…}
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