We recently shared how we built a beautiful barn door that now hangs in between our master bedroom and bathroom. One final step in this process is to repair the door jamb. I waited a few days to make sure that we liked the barn door (we love it!) just because it makes it a...
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The Easiest Way to Hang String Lights on a Screened Porch
The backyard is basically the biggest reason we bought our house. The amazing view of the lake makes waking up each morning and walking outside a dream. Add to that evenings sitting outside on the screened porch with a cold beverage, we're really enjoying our choice. We eat as many of our meals on the...
Gorgeous Kauai Photo Triptych Over the Bed
Want to turn a photo into a triptych and frame it? Here is how we did it DIY style! Now that we've covered the walls of our bedroom with a fresh coat of paint, we needed to start accessorizing so that the room didn't look barren. We started with newly refinished campaign dressers and wall-mounted...
Mounting Desk Lamps on the Wall
Considering mounting desk lamps on your wall? It's a great DIY hack! Here is how to do it. Last week, we told you about how we bought some authentic campaign dressers on craigslist and refinished them as our side tables. They look awesome and are perfect for storage and as tables. The unfortunate thing is...
How to Mount a Barn Door Using TC Bunny Hardware from Amazon
Yesterday we shared with you how to build a rustic barn door like the one we constructed to go between our master bedroom and bathroom. Building the door was super easy, but when it came to mounting it, that was a different story. We ordered the TCBunny Sliding Door Hardware from Amazon and had a...
FREE PDF Plans - Build a Rustic Barn Door the Easiest & Cheapest Way
If you are wondering how to build a rustic barn door, we are laying out the full tutorial in this blog post! This post will show you exactly how to make a barn door for your home. We will also share the cost and DIY barn door plans. Add this easy DIY to your to...
A Campaign Dresser and Side Table Makeover
Sometimes, the Craigslist odds are really in your favor. I have been looking for campaign furniture non-seriously for years. How can you not crush on the sleek lines and shiny hardware? I have never really had a place for it. But, now we do. In the condo, I used the side of my vanity as...
A New Bar Set Up
One of the things that we were really excited about in buying a house was having a home bar. Not a wet bar or anything like that, just a nice piece of furniture to store liquor and wine and use during parties or even when it is just us. So, I started trolling Craigslist. I...
How to Make a Super Simple DIY Tile Serving Tray
Today I have a really quick & sweet DIY tile tray for you. Since we got our new bar, I have been looking for ways to style it. I tend to go too blank or too junky with my styling, but have been reading a lot of tutorials lately that suggest using trays to corral...
I stripped for the first time this weekend...
How's that for a catching title? I hate to disappoint you, but no, I didn't put this gorgeous piece of man-body out for the world to see. Instead, I pulled out the weather stripping around our front door that was broken and missing in places and replaced it with new weather stripping. I honestly didn't...
How to update & modernize your ceiling fan
Want to update your ceiling fan without replacing it? Here are some easy ideas to make them more stylish! If you read a lot of DIY or decorating blogs you probably know that most design-minded people hate two types of lights - the boob light and the ceiling fan. I think that every single light...
An Egg-cellent Swing Update
Our front porch has the perfect little nook for a rocking chair or a swing. I was thinking about what I wanted to fill the space when Sean informed me that his dad was offering us anything that we wanted from his house's yard and shed (since he sold it and wouldn't need to take...
How to Replace a Garage Door Keypad
When we moved in, another thing we didn't notice about the place was how they garage door keypad on the outside of the garage didn't work. We thought we just needed the code, but it turns out that the keypad itself had no batter or connection ports. We decided it would be easier to just...
Minnesota, dontcha know?
This weekend we flew up to Minnesota for the wedding of one of my oldest friends. They live in Buffalo now, but met in Minnesota where he was in grad school and she grew up. We always joke about it and call it #Minnesocold, but it has never disappointed. It was in the 70's while...
What to do with a Formal Living Room
One thing that we insisted that we didn't want when we were house hunting was a formal living room. What a waste of space! We would never sit there. We aren't fancy people. Well, we got a formal living room. Our formal living room (I am trying to call it the "front room" to make...
Painting our Bathroom Vanity
Want to paint your bathroom vanity? Here's how we did it! It's amazing what a little paint can do. Last week, we told you about how we scraped and painted the popcorn ceilings in our master bathroom. That was just phase one of our mini master bathroom makeover. We had to paint the walls too...
Choosing Paint Colors in the Master Suite
Paint is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to refresh a room, but it's not something that we have had to do in a while. So, it was a whole refresher for us on how to choose paint colors, and now that we've painted both the master bedroom and bathroom and are happy with...
Homeowner Fail: How to get Dried Paint off of Carpet
Want to know how to get dried paint off of carpet? Here is the technique that worked best for us! Last week I came home to a great surprise. And by great I mean big and terrible. We had just finished painting our master bathroom around midnight the night before, and in our exhaustion didn't...
Our Top Tips on How to Scrape Popcorn Ceilings
If you're planning to scrape your popcorn ceilings soon, here are our top tips on what to do to have the best results! If you are house hunting and seeing a lot of houses built in the 90's in the south, there is a good chance that you are seeing a lot of popcorn ceilings....
Give it a Sparkle
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GiveItASparkle #CollectiveBias Happy Monday folks! We are in full-fledged DIY land here at the Charleston Crafted household, trying to make some good progress on our mini-master suite makeover before we head out to Minnesota for a wedding this weekend....
Our Initial Yard Plan
One of the things I was most excited about with buying a house was the prospect of a yard. I had a huge yard as a kid and really wanted space to call our own outdoors. I wanted to do yard work and I wanted a place for CiCi to run around like an insane...
How to Repair Broken Plantation Shutters
Have the blinds broken out of your shutters? Here's our simple step by step guide on How to Repair Broken Plantation Shutters. Unfortunately for me, I now know how to repair broken plantation shutters. Fortunately for you, I can now teach you all about plantation shutter repair. Broken plantation shutters can come in a lot...
New Homeowner Fails: Water Pipe Edition
We love DIY and love trying new things. Morgan and I see ourselves as being very handy people, but being a homeowner has thrown a lot of things at us that we never saw before. Back in the condo, everything was pretty squared away and we only had to worry about things inside the walls....
Our Housewarming Party!
This weekend we held the first party at our new house! We have been working very hard to get unpacked and organized and get some of our initial projects done on the house, so we were ready to show it off. We invited our friends and about 10 sets of neighbors that we've met and...
More Little Updates in the New House
We are finally feeling in the groove in our new house. While our "big projects" for the month of August are the master bathroom and bedroom ceilings and walls and getting a contractor to look at some walls downstairs (yay!) we are still working on a lot of small projects every day. Here's the latest...
What to do if None of your Bathroom Outlets Work
When we moved into our home, it took us a while to realize that a lot of outlets didn't work. The bathrooms, the laundry room, and the screened porch all had non-functioning outlets. There were no reset buttons on the outlets and I had no idea how to fix it. We lived like that for...
Condo Profits & What We Did With Them
I went back and forth on sharing the details of our condo profits on the blog, but decided that the numbers are all public record and that some of you might find it interesting. I don't share it to brag or show off. We are not rich. We currently feel very very poor as we...
Master Bathroom Mini Makeover: The Plan
When we bought our new house, we knew that we would want to fully re do the master bathroom. However, we are prioritizing the kitchen and downstairs above it and so most likely won't get to a bathroom makeover for at least 12 months. So, in the meantime, we wanted to do a mini-makeover to...
How to Change a Rusted Old Mailbox
When we moved into our new house, there were a lot of little things we realized we hadn't noticed during our walk throughs. Like how there weren't any blinds or curtains in the whole place. Also, how the mailbox had no pull tab and no flag. WTF. It seems stupid, but it's one of those...
The Condo Sold! Things we'll miss & a breakdown
This week, we sadly had to say goodbye to our beloved condo that we turned into our first home. Our condo was an amazing place for us to begin our lives together. It's where we first lived together, where we planned our wedding together, where we came home from amazing trips to Italy, Yellowstone and...
A Mattress In A Box?!
Interested in a GelFoamBed mattress in a box? Here is our honest review! ;lkjaajsdafljkjlewopppppwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwvmmmmmmmmmmmaod. Whoa, excuse me. Sorry, I fell asleep typing while lying here on the most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on. For real. We got a mattress in a box (a what?) from GelFoamBed for our new bed and oh man, it's...
King Me
One thing that we were really excited about with the new house was getting a king sized bed. Like really really excited. We had actually been sleeping on a double bed since May and were so very excited for the space and comfort of a king. Sean shared some of the beds that we were...
Getting the Guest Bathroom Ready for Guests
We are finally starting to feel like the new house is unpacked and we can start working on more projects! A big deadline that we have is that my parents are coming to visit this weekend, so we want to have the guest spaces ready for them. I mean, they're going to be using cardboard...
Organizing Our Garage
Hey there! Below was our original garage organization, but we've since redone it in a MUCH better way. We have new permanent solutions in there and you should check out the final product! One of the things we were looking for when buying a house was a man cave/second living space. We ended up choosing...
Little Updates & Moving Woes
Today I just wanted to round up a few of the little projects that we have been working on in our new home. Alone, they aren't quite blog-worthy, but they do sort of add up to something. On that note, we really thought that we would have so much more done by now. I had...
The best Ways to Get Rid of Ants
Have an ant infestation in your home? Here are the best ways to get rid of ants! Say goodbye to pesky ants and reclaim your home! When we bought our new house, we quickly realized that we had a pretty major ant infestation. Luckily, they are just small black ants and not big fire ants...
How to frost glass windows
Wondering how to frost glass windows in your home? It's easier than you might think using frosted window film! Here's how. It's funny the things that you do and don't notice when you tour a house. People notice layout and paint colors but often overlook the little details. One little detail that we totally overlooked was...
Plantation Shutters in the Living Room
Whew, it's been a heck of a week since we moved in to our new house! When we were inspecting the house before we closed, we noticed that none of the windows had any sort of blinds or anything to cover them. So, considering we were going out of town the first weekend after moving...
Tropical DIY Driftwood Planter
Want to make yourself a DIY driftwood planter? This tutorial will show you how to add driftwood to any pot! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CompleteWithGlade #CollectiveBias We love living so close to the beach and use our Charleston location as inspiration for...
Weekend Recap: Trip to Richmond
Even in the middle of our big house move, we had to take time out this past weekend to head to Richmond, Virginia, for my father's wedding. It's about seven hours from Charleston by car, so not quick, but not too terribly long either, and we had an audio book to keep us going. We...
Moving Weekend Recap
Wow, this was a really long weekend of moving in the extreme heat. I don't know exactly what we expected, but everything took a lot more time and was a lot more difficult than we anticipated. Regardless, we have officially moved! We still own the condo through the end of the month, but for all...
New Home To Do List
We are so excited about our new home! One thing that we really wanted in a home was projects and oh boy did we get it. Here is our preliminary project list. Front of house: Add swing to front porch Paint door Update gold door hardware Update landscaping in front of house Plant and grow...