How To Reinforce Metal Shelving in A Rental Home

April 15, 2019 By Meegan 8 Comments

We are finally adjusting to living into our new home. We are so happy and it was a great move for us at the perfect time. It was a long time coming, and worth the wait.

While we started unpacking we realized right away that the shelving in our new place is relatively weak. So we worked through it and figured out How To Reinforce Metal Shelving in Any Home.

Let me show what we did To Reinforce Metal Shelving in Any Home without spending a lot of money or time…

Just in time for the At Home DIY Challenge for April.

My Talented blogging friends ave been busy with their projects and they will be linked at the bottom of this post.

Going to our local hardware store, we purchased Concrete/Stud Wall Clips for under $10. The original wall clips holding the shelves we just not long or strong enough to hold weight.Continue Reading

DIY Shell Shadow Box Made With a Thrifted Find

March 15, 2019 By Meegan 16 Comments

If you have been following me for any length of time, you KNOW how much I love a great thrifted find. AND how fun it is to create something fresh for my cottage in the desert. This week I have created a DIY Shell Shadow Box Made With a Thrifted Find. To me it is similar to something that you might find at Pottery Barn or even Kirkland’s.

Best part? It was just a fraction of the cost. I am excited to show you how I did it…

*This post was updated October 2025.

Easy and Thrifty Spring Centerpiece with Fresh Flowers

March 13, 2019 By Meegan 8 Comments

Well, Spring is just within days. I can already feel it coming on. With the spurts of rain and the temperature slowly rising, I created an Easy and Thrifty Spring Centerpiece with Fresh Flowers.

I am always in the mood for fresh flowers, aren’t you?

I was having a particularly hard day when my husband brought home some flowers to lift my spirits.

(*This post was updated October 2025.)

DIY Small Apartment Storage Ideas

February 15, 2019 By Meegan 18 Comments

As most of you know, we live in a teeny, tiny condo. Soon we will be moving to a “new to us” apartment. It will be a little bigger than where we are now. BUT, we still won’t have a garage. That means I need to create some DIY Small Apartment Storage Ideas.

Since living in a small space for years now, with limited areas for storage, I have used my laundry “closet” for our garage supplies.

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How To Reinforce Metal Shelving in A Rental Home

We are finally adjusting to living into our new home. We are so happy and it was a great move for us at the perfect time. It was a long time coming, and worth the wait.

While we started unpacking we realized right away that the shelving in our new place is relatively weak. So we worked through it and figured out How To Reinforce Metal Shelving in Any Home.

Let me show what we did To Reinforce Metal Shelving in Any Home without spending a lot of money or time…

DIY Shell Shadow Box Made With a Thrifted Find

Easy and Thrifty Spring Centerpiece with Fresh Flowers

Well, Spring is just within days. I can already feel it coming on. With the spurts of rain and the temperature slowly rising, I created an Easy and Thrifty Spring Centerpiece with Fresh Flowers.

DIY Small Apartment Storage Ideas

As most of you know, we live in a teeny, tiny condo. Soon we will be moving to a “new to us” apartment. It will be a little bigger than where we are now. BUT, we still won’t have a garage. That means I need to create some DIY Small Apartment Storage Ideas.

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