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How To Make A Woven Magazine Page Placemat

May 8, 2019 By Meegan 12 Comments

Today I have a fun and easy way to dress up any tablescape for any event. I am going to teach you How To Make A Woven Magazine Page Placemat. It’s your typical type of craft, but I know you are gonna LOVE it!

It’s also the 2nd Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for the Thrifty Style Team to share their incredible and thrifty decorating ideas. It is always a treat to see what everyone comes up with. I will have all the links to their projects listed below.

 

Now to get busy with the tutorial on How To Make A Woven Magazine Page Placemat…

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Seven Home Improvement DIY Projects

April 26, 2019 By Meegan 2 Comments

I love a good DIY project, don’t you? Whether it is for home decor, lighting, the garden, organizing, etc… Today I have collected Seven Home Improvement DIY Projects that YOU are going to love.

My talented blogging friends have created tutorials to help you with your DIY project dilemmas.

They are pretty incredible. So let’s get started.

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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.
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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.

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