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Faux Wood Tiles: Phase 1 complete.

I'm still not entirely sure what I got myself into when I decided to use plywood patterned floor tutorial on my home office wall, but there is no going back now!

It took 2 weeks for me to cut and nail the tiles to the wall. As usual, I underestimated the work but dang she looks good! And so far it seems to be highly forgiving of my mistakes. Next up:

- spray painting the space between the tiles gold 🖌️
- sanding the wall 😑
- painting the final color 🥰

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Let's talk tools. Swipe to learn the top 5 power tools every beginner DIYer should have, then make sure to save this for future reference!

Do you agree or disagree with my list? Which power tools are your top 5?

Well hello there 👋🏿.

There are some new faces hanging around this place and I thought we should get to know each other.

My name is Jennifer and I'm an ER nurse with an addiction to DIY. Except I have a bad habit of only finishing 95% of them. There isn't anything I'm not willing to try at least once and show you while I do it. I take on purposeful DIY projects, but make it pretty. Plus we are bougie on budget over here.

5 facts about me:

1. I can't whistle to save my life. Never have.
2. I'm fluent in Spanish but haven't taught it to my kids. Don't come for me.
3. I have a gap in my front teeth. I used to be super self conscious about it. But recently a coworker told me that in Africa, this is a sign of beauty and fertility!
4. I love playing dominoes and spades. I haven't played either in a while but I'm pretty good at them.
5. I've moved 8 times in my life. With another move coming. Hoping the one after that is my last. 10th time is the charm right.

Tell me a little something about yourself in the comments 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

DIY Bed Canopy :early Christmas gift for the little one. She's at a play date now, you think she'll like it when she gets home?

For a few months, my 8 year old has been asking me for a canopy with lighting for her bed. I had bought her a cheap canopy last year that our cats tore to shreds 😕.

I browsed Amazon, but anything that matched the vision in my head and that wasn't made of the same fabric our cats destroyed was well over $50.

So $10 in sheer curtains and $10 in LED fairy lights + supplies from my hoarder stash ( ceiling curtain rod holders and 2 ft of a wooden dowel) later I think I can claim success!

To get the cheap curtains to sit on both sides, I cut slits on the top few inches to make tabs. I alternated a tab from each curtain when I fed it through the dowel rod. No need to be neat since it all ruched at the top!

You think she'll like it?