Staining your outdated honey oak trim is easier than you think. No sanding or stripping required. This easy method provides great result for a quick DIY update. If you follow me regularly, you know that I stained my mantel a…
It’s no secret that we have honey oak everywhere in our house – and that I despise it. I have done three semi-big projects so far to cover it up including two bathroom vanities and my kitchen cabinets. Each time,…
Step-by-step instructions on how to use gel stain for an oak mantel makeover. Update your old honey oak trim with this easy process. A few weeks ago posted about what to do with my honey oak trim – paint…
If you’ve been following me very long, you know we did a DIY kitchen update over the last year and a half. We’ve lived in our house for ten years and likely will only be here another year or two,…
Yesterday marks the 1 year blogiversary of Sometimes Homemade! I started a year ago hoping to get back to DIY and crafting and get some projects done that I hadn’t gotten around to. 102 posts later, I’ve done a lot…
I fully intended to get this post up on the last day of May, but the fact that I’m a few days late is pretty much how everything is going lately. May has seemed especially busy. My job is a…
See how to remove water stains from wood using common household products. A few weeks ago, right before I restained our honey oak mantel a darker color, I decided to try to remove the water stains from the top of…
Recently I tackled the project of painting my kitchen cabinets.It was a lot of work, but the end results were so worth it! After painting our bathroom vanity last winter, I really thought hard about also painting my kitchen cabinets…
Each year I take off the week between Christmas and New Year’s from work, and each year I generally try to tackle a home project. One year I organized my basement (wish it would have stayed that way!), and last…
Give your bar stools a new life with these step by step instructions for doing a bar stool makeover. After redoing our kitchen last fall, I had originally planned to just get rid of these bar stools. The longer they…