Hey Sawdust Girl friends!! Cara here from Build It Craft It Love It, I am so excited to 'meet' you all today and share my experience of learning how to braze! As part of the "SG Squad", Sandra is challenging us to learn new skills and push ourselves out of our comfort zones. I have not worked with Continue Reading
September 30, 2017
Built-in Office Cabinets
Built-in Office Cabinets My built-in office cabinets. are. done!!!! So, remember when you gave birth and you were like, "I am never going to forget how my body felt", and then three short months later, you totally were on board to possibly have another and go through it all again?? Yeah, it's Continue Reading
September 8, 2017
Built-in Reading Nook
The other day I mentioned how Kristy's new bedroom can transition from a queen sized platform bed into a built-in reading nook. Since the bedrooms in Kristy's house are rather small, I wanted to provide her with a multi-use design that could be easily altered in the future to give the room more Continue Reading
September 6, 2017
Built-in Wardrobes and Platform Storage Bed
Built-in Wardrobes and Platform Storage Bed This is Kristy's bedroom... If you've been following along on her Sawdust Adventure you know she's had some bumps and bruises along the way but the end result is a beautiful bedroom with built-in wardrobes and a platform bed with OODLES of storage! When Continue Reading
August 23, 2017
Declutter with DIY Storage – Cheap Storage in a Snap
Looking for a cheap easy way to declutter counter tops, desks, tables, etc? This DIY storage board with magnetic cups may be just the ticket. Sandra is waist deep in trying to get her plumbing issues situated, and so the continuation of the Jack and Jill reveal is being postponed by a few Continue Reading
August 14, 2017
DIY Wall Decor Art Idea- Upcycled Headboard
DIY wall decor art idea from an upcycled headboard. This is a fun, inexpensive, easy DIY that adds architectural interest to any room. Maddison's bed turned out fabulous; and the added posters defined a large wall space that was a perfect opportunity for some overscale DIY wall decor. We wanted Continue Reading
June 15, 2017
Built-in Dining Room Buffet – Val’s reveal
Val has been working very hard on her Built-in Dining Room Buffet for months. I am very proud of her for sticking with it and striving for excellence. I think her buffet turned out fabulous! She had a few hickups along the way because the wall behind the buffet is VERY "off" and there is like a Continue Reading
June 10, 2017
Built-in Mudroom Lockers – Malisa’s reveal
Built-in Mudroom Lockers Malisa worked really hard on her built-in mudroom lockers over the last two months --and it shows! The entire project is done, including the pocket door, storage lockers, trimming out the doors and doorway and installing floor to ceiling wainscot. It -is- beautiful! The Continue Reading
June 5, 2017
Craft Room Built-in Cabinets
Oh my gosh I did it, I did it, I did it – of course with Sandra’s amazing help. I never thought this day would come. After all the late nights, whining to Sandra, skyping, texting, face timing, working, measuring, cutting, patching, filling, priming and painting my craft room built-in Continue Reading
October 25, 2016
Library Built-in Bookshelves
Library Built-in Bookshelves Fawn's library built-in bookshelves are finished and this is one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever seen --if I do say so myself! I'm alway so proud when projects come together -- proud of the clients who worked so HARD to make the vision come to fruition. Fawn and Continue Reading
September 6, 2016
Chipped Plaster Brick Wall – faux technique
Today I'm sharing how I created this chipped plaster brick wall in my studio. Chipped Plaster Brick Wall The TV will hang in the center of the wall so I only added the faux brick around the perimeter. In my last post, I showed you an update of the TV wall where I had installed brick paneling Continue Reading
November 25, 2015
Large Scrap Wood Arrow
Hi Guys, I'm enjoying all the projects ya'll are sharing on the #sCrapWoodChallenge link up post and on Instagram, twitter and facebook! I spent the day in my shop yesterday building a "just for fun" project for the challenge! I've been building a lot of pull-out storage in my workshop using scrap Continue Reading
April 5, 2015
Blind corner cabinet with NO wasted space!
I spent the entire last week building one cabinet, the blind corner cabinet in my pantry -- but it was worth it! You know I like to use every inch of space so when it came to designing the cabinets for my pantry corner, I had to come up with a really smart plan to give me access to the complete Continue Reading
March 29, 2015
X leg Dining Table
This X leg dining table plan is the table version of the $20 X leg bench plan I designed and built for my front porch. Build this table and two benches and you're set for a new dining room setup! This table is an easy build and requires only a few tools: a drill/driver for fastening and a miter saw Continue Reading
March 23, 2015
BoX Leg Console Table
This BoX Leg Console Table is a variation of my two-toned console table. This one with a large X in the box legs. The X's are a fun addition and are easy to add when you use the technique used in my X leg bench. You could also ad an additional shelf in the middle like in my Three Shelf Console Continue Reading
March 15, 2015
Three Shelf Console Table
This three shelf console table is a variation of my two-toned console table. It's built in exactly the same way with the exception of adding a third shelf. The legs are 2x4's so make sure you buy your wood several weeks (or more) before building to let them dry out as much as possible before Continue Reading
March 14, 2015
Tapered Leg Bench – Easy DIY Project Build
This easy tapered leg bench can be built completely out of plywood if you like the look of plywood edges. OR, use 1x3 wood of your choice. Pine is inexpensive and available at most home improvement stores. Or you could build it out of MDF, sand the edges well and paint the whole thing. Finish Continue Reading
March 13, 2015
Plans for China Hutch Base
I partnered with QuikDrawers.com to bring you the free plans for the China Hutch. QuikDrawers sells custom drawers sized to the 1/16". Available in plywood or solid birch. Dovetail construction, pre-finished and you can get them bored and notched if you have specialty hinges so all you have to Continue Reading
March 6, 2015
How to cut beadboard to fit around decorative moulding.
Since I installed beadboard as the backing for my upper China hutch cabinets, I wanted a beadboard backsplash in the open portion between the two corbels. But Dang! I wish I would have waited to add trim to my corbels until after I installed them and the beadboard. Simply slapping up a piece of Continue Reading
March 4, 2015
Easy DIY Corbels
I wanted corbels that would fill the space between the upper cabinets and the base cabinets to make it appear like a single piece of furniture. These corbels are really easy to make and since I made them entirely out of scraps I had in my "sCrap pile", they were also very cheap (free)! Each Continue Reading
March 2, 2015
China Hutch base
OK y'all, we're getting back to the kitchen renovation this week and I'm sharing all the details on my China Hutch, starting today with the base. I vacillated quite a bit on the design because I really wanted a tall, one piece armoire type piece of furniture with sliding glass doors. But, I NEEDed Continue Reading
March 1, 2015
Two-Tone Console Table
This console table is super easy to build yet the two tone finish gives it a unique, rich appearance. For the tabletop and lower shelf, I used reclaimed pine and stained them with deep mocha and black onyx. The legs are made from new 2x4 lumber and is stained with honey maple and walnut. I top Continue Reading
February 27, 2015
Inside scoop on a toe kick vacuum port – thingy
It's been a while since I updated you on the kitchen progress. There's still a lot to do but it's super duper functional as is so I'm working on other things right now while it's so dang cold. One super awesome functional doohickey that I wanted is a toe kick vacuum port for the central vac Continue Reading
February 19, 2015
diy Shelf Pin Drilling Jig
One of the easiest ways to build a cabinet or bookshelf with adjustable shelves is to drill holes for shelf pins. While there are quite a few manufactured shelf pin drill jigs out, I pretty much always make a custom template out of inexpensive pegboard. Small jigs that have to be moved Continue Reading
February 16, 2015
Winterize with Frost King pipe wrap
It's gotten cold here in Knoxville with ice and snow -- which is quite unusual here! I'm glad I was able to finish my final project with *Frost King to help winterize a historic Knoxville home last month before the weather got crazy! I helped homeowner, Karen install a door sweep and insulate her Continue Reading
February 11, 2015
How to wire and electrical outlet
While building my china hutch, which will house my toaster, I realized that we need an outlet there if we want to actually make some toast (which of course we do). So instead of having a hideous extension cord, I relocated an outlet that was on the wall where I built the window seat. This was easy Continue Reading
February 9, 2015
Selecting the right material for your DIY project
I get asked a lot, what kind of material I use to build a cabinet base, cabinet door, trim, furniture and the list goes on. There are quite a few different options to choose from and today I'm going to go over the basic materials that you can find in any big box store as well as most lumber yards. Continue Reading
February 2, 2015
Winterize your home with Window Shrink Film
After the Holidays, I got an amazing opportunity to work with an old victorian house in the historic district of Knoxville, Tennessee. Being an older house, it needed to be winterized for the colder months. So *FrostKing partnered with us and provided all of the supplies we needed; pipe wraps, door Continue Reading
