It is coming up on two years since we purchased our new house and the dining room had a large empty wall so I made a 3' pallet clock to fill the space. Once I had made my pallet clock and hung it up on the long dining room wall it seemed lost...inspiration moment! I had some pulleys and rope I had purchased over a year ago that I was saving for just the right project. I knew I wanted a rustic look with lights and after seeing a wood & rope wine rack I decided to incorporate the idea into this DIY project. I purchased the 15’ rope (swag) light cord from World Market. We only needed 9’ so we chose to modify the length, which my experienced husband did. The wire light cages came from Lowe’s. We used 2x10” boards for the vertical uprights that run from the floor to the ceiling, and 2x6 boards for the wine bottles. We grooved the uprights with the saw doing several cuts in the area that was to be removed, then used a chisel. It gives the horizontal bo
Mushroom House Inspiration Image Everything people have said about how great being a grandparent is are totally true! It is so much fun for me to create spaces that energize the imaginations of young impressionable minds. Nothing is more imaginative than Alice in Wonderland, which is why I just had to share this really fun project my best friend - and a fellow grandparent - and I just finished. It all began three months ago when my friend Vie from Arizona was visiting me in California. She was admiring the playhouse and play area in my yard that I had created for my grandchildren (for a future blogpost). She said she wanted to create a similar one for her 15 mos. old granddaughter. After some discussion about the summertime heat and the fact that it would not be usable for several months out of the year she came up with the idea of using the space under her stairs. She had recently done some rearranging and at that time it was mostly cleaned out. That week we