DIY Home Projects - Feature Writer

I am super excited to be able to feature other moms who craft with an amazing purpose and inspire us to do the same! Enjoy - Shea


Hi all! I'm Jill and I blog over at The Shafer Family . My blog is like a journal, as I love to share how we fill our days. From toddler learning projects to crafts to DIY home improvements, I like to try and cover it all! I have a 3 year old daughter (well, 3 and a HALF if you ask her) and a little boy on the way in May.

For the past year or so, I've fallen in love with DIY projects and fortunately, I have a sweet husband who complies with all my ideas! I think it's important to remember that not ALL the DIY projects will work out, but I always walk away with new knowledge and that definitely helps me in future work!

So, my personal rules are:
1. Finish what you start (I have a touch of OCD and this rule comes fairly easily to me! Ha!).
2. Each project HAS to be cheap. My husband is a teacher and I'm mostly a stay-at-home mom, so hitting up thrift stores is a MUST.
3. Have fun! Decorating and DIY-ing is a way to express my creative side, so it should definitely be fun!

Shea has graciously asked me to share a few of my favorite projects, so here they are!

I know that the rage in blogland is doing board and batten treatments and naturally, I had to try it in our home! To cut down costs, we used crown molding and lattice strips (super cheap at Home Depot!) to spruce up our dining room:
http://madisonshafer.blogspot.com/2010/08/board-and-batten.html

And, when our laundry cove (it's so NOT a room of it's own, as it's located in our kitchen) started to bug me with it's clutteredness (not a word; ha!), I revamped it:
http://madisonshafer.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-laundry-cove.html

Finally, one of my favorite stores to hit up is Re-Store, which is run by Habitat for Humanity. At a recent trip, I picked up this cabinet door and transformed it:
http://madisonshafer.blogspot.com/2011/03/another-cabinet-door-transformation.html

And so, that's it! Stop by my blog, The Shafer Family, for almost daily doses of fun and inspiration!