Category: Weekend Warrior

Weekend Warrior: Waterproof Your Furniture

Weekend Warrior: Waterproof Your Furniture

Spring is just around the corner. With the warmer temperatures comes unpredictable, yet consistent rain. The best way to guard against damage is preventative measures. With furniture that hasn’t been treated, excessive rainfall paired with inconsistent sunlight and warm temperatures to keep it dry can […]

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Sandpaper

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Sandpaper

If you’ve ever taken on a craft project where you’re working with wood and you didn’t have sandpaper (or didn’t think it was necessary), you probably have an interesting story to tell regarding the finished surface. Don’t feel bad. Anyone who is not a carpenter […]

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Spray Paint

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Spray Paint

In keeping with the theme of highlighting items that can be essential to have around in case the mood to take on a craft project strikes you, we’re going to focus on spray paint. Sure, spray paint can be used for other ‘art forms’ that […]

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Levels

Weekend Warrior’s Toolkit: Levels

We’re going to take a slightly different approach to today’s Weekend Warrior by focusing on tools and materials that can be invaluable to you as you embark upon your projects. Being the first of it’s kind, let’s focus on levels. If we’re going to build […]

Weekend Warrior: Chalkboard Crafts

Weekend Warrior: Chalkboard Crafts

Hopefully, the idea of chalkboards brings back pleasant memories of grade school moments you experienced as a child. Regrettably, that’s not everyone’s story. For most of us, we tend to remember all of the peculiar teachers, the fear of being called to the chalkboard when […]

Weekend Warrior: Throw Pillows

Weekend Warrior: Throw Pillows

If you’ve ever looked at accent pillows and thought, “These are ok, but they’re not exactly my style,” you’re not alone. The reason we settle for the accent pillows that we have is either because they accompanied the furniture we purchased or we simply got […]

Weekend Warrior: Face Lift for Children’s Furniture

Weekend Warrior: Face Lift for Children’s Furniture

Children are expensive. If someone says otherwise, odds are high that they are not parents. While opinions on parenting may vary widely, there is one thing most parents can agree on: saving money whenever possible is always worth looking into. Whether you’re a parent-to-be or […]

Weekend Warrior: Repairing Gashes and Dents

Weekend Warrior: Repairing Gashes and Dents

Tired of looking at the dented, scratched and gashed furniture in your home? Or maybe you have some old, slightly banged-up furniture with some potential for greatness in the attic or the garage. So naturally, you’ve been contemplating whether or not to get rid of […]

Weekend Warrior: A Metallic Touch

Weekend Warrior: A Metallic Touch

Have you been looking for a quick and inexpensive project to take on that would add a bit of flare to your home’s design? You might be surprised how far just a few bucks and a little experimenting can take you. Ever considered metallics? Metallic […]