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Pots and Pans – DIY Organization Hanger

October 20, 2015 By Laura 1 Comment

We have always made eating dinner all together around the table every night, a high family priority. But quite honestly, making yet another family meal/dinner, is not always Michael or I’s favorite thing to do around here, towards the end of the day. Especially when both or either of us are in the middle of work, or some project, and need to stop what we are doing to go cook in the kitchen. But our disgruntled state can go from bad to worse, by the time we get the pots and pans we need out!  Ugh!

I don’t know where you store your pots and pans. But we have had ours in a cabinet on the floor under the counter, for years. Forever, for as long as we’ve lived in this house, actually. So to start, we’ve had to bend way down there, or just go head and get on the floor, to get what we need out. Or, to put clean pots and pans away, for that matter!  They only pile and nest so well, with some being the same diameter as others, but deeper pots. So there’s always a real tipping-factor going on.  And then there are all of the covers!!  So if all of the clinging and clanging isn’t enough to frazzle the nerves, everything falling out of the cabinet onto the floor, or sometimes onto our toes, will!

It’s about that time I remember THE WINE.
I don’t know what it is about a glass of wine, or something a little alcoholic, that makes cooking so much more bare-able. Sometimes even enjoyable, if you drink enough!  Ha haha!

But I had gotten to the point where I had really had it, dealing with the pots and pans cabinet. And for years Michael and I had randomly mentioned getting one of those grand pots and pans racks, that suspend from the ceiling. But you know, time really gets away, when we both hate spending money.  So on a recent Saturday, as I was headed out shopping with my oldest girl, I eluded to our pile of pallets outside by the wood shed, and said, “Just whip out something, please! It doesn’t have to be beautiful! I love rustic.”  (Because this is most always a point of contention, between us.).

By golly, he did it! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Home Decor, Home Page, Home Projects, Organization, The Homestead Tagged With: diy, do it yourself, hanging-pots-and-pans, kitchen-ideas, kitchen-organization, kitchen-organization-ideas, kitchen-tips, organization, organizing-pots-and-pans, pots-and-pans-hanger

Custom Framed Refrigerator Chalkboard – DIY

August 30, 2008 By Laura 3 Comments

refrigerator chalkboard

We are SO very blessed, that the man and head of our household and family (well, one of them, lol) is so multi-talented.  There is NOTHING he cannot do.  He is what they refer to as a ‘Jack-of-all-trades‘.  Except his name is Michael. His vast abilities including mechanics, electronics, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, finishing, you name it….has probably saved us ga-zillions over the years.  His father is the same way, and that’s exactly where he got it from. They are natural born do-it-yourselfers-, and they do so with pride and quality in their work.

So I knew my new little dream could quite possibly come true, when I told my ever-loving husband I REALLY wanted a big chalkboard, custom built to fit our fridge. : ) I just knew he could make a beauty, and I knew he loved me that much. : )  I adore chalkboards (though personally, chalk-dust on my hands gives me such willies). Seeing a big blank black slate gives me butterflies, at just the thought of the endless possibilities of learning and creating that can be done on one.  I KNEW the kids would LOVE it.  I could see it in my head, and really, it was a beautiful sight, there on our fridge.  I just wanted my vision to become REAL.

And so my husband made yet another one of my little dreams come true, and the kids have loved it and enjoyed it every day, and every bit as much as I knew they would.  And, wouldn’t you know,  so has my husband, who has had some ‘play time’ of his own on it!  He is truly a kid-at-heart, cracking us up with his antics on a daily basis.

Here’s his latest fine craftsmanship, displayed as all of the shots I was just having too much fun taking.

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refrigerator chalkboard

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What do you think?  I’m thrilled with it!

We’ve got more excitement going on in the next several days than we can handle!  Our 3 babies turn 6! So we’ve got great plans to celebrate their lives.  Then, a few days later, we officially start a new school year! It’ll be our 4th year home schooling, and what a wonderful year we have planned ahead!

Thanks for visiting today!

Filed Under: Crafts & Creations, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Project, Home Decor, The Homestead Tagged With: chalkboards, custom-framed-chalkboard, diy, do it yourself, kitchen-chalkboard, kitchen-ideas

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