DIY Girl’s Playroom Project Update

August 21, 2010

Thanks for visiting inspirednest.ca. Subscribe to the blog via RSS Feed or follow DIY Girl on Twitter for the latest updates! Gosh it seems like I’ve been working on this storage unit forever! Last week I finished putting together 3 of the 4 media hutches that will go on top of the cubby bases. In [...]

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DIY Girl’s Work in Progress: Media Hutches

August 10, 2010

If you look at real estate spec sheets you might of notice that newer homes often have a designated “media” room. I suppose media room sounds a lot sexier than spare room, family room, basement or just another room. I image that a media room might look a little bit like this: …or maybe like [...]

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DIY Playroom Storage: Open Cubby Bases Fully Finished

July 22, 2010
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Moving day for the storage unit bases has finally arrived! After one week of painting torture, I was able to move my open cubby bases into the playroom. I’m thrilled to have made it this far with my project. Seeing something concrete in our playroom motivates me to continue working on the other pieces that [...]

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Playroom Storage Project: Painting the cubby bases

July 11, 2010

Can I build? Yes…Paint? Not so much. For three days in a row, I managed to squeeze in a bit of painting. How you might ask when I have two little ones and a billion other things that need to be done in a day? I have one word: GRANDPA. My dad is retired and [...]

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Playroom Storage Project: Media Hutch with Doors

June 2, 2010

Oh the joy of painting! To be very honest, I’m not really enjoying the painting part of building my playroom storage piece. I decided to paint the inside components of the Media Hutch with Doors before putting it together.

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Open Cubby Bases: Finished and Painted

May 21, 2010

I‘m pretty happy. I took on a new project and completed it myself from start to finish! I’ve never built anything from scratch. Right now, I feel empowered and excited about taking shoestring chic and home making to a whole new level. Why did I not think of building furniture before? We could have saved [...]

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Open Cubby Base: 4 Bases Done, Ready to Paint!

May 6, 2010

One week of step by step work. Really, it’s that easy! I‘m so excited! After one week of working on my Open Cubby Bases for my playroom storage project, I’ve got 4 pieces finished and ready to paint! The building process was really simple and easy. I did everything in small steps. For example, day [...]

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Build Your Own Playroom Storage Unit

May 4, 2010

Building Step by Step If you have been drooling over the amazing projects at ana-white.com but feel intimidated about starting one on your own, don’t. I have no experience building furniture from scratch and I am amazed by how easy my playroom storage project is coming together.I think the key is to plan ahead and [...]

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