DIY

Build Your Own Shoe Cubby

Build Your Own Shoe Cubby

I am really excited to share some news with you all, and it has to do with this shoe cubby:

Build Your Own Shoe Cubby with Remodelaholic

My antique mail sorter turned stylish shoe storage was seen last year in my mudroom reveal and in my DIY chalkboard Calendar post.

Shoe Cubby

I receive more emails regarding this project than any of my blog topics.  

Earlier this year, I had a reader email me for the shoe cubby dimensions and that same reader (Kristi) shared her DIY shoe cubby with us.

Home Made Shoe Cubby

Kristi is pretty amazing, isn’t she? I love that created her own version of the shoe cubby.

Just a few months ago, I was contacted by Remodelaholic.  They wanted to feature my cubby, Kristi’s DIY version, AND (here’s where the awesomeness happens for you all) create plans for this piece!  

shoe-cubby-plans

Now you can build your own shoe cubby by clicking HERE.  We perfected what was wrong with the original pieces in regards to storing shoes.  We made the cubby a little deeper in the plans to accommodate growing feet – which is rapidly happening in our home.

If you make your own shoe cubby using Remodelaholic’s plans, I’d love to see it!  Please be sure to tag me on any photos and/or send me an email! Go check it out!

Go create something!

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Paint

Mudroom Stripes

Mudroom-2

I’ve been wanting to make my mudroom a little more exciting, and I was inspired by a photo I saw in HGTV magazine.  In the photo, the entry was painted in black and white horizontal stripes.  I decided to do the same! Here’s an Instagram photo I recently shared.  (BTW – I’d love for you to follow along with me on Instagram.)

Mudroon Stripes 10

Here’s my (very white) mudroom area before the stripes:

Mudroom Stripes 2

I went with horizontal stripes like in my inspiration photo.  I always use Frog Tape for these types of painting projects.  It really is the best painter’s tape out there and helps with seepage.

Mudroom Stripes 5

Want to know more about painting stripes?  Click HERE.

Mudroom Stripes 4

After all the taping was done, I used black paint and added the stripes:

Mudroom Stripes 6

And here’s a photo of the after!

Mudroom 3

I added artwork and a mirror from Hobby Lobby, a pretty wooden “vent” I pulled from a family barn, and a family canvas photo. The shoe cubby in the middle of the room was an old mail sorter I found at a local antique shop. (UPDATE 12/21/15 – FREE plans are now available for this mail sorter turned shoe cubby. If you want to make your own, visit Remodelaholic.)

Chalkboard Calendar & Shoe Cubby

I was told it was in our town’s original post office, and I have a tutorial for the DIY chalkboard calendar you can see HERE.

Mudroom Stripes 1

I have to admit this was NOT the afternoon project I had envisioned.  After I was done adding the black stripes, I had some touching up to do and (after trial and much error) realized I didn’t have the white color the previous owner had painted the mudroom.  Stupid me tried three different whites that were left behind, and none of them matched the current white.  I had white blotches everywhere, and it was driving me mad (although it doesn’t take much)!  So, I repainted the white stripes AND the entire mudroom.  My afternoon project turned into an afternoon, evening, and late into the night/early morning project.

Mudroom 2

I replaced the white with a color I’ve used throughout my home: Valspar’s Cincinnatian Hotel Briggs Beige.  (Want to see more about this color and other colors in my home?  Click HERE.)  I loved the previous white, but it was already getting pretty dirty and wasn’t practical for a mudroom and three kids.

Mudroom 3

Phew.  That was WAY more work than I thought I signed up for.  BUT, it was worth it!

Go create something!

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