DIY Projects

You don't have to be Macgyver to know how to DIY (that's what Youtube is for).

Don't get me wrong, I love a good duct-tape and underwire bra solution, but (thankfully) there aren't too many explosive situations that I need to get out of while fixing up my house and yard. Although there was that one time that our neighbor's propane tank was leaking & the fire department came out at 3 in the morning. That was fun. (not.)

But seriously, Fire safety is important.

Whether you own your own home, rent, or live in the great outdoors there are plenty of projects you can do yourself, with materials that are either bought or scrounged (hello underwire!). Chances are, if you can figure out how things are constructed, then you can figure out how to put them together using your own resources—and like I said, there's always Youtube to show you how to do stuff with things.

Some of my DIY projects:

Closet Organizer for $0

In which I used materials scrounged from around my house to build a 3-rod hanging closet organizer with shelves (because I didn't want to spend $500 for something similar).

Replacing a Leaking Shower Pan

That time I decided to fix the shower pan myself by tearing it out (easy peasy), and ended up tearing out the subfloor and putting in more joist supports. It may not have been fun, but I'm here to tell you that if I can do it, so can you!

The $200 Laundry Room Redo

Using some stuff I already had on hand, and visiting the Lowe's clearance paint shelf, I was able to build shelves and reorganize an otherwise chaotic & cluttered space to make it more functional.

DIY Greenhouse Rain Barrels

In an effort to capture some of the rain water coming off my greenhouse roof, I wanted to find some smaller (hobby greenhouse sized) rain barrels, but in this day and age the only ones to be found were prohibitively expensive (I mean they cost more than the regularly sized rain barrels), so I sourced some resource options and built my own.

Kitchen Work Surface and Storage Shelf

Because I either don't have enough storage space, or have too much stuff. I found a shelf that I liked on Pinterest and reverse engineered it. I then went to Lowe's (or Home Depot) and priced out materials to make this $65 storage unit and work surface.

Fixing the Leaky Spigot

When the plumber gave me an estimate of $1,000 to fix two leaking spigots, I decided to see if I couldn't just fix them myself. I managed to price out materials and it cost me $35 per spigot to repair.