Shanty 2 Chic

Industrial Chic Sconce

Ashley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:57:21 +0000

Anyone have a giant blank space in their home that is just screaming to be dressed up??? Well I HAD one in my dining room and I came up with a super easy, quick and cheap way to make it fancy! Here’s how I did it! I started with a 1×12 cut down to three pieces at 14″. If you do not have a saw you can have your local hardware store make the cuts for you! I found three vases that I LOVED at Wal-Mart for $4.97 each! You can find vases anywhere so just get what you like for the price you like! {...Read More...}

DIY Restoration Hardware Nightstand

Shanty2Chic — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:35 +0000

Hey guys! I’m so excited to share my latest building project with you! I was stalking Restoration Hardware’s Baby and Kid site when I came across their Kenwood Nightstand. I fell in LOVE and immediately enlisted the help of my good friend Ana to make me some plans! These were super easy to hack, I mean build! You can get the plans for these great nightstands HERE on Ana’s site. Here are a few progress pictures and tips from my build… I used my Kreg Jig® to help me build these tables. This tool makes your furniture so professional and {...Read More...}

Stencil with Contact Paper

Shanty2Chic — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:43 +0000

Yes… I think I have finally perfected it. I have now cut many stencils on Contact Paper using these settings and have had success each time. So, I thought I would share. I showed you my DIY Roman Shades in my last post. I added the stencil to the top of them. Here is how I did it. I started by picking a design from the Silhouette Online Store. This is the one I went with. It’s called ’2 quatrefoil borders’ Because I only needed one of these borders I had to ungroup the items like this… Then it grouped {...Read More...}

DIY Lined Roman Shades

Shanty2Chic — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:18:54 +0000

Hey friends! I get asked about my roman shades all the time. I decided it was time to change mine out, and I thought this would be a great time to attempt a tutorial. You should be warned…. I feel like writing this tutorial is harder than making the darn shades… Just saying So, here we go. If you can sew a straight line, you can make these. Promise! You need to measure your window. You can make these wider than your window, but for mine I prefer to mount them on the insides of the window. Measure your window {...Read More...}

DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Benchwright Coffee Table

Ashley — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:04 +0000

Hello! I’ve been building again… I found this coffee table in the Pottery Barn catalog and fell in LOVE! Nice huh??:) Well it’s $699 and OUT of my budget so of course I turned to Ana! She whipped up plans for a similar coffee table that cost me $100! Score! You can get Ana’s plans HERE! Here are a few pics during my building process:) My Kreg came in mighty handy for this build! It really is amazing how solid it makes a piece of furniture! Whit and I highly recommend purchasing one if you are going to build your own {...Read More...}

Clipboard Inspired Photo Displays

Shanty2Chic — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:36:24 +0000

Hey guys! I have a super quick, cheap and cute project to share with you! I shared my $10 shelves in my last post. Some of you may have noticed my photo displays I used on the shelves. They are so easy to make, and you can customize them however you want! I used scrap 1×12 whitewood for my board. You can buy a 4′ piece at Lowe’s for $5.98. They can cut it for you there for free and that one board will make 3-4 photo displays depending on how big you want them. I cut mine at about {...Read More...}

Magnetic Board for Student Desk

Ashley — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:10:09 +0000

Hey there! I’m back to show you how I went about adding the magnetic backing to the Pottery Barn Inspired Student Desk that I built for my son. If you missed the tutorial for this desk you can check it out HERE! I liked the idea of cork board for the backing but the thought of push pins scared me a bit (especially with a 14-month-old putting everything in her mouth at the moment;) So, I brainstormed a bit and came up with an idea for a giant magnet board! I started by picking up 2 galvanized metal sheets from {...Read More...}

$20 Shelves Anyone Can Build!

Shanty2Chic — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:55:54 +0000

That’s right… ANYONE! These are super simple to build! This is by far my favorite $20 project to date. I have been in the process of redoing my oldest son’s room over the last few weeks. I shared his bed HERE and the headboard HERE. I know one of the next things on my to do list will be a desk, and I knew I wanted some shelving for above it. I found THIS plan on Ana’s site and jumped on it. If you own a drill (every woman should!) you can build these shelves. I made 2 for my {...Read More...}

Pottery Barn Teen Inspired Headboard

Shanty2Chic — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:13:22 +0000

Hey hey!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I am back to share the second half of my son’s bed that I built him last week. Ana put some plans together for me to make this amazing bed, and you can see them HERE!! For those of you that missed it, you can find my post on the platform bed HERE! The headboard was even easier than the bed. I spent under $80 for the headboard and under $150 for the entire bed. Here are a few pictures of the building process… I used Gorilla Wood Glue to attach {...Read More...}

PB Teen Inspired Platform Bed

Shanty2Chic — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:29:12 +0000

Hey friends! I have been CrAzY busy getting my oldest son’s room redone over the last week or so. He has been in bunk beds, but I was ready for a big boy bed that he could really grow into! Of course I didn’t have to look far for inspiration… I found this awesome bed on Pottery Barn Teen! Yup. I love it! I love ALMOST everything about it… Except the darn price tag! $800 without the shipping and tax… Ouch. So… I hit up our sweet friend Ana for some plans and built it myself. You can see the {...Read More...}