After a wonderful stay in a Fixer Upper AirBnb in Waco, I was pretty set on adding a painted faux brick panel wall. I had used thin brick behind our woodstove for our faux mantel but was interested in trying the much cheaper and faster panels. Here is where it ended up (well after I| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
I didn't originally plan to make a DIY vintage light for my mudrooom / office / workout room / basement area that will likely do more in the future. Working on the room, I knew I wanted to replace the two bare bulb porcelain socket fixtures. Originally I bought two lights from Amazon and was| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
I needed a space saving home office solution so here's how I built my folding wall desk. This is nearly the last project in my basement multi-purpose room renovation.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
A cheap DIY solution for a removable basement ceiling idea. Using evenly spaced ripped 2x4s to give a clean modern look.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
As a part of building out the basement mudroom I knew I wanted to add a mudroom bench. Either getting ready to go out in the snow or coming in and pulling off seventeen million layers, a place to sit comes in handy. We also were already using some baskets to organize hats and gloves| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
There were plenty of options for closing off the basement storage room, but I ended up deciding on a reproduction antique door. Specifically, a copy of a door that my parents found in the barns on their property when they bought it. The scale is a little different and it does affect the charm, but| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
I've been meaning to make a DIY boot rack for a while now. We have far too many boots and shoes, especially in the winter when things need to dry out.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
While we love our little potting shed we've been in need of more outdoor storage space, a lot more, which lead us to our new black barn style garage. The post Designing and Building our Black Barn Style Garage first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
How we built a custom double diy bathroom vanity with bleached red oak face to finish off our spa like bathroom renovation. The post How to Build a DIY Bathroom Vanity first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
We have been doing chicken butchering with our friends for a few years now. While we don't have any magic formula, I want to share what we do to make it easier. The post How to Make Chicken Butchering Easier first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
Last year we had a contractor friend extend the deck and add a covered area but decided to DIY the tongue and groove ceiling ourselves. I’m going to call getting it done in under a year a win. The first step in the process was adding a switched outlet in the ceiling and box for … The post How to DIY an Outdoor Tongue and Groove Ceiling first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
I didn’t actually plan to build an angled dowel peg rail. When I modernized the beadboard wainscoting in the bathroom one of Shannon’s asks was for shaker pegs for towels by the sink and by the shower. The first iteration of those pegs were too close together and didn’t really match what she had in … The post How to DIY an Angled Dowel Peg Rail first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
How we modernized our bathroom beadboard wainscoting by adding layered paneling and trim. The post How to Modernize your Bathroom Wainscoting first appeared on Tree Farm Design Co..| Tree Farm Design Co.
How to cover a tub deck with laminate over tile| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
Tree Farm Design Co. is a blog dedicated to practical home improvement and homesteading projects.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
To make this basement room transform from a catch-all into an actually functioning basement mudroom the first step was to add paneling.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
How to build a round top shed door for an outdoor shed or small barn, using a simple DIY circle jig to easily cut out a round top door and add trim.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
Is it better to paint or stain a shed? I've painted sheds. I've stained sheds. I have strong opinions about which is better.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
A combination of methods used to bleach red oak to make it look more like white oak.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
Some of the bathroom vanity ideas that we pulled from when planning our own custom bathroom vanity build.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
How we built some rolling workshop storage to act as a hidden door in our basement.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
Our tub alcove in the main bathroom of the house was in need of some help. These are the four or five mini-projects that made up this partial room refresh.| Tree Farm Design Co. » Designing Stuff + Building Things
