Guest Posting at Pretty Handy Girl

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Hello everyone and Happy Friday! If you are a regular reader/visiter to theDIYvillage you might be wondering where we are today?  Well we are over at Pretty Handy Girl guest posting. Brittany was awesome enough to ask Matt & I if we would like to put together a guest post.  I think it took us about [...]

Pottery Barn Inspired Number Chair

PB Inspired Number Chair

Last summer while visiting the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Matt scored this awesome red chair.  The original intention was to paint the chair and use it as seating for our guest room.  I mean honestly who doesn’t love having a nice place to sit down and put your shoes on?  I primed the chair [...]

How to make your own Laundry Soap

Laundry Soap

Have you ever seen something on the internet or Pinterest and thought to yourself Oh Man!  I have got to try that? A friend shared a liquid laundry soap recipe on facebook and I knew I had to try it! I consider myself to be fairly cheep frugal when it comes to laundry detergent in [...]

Hearing Protection and Music, All in One!

3M WorkTunes Hearing Protection

Do you use hearing protection on a regular basis?  I can honestly say that up until recently, I hadn’t really given it much thought.  Thanks to my  job at the fire department and my love of all things DIY, I run into plenty of opportunities to use hearing protection.  But, if I had to grade [...]

Jute Knob Hat Hooks { Hat Storage }

Hat Hook Home Decor by: theDIYvillage

Happy Friday everyone! I thought it would be fun to show you all how I made all of those awesome hat hooks for Matt’s closet makeover back in June.  The knobs were super easy to make, well after I finally figured out what I wanted to make. There are many kinds of hat hooks out [...]