DIY Round-Up: Suit Fabric Pillow Edition
Alright, got your coffee in hand? Here’s a few things going on around the Home Improvement Blogosphere we’d thought you be interested in this fine Saturday morning.
Kate @ Centsational Girl headlines this DIY Round-up with detailed instructions for making pillows from suit fabrics. She found the old suit fabrics on discount at JoAnn’s. How cool is that? Kate’s working on decorating her brother’s bachelor pad. If any of my sisters are reading–I don’t recall you gals decorating my bachelor pad! What gives? All I had was a Value City couch!
This Old House recently S.O.S.’d (Sprayed-on-Site) foam insulation into the house they’re working on. Since we’re about to do this project in 7 days, we were interested to learn the team recommended they vacate the premises for 24 hours! I guess we’ll make plans to stay with parents or friends (after, of course, we video the installation so we can tell you all about it).
Speaking of insulation, we’ve been meaning to share with you Home Construction Improvement’s basement insulation instructions. Todd explains how to install rigid foam board to create a vapor seal and cover it over with fiberglass. We considered it for our basement, but decided on closed-cell spray foam for the higher R-value it offers. Also, we had already put up the studs, so getting foam board back there would have been hard!
House and Home gives us detailed instructions for installing glass fronts into kitchen cabinets. This is a very cool project that we’d love to try. Unfortunately, our cabinets are too dated and we’re eventually planning on replacing them anyway, potentially installing a few with glass fronts. Hat tip to Charles and Hudson for letting us know about the article.
Slightly off-topic: Peter over at Bible Money Matters is running a series on how to make money with a blog that is worth a look if you’re interested in starting a blog to make a little cash on the side.
Finally, we wanted to let you know that we continue to update our Sears Coupon page with the latest online Sears deals. It’s a good resource if you’re thinking about purchasing a new appliance… you can watch the sales for a few weeks and them jump on a good deal. Best deal we’ve seen so far is 20% off Kenmore with an additional 10% off the sales price (a.k.a 28% off). Happens about 3 times a year for 12 hours each…
Alright, that’s all for this week’s installment! If you see something worth a mention on the DIY web, send us an e-mail at diyroundup@oneprojectcloser.com.
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October 31st, 2009 8:14 am
Fred- I would say on this Fine Saurday morning….not in…
Here’s a few things going on around the Home Improvement Blogosphere we’d thought you be interested in this fine Saturday morning.
Fred- your sisters spoiled you:)
If any of my sisters are reading–I don’t recall you gals decorating my bachelor pad! What gives? All I had was a Value City couch!
October 31st, 2009 11:22 am
I wondered if you were still reading
October 31st, 2009 12:21 pm
Hey Fred,
This sister is still reading too! This fine Saturday is a bit wet right now. Hey there isn’t anything wrong with a Value City counch. That’s what I have. They’ve actually held up better than the one we got from Montgomery Wards when they were around. You had a pretty decent bachelor pad.
November 1st, 2009 2:39 am
Hi Fred, thanks for the headline. Now if only my brother would click over and send y’all some appreciationg. I’m getting right on that !
Kate