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Create this fabric lighted Halloween garland in no time for a spooky Halloween glow.  It’s an easy Halloween craft and a great way to add some color and texture to your Halloween decor.

Although I can’t say Halloween is my favorite holiday, the kids love it and we always have a lot of fun with our Halloween traditions.  We love going to the pumpkin patch, having a Halloween dinner and scary movie night, planning Halloween parties, and, of course, carving out our jack-o-lanterns. I’m not really into all of the gory Halloween decor, but I love coming up with fun ways to add just a little spookiness to our home

Seasonal Simplicity Series

It’s another week of our fall seasonal simplicity series and, if you haven’t already guessed, this week is all about Halloween DIY and craft projects!  There are lots of fun and easy Halloween craft projects for you to try.  Plan a ladies’ craft night, do them with your kids, or put on Netflix for a little background entertainment while you craft away.  You can find all of the awesome ideas at the end of the post.

Lighted Halloween Garland

I generally wait to put up our Halloween decorations until after Thanksgiving which is the first weekend in October for those of you not in Canada. This year, however, I ended up getting started a little earlier and put up our Halloween hot chocolate bar.  It’s kind of hard to go wrong with hot chocolate, right?

I love the glow of lights at night and wanted to add a little more color to our hot chocolate bar.  This scrap fabric lighted Halloween garland did just the trick!  I wish I could capture the night-time glow on camera, but it just doesn’t do it justice.

Lighted Hallowen Garland Tutorial

This simple Halloween craft is quick and easy to do with just a couple of supplies.  Customize it with whatever colors and patterns you like.

Materials

• scrap fabric in 2 or 3 colors
• twinkle lights or string of Christmas lights

To Do

• Cut the fabric into strips approximately 6 inches by 1 inch – it doesn’t have to be precise!
• Choose your lights.  I used twinkle lights with a thin wire for my project – mostly because it was what I had on hand without digging through the Christmas boxes.  I liked it because the wire is really thin so I didn’t feel like I needed a lot of fabric.  A string of actual Christmas lights would provide more light, but you’ll need to use more fabric if you want to cover up the wire.
• Tie the scrap fabric pieces around the wire alternating colors. Fluff them out as desired.  You can make the garland as full or as sparse! as you would like so play around with how many fabric strips you want to add until you like the look.

See?  It’s super easy to do and a great project if you have a little Netflix binging going on.  You might even have to make up a few.  These Halloween garlands work great on a Halloween mantel, Halloween tablescape, or any Halloween vignette. This would also be a fun craft to do with your kids and then use it to decorate up their room.  Where would you use it?

If you’re interested in seeing more of the hot chocolate bar, you can grab links for the free printable hot chocolate labels as well as the cute Monster Mash printable.

More Halloween Craft Ideas

Are you ready for more fun DIY Halloween craft ideas?  Check out all of these fun and creative ideas from some of my talented blogging friends.  I’d love to hear if you try any projects out!

DIY Black & White Sharpie Pumpkins at The Happy Housie
Halloween DIY Doormat at Lolly Jane
DIY Felt Bat Pillow at Paint Me Pink
Spooky Glam Halloween Dollar Store Wreath at The DIY Mommy

DIY Lighted Halloween Sign at Confessions of a Serial DIYer
Tips & Tricks for DIY Hand Lettered Pumpkins at Lemon Thistle
Scrap Fabric Lighted Halloween Garland at Clean and Scentsible
Polka Dot Pumpkin Lanterns at Finding Silver Pennies

Cheesecloth Mummy Lanterns at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Decorated Baby Boo Pumpkins at Town and Country Living
Spooky Wispy Halloween Wreath at A Pretty Life
Halloween Cloche DIY at Deeply Southern Home

DIY Creepy Halloween Floral Arrangement at House by Hoff
Easy & Elegant Halloween Wreath at Hallstrom Home
Glam Halloween Mask at Summer Adams
Crow Halloween Wreath at So Much Better With Age

Before you go, here are a few other Halloween post ideas for you to check out…

Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats

Halloween Party Ideas

Chalkboard Halloween Printable

I needed to hack a trundle/ pull-out bed to allow for more space in this room. Currently, all three of my sons share a room, and while IKEA is great for accommodating smaller spaces, we needed to bring in additional storage for clothing/ fun area.

We were not only lacking major space in this room, but we were also working around two awkwardly placed windows and a floor vent. This made it difficult when it came to room arrangement.

I knew that hacking our IKEA twin bed into a pull-out bed would make all those things happen. My favorite part of realising this hack is that I now have an entire wall to utilize and maximize this space.

IKEA items used:

Materials + tools:

Hack instructions for twin bed to pull-out bed:

The first step to my hack was to measure the available space from the bottom of my IKEA MYDAL bunk beds to the floor. Once I had this measurement I was able to measure and make cuts to my FJELLSE twin bed.

I took notice of the fact that the twin bed couldn’t slide underneath the bunk bed without shortening the side slats, so I laid the mattress support slats on the frame and marked a line on the outside of the slats (the slat that is secured by the peg), and cut roughly 2×5-3 inches off the side slats.

Once the side slats were cut to size, and now able to easily slide underneath the bunk bed with a little room to spare, I made cuts to all four legs, headboard, and footboard.

When all the cuts were made I was able to secure the bed back together as if I was assembling it right out of the box (just a little shorter now). I used additional screws for added support, along with the bolts that came with the original bed (those were placed back in the original holes).

Lastly, we stained the bunk bed and pull-out bed with this dark walnut stain, which is my all-time favourite.

What was the hardest part of this project?

Not necessarily hardest part, but I’m not the best at measurements, so I really made sure I measured…five times (ha!) to make sure I was making the right cuts before actually cutting the bed.

What to pay special attention to?

If you’re going to attempt this hack, definitely pay attention to the amount of room you are working with on the insides of the bunk bed legs. There isn’t much wiggle room, so measurements and cuts are imperative to make this IKEA hack a success.

See the full tutorial of the trundle pull-out bed on my blog.

~ by Bridgett

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Renovating a bathroom can seem like a daunting task — especially when the project involves replacing an existing bathtub. Danny and Joe talk to one listener who is preparing to tackle this type of project for his senior citizen father. They’ll discuss how to get started and what speed bumps a homeowner can cross when doing these types of renovations. Plus, what do you do when birds are constantly pecking away at your wood-lap siding? Danny and Joe share tips to help solve this issue. Also, the unveiling of the Today’s Homeowner top 10 articles of the year. Some of them are reasonable home improvement topics — others stand out like a pineapple houseplant.

Photo: armstrongceilings.com

Prominent in the trim aisles of home improvement stores and popular on home remodeling shows, beadboard offers a great way to dress-up drab walls and ceilings. Beadboards are flat planks with one or two “beads”—semi-circular, raised ridges—milled vertically into the face of the boards. When installed on a surface, it gives the appearance of two or three narrower boards side by side. Beadboard was traditionally used on the lower area of walls (i.e., wainscoting), but it’s since become trendy for ceilings, where it lends a warm cottage feel to a room. If you’re intrigued by the idea of putting in a beadboard ceiling, keep reading—we’ll give you all the details and explain how you can get the look.

From Functional to Fashionable

In the late 1800s, beadboard (often milled from white pine) was introduced as paneling for interior walls. Its dual purpose was to add a degree of insulation and to protect the lower part of the wall from chair bumps and boot scuffs. Plus, it looked great! Beadboard remained popular through the Victorian era, but its appeal waned slightly during the Roaring Twenties when glamourous wallpaper came into vogue. Beadboard never completely disappeared, however, and still today it can be found in houses built in every decade of the past century.

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Exterior beadboard, milled from weather-resistant fir or long-leaf yellow pine, was also a staple on the ceilings of country style covered porches—a timeless design that never went out of fashion. On interior ceilings, beadboard didn’t catch on in earnest until the 1950s, when it became a way to cover up old plaster with unsightly cracks. For country homes and farmhouses, beadboard was the updating material of choice, which is why it’s still associated with rural charm.

Material Matters

Here are the beadboard basics you need to know:

• Pine is the most commonly used material in the creation of beadboard planks, which are approximately 5/16” thick, 3 ½” wide, and available in eight-foot lengths, such as these Hakwood Knotty Pine Beaded Planks (available from The Home Depot).

• Beadboard planks feature tongue and groove assembly, meaning one side of a plank has a tongue (protrusion) that runs the length of the plank, and the other side has a corresponding groove. When installed side-by-side this creates interlocking reinforcement that keeps the planks flat and even.

• Pricewise, plan to spend approximately $1.50 per square foot (planks only) to cover a ceiling. Professional installation could add another $2 to $3.50 per square foot.

• Though you may be familiar with installing tongue and groove hardwood planks on a floor, ceiling installation is more difficult, so you may wish to hire a pro. However, there’s a new (and more DIY-friendly) trend in beadboard ceiling planks—that runs $2.50 to $4.19 per square foot and is available in more than a dozen wood-tone shades—which we discuss further in the installation section.

Pros and Cons

While beadboard ceilings are popular, the material comes with several considerations to keep in mind before buying.

PROS

+ Installing beadboard on your ceiling will transform the look of your entire setting. A ceiling is the largest visible surface in a room, its expanse broken only by a light fixture or fan. Beadboard draws the eye upward and creates visual texture.

+ Homeowners who hate their existing popcorn ceiling texture can count on beadboard to hide it completely, removing the labor of scraping it off from the equation.

+ Beadboard is relatively affordable, compared to other professionally installed ceiling treatments, such as tray ceilings, which can easily cost in excess of $10,000.

+ DIY beadboard kit systems can be installed by a homeowner with basic carpentry knowledge.

+ Unfinished standard wood beadboard can be painted to match or complement other trim in the room.

CONS

– Unless you’re a skilled craftsman, traditional wood beadboard isn’t a DIY project. To save money, you can have a contractor install it and you can paint it yourself afterward.

– A leaking roof or faulty overhead plumbing can result in water-damaged beadboard, which may require replacement.

– Though listed as a plus above, beadboard makes a major statement, not a subtle nuance—so make sure it’s a look you want long-term. While you can remove beadboard by prying each board (or clip) off, you’ll end up with multiple nail holes in the ceiling that will need to be filled before you can repaint.

Installation Information

Below, details on putting in standard beadboard and Armstrong’s WoodHaven Beadboard, manufactured from medium density fiberboard (MDF) and virtually identical to solid wood beadboard for design intents. No matter which type of beadboard you choose, you’ll want to install cove (ceiling edge trim) around the top of the room’s perimeter to give a finished look and cover the small gap that will remain between the beadboard and the wall (required for expansion).

Standard Beadboard: Installing standard wood beadboard planks is challenging because each plank must be blind nailed to the ceiling joists, or to furring strips (boards installed on the ceiling perpendicular to the joists). The process involves using a pinner (a nail gun that shoots pins) into the tongue of the plank at an angle that penetrates the joist or furring strip, while snugging the plank tightly against the previous plank. This same process is used to install hardwood flooring, but performing the task overhead is difficult and time-consuming, and if the pins are not installed correctly the boards won’t fit snugly and the results will look amateurish.

Photo: armstrongceilings.com

Beadboard Systems: Armstrong’s WoodHaven Beadboard installs with special clips that attach directly to furring strips or joists without the need to blind nail each plank. The beadboard planks then slide right into the clips, which do not show from beneath. Installing each row of planks is a simple matter of attaching the clips and then sliding the planks into place. This creates a “floating ceiling” because the planks are held in place by the clips, not directly attaching them to joists or furring strips.

Two other installation methods are available with this system, as well. The beadboard planks can also be installed by attaching special tracks to the ceiling and then attaching the clips to the tracks before sliding the planks in place. The third, highly innovative way to install WoodHaven Beadboard is to attach it to the grid of an existing dropped ceiling. For basement dwellers, this opens up a whole new world of design possibilities. Distinctive Easy-Up Clips attach to the existing grid, and the beadboard planks slide easily into place.

RELATED: 11 Doable Ways to DIY a Basement Ceiling

Minor Maintenance

Beadboard ceilings are a snap to care for!

• Run a long-handled feather duster over the planks once a month or so to remove any bits of dust.

• If necessary, wipe down the planks with a soft damp cloth.

• Promptly repair any leaks in the roof above, or in plumbing fixtures and pipes, to ensure that you don’t end up having to replace water-damaged beadboard planks.

Source: https://www.bobvila.com/articles/beadboard-ceilings/

While most Airstream renovations tend to go for a minimalist aesthetic to create the illusion of more space, surface pattern designer Bonnie Christine used her love of florals to convert her 1962 Airstream trailer into a gorgeous home on wheels. To transform the formerly drab interior, Bonnie lined various accent walls in wallpaper with a forest green background and light pink flowers to add a fresh and vibrant flair to the incredibly compact 150-square-foot tiny home.

Bonnie and her husband bought the 1962 Airstream Overlander in order to take their family of four on the road. However, the interior was in dire need of a makeover before they could set out on their travels. To completely revamp the living space, the talented surface pattern and fabric designer used her artistic skills to create a fresh new aesthetic.

Related: Couple restores an old Airstream into a chic tiny home on wheels

Renamed “Marjorie” after the original owner, the project is an example of an Airstream renovation done right. Bonnie began Marjorie’s makeover in the kitchen, where she stained and rebuilt the cabinets before painting them in a soothing green tone. Using this earthy moss color as a starting point, the space then needed a little extra vibrancy, which came in the form of the “Pimpernel” wallpaper by William Morris.

Bonnie says that although the floral wallpaper was a bold decision, it was also an easy one. “As a surface pattern designer, I also wanted to give a nod to the father of surface design himself by using a William Morris wallpaper,” Bonnie explained in an interview with Design*Sponge. “I find it endlessly inspiring!”

The rest of the tiny home is equally as inspiring, with a fresh decor that brightens up every corner of the compact living space. A small dinette set was kept in neutral colors to contrast the floral wallpaper, and the kitchen uses shelving and storage to avoid clutter. Even the home’s itsy-bitsy bathroom gives off a spa-like feel. To complete the ethereal atmosphere, the entire living space is flooded with natural light.

The family has clocked several thousand miles since the renovation, traveling from North Carolina to the Grand Canyon in their shiny Airstream, with many stops in between. Bonnie explained that traveling in a tiny home has opened up a world of adventure for the family. “I am most thankful for what this tiny home represents — the ability for our family to be completely mobile,” Bonnie said. “We can go for a small weekend trip, or set out on a cross-country adventure with our home right along with us. There’s nothing more grand than seeing the wonders of nature and the great outdoors through our children’s eyes!”

+ Bonnie Christine

Via Design*Sponge