DIY Ottoman Tray for $27

After moving I decided to use my large ottoman as a coffee table so I needed a good size ottoman tray to put on it. I about went into cardiac arrest when I started finding large ones on-line for $80+. No way that was happening so I decided to make my own. This is a great beginner project due to its simplicity. A friend had loaned me a Kreg jig to try so I thought a DIY ottoman tray project might be the perfect test. The gray stain was also a test since I would like to use that on a few … Read more…

Ideas for low cost curtain and curtain rod

Ideas for low cost curtain and curtain rod - The DIY Girl

This isn’t a DIY post, but suggestions of how to put curtains on a large window without spending a fortune. Not even close to a fortune. I had some left over canvas and had already made a roman shade for the kitchen window over the sink so I wanted to stick with the canvas theme for the sliding door in the kitchen. I shopped curtains and rods and they were a lot more money than I was interested in spending on a house that I plan to sell in the not too distant future so I started researching how to … Read more…