My name is Jeanne and I've created this channel to share helpful how-to videos about DIY projects you can do around your home and for gift-giving ideas. Some things you can expect by subscribing to this channel are home improvement, furniture refinishing, woodworking & painting projects and tutorials for sewing & crafting.
I started this channel to express myself and catalogue some of my favorite projects and hopefully encourage you to try DIY if you haven't yet done so or give you some new ideas of things to create to help add more beauty to your home.
I live in North Idaho not far from the Canadian border where we enjoy all 4 seasons. Feel free to reach out to me on social media or check out my blog where you will find many more projects & tutorials. Thanks for stopping by!
Overall, it’s holding up amazingly well! There’s a small chip on the tip of the on/off handle and one at the base of the sprayer where I scrubbed too hard. I’ll just touch those up. I’m really pleased with how well it’s doing!
What I’ve learned from the Easy Off method: 1. Make sure your using EASY OFF. Some of these videos are using just “oven cleaner”. I don’t know if this makes a difference but I don’t want to find out. 2. Make sure you’re using the Heavy Duty (yellow can). Some of these videos are using the regular strength (blue can) and claiming it’s not working so well. And apply it good and thick. Wait 30 minutes. I buy from Home Depot or Lowes because they carry the bigger cans that grocery stores don’t carry. 3. MOST IMPORTANT: DON’T USE WATER TO WIPE OR CLEAN IT OFF !!!!!! I saw one of these videos say to scrub with soap and water and rinse with water. In the video, her table was visibly warped afterwards (which she didn’t bother to mention). When I tried this, the wood began to warp AND crack. Wood and water NEVER get along. After 30 minutes, wipe it off with a dry rag. The paint will just smear. Don’t worry and don’t bother wiping/scrubbing too much. Wipe top layer and let it be damp/tacky. Then use a wire brush to gently scrub AGAINST the grain. The paint should crumble off like eraser shavings. When I scrubbed WITH the grain, it started digging too deep into the soft parts of the wood. You may need to do a second application at this point. Wait 30 min. Wipe. Then gently scrub. 4. Now clean the wood with pure acetone. Gently sand with 400 and paint or sand.
Nice job! White walls really make a difference, don’t they? I’m doing the same thing except my shed is at least 50 years old, with a new OSB floor. How is your paint holding up? I used two coats of oil-based primer on the walls first, however. I plan to do the same with the floor.
I love how bright and clean it is! The paint is holding up well except for a spot on the floor. I think it was something oily. Smart if you to use an oil-based primer.
I've been wanting to do this exact same thing. Only differences with my 2 lazy Susan's are that the door openings are larger (pro), but the cabinets don't have a back to them, just a poster board thick piece of cardboard, and then the wall behind that. So I would somehow have to construct backs to the cabinets first?
You could do that by nailing/screwing a thin piece of plywood to the back of the cabinet. Or, you could make your shelves with a supporting leg on the back side. For instance, the shelves would connect to the front of the cabinet, and the side of the bottom shelf at the back of the cabinet would have a support leg between the shelf and the bottom of the cabinet. The top shelf would have a support leg between it and the bottom shelf. I hope that makes sense. Please let me know if you have questions.
The original pattern was a size 9 1/2 - 10. How did you cut it down to your size 7 1/2 . Did you use a certain measurement to minus all around - or was it trial and error. Please advise. Thank you for sharing your make of the pattern.
I set my foot on a piece of paper and traced around it for the bottom piece. Then it was a bit of trial and error. I used a scrap of fabric to make a smaller sample piece of the top and after a couple of tries, found the size that fit. Good luck!
