As anyone who does any amount of crafting (of any sort) you know that you accumulate stuff quickly. It's no use to toss  this stuff because it can still be used or utilized in some fashion. So what do you do with this stuff? You stash it, and what do you do when the stash starts taking over your space?  I don't...

Yesterday I told you the back story of the green in the exercise room, well today that 3rd stripe was added to the room, and I couldn't be happier.  Dev was even impressed  and as soon as dinner was done he wanted to show Daddy what Mommy had done :)  Luckily, Daddy likes all the color this time round, and...

Do you remember a few days ago I mentioned that I painted our first kitchen a shade of green that my husband hated? Well, I've picked another shade of bright green...he's calling it revenge green, but even with such a horrible moniker its still lovely. We've been finshing a part of our basement that the builder did not,...

I just realized that I named this blog, Straight Stitches, and the only things I've been talking about is building furniture and shopping. There has been no talk or pictures of anything I've sewn. I figure this is about as good a time as any to show off what I've made for the house and for myself, especially since the...

So in January, I found this wonderful blog called Knock Off Wood and on that site I found plans for a simple bench that was a knock off of a bench that was seen in Better Homes and Gardens. Now I have seen this bench before, not that exact bench but many, many benches similar to it. I saw these benches while I was very...

So after making the bench for the family room, I was officially hooked on making my own furniture. The next project was an easy sell for my husband, because the shelf I'd be replacing he happens to hate. :) So I went back to Ana's blog and found the  plans for the Thomas cabinet and hutch. I didn't even...

Well the bookcase is glazed and resting in its new home, with stuff on it already. I'm very pleased with how it turned out and the fact that it's hiding my ecclectic collection of cookbooks. It's also hiding the magnet toys for the boys :)The glaze turned out better than I had hoped, which is nice because there is nothing...