By Pinktoesandpowertools | Home Organization
Have you ever been out at a store, been looking at purchasing something for your home and wondered whether it’s going to match once you get it home? I have. I generally end up standing there forever, squinting really hard, like that is somehow going to magically tell me whether the sheets I’m holding in […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Woodworking Tutorials
Look at my Beauty. She’s so pretty and clean and she doesn’t bite. And here’s the Beast that I need to tame: Like all fairy tales, this too has a happy ending. I made two of the straight edge cutting jigs for the circular saw yesterday like these here. I used 1/2″ plywood and S4S […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Home Decorating Projects
Large blank spots of wall. Do you have these in your home? I’ve got too many, but after this DIY Fresh Egg sign project, I’ve got one less in my kitchen. This morning I was lamenting the fact that something I ordered had not been shipped yet and I would be stalled in my list […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | My Spaces
I’m ready to take on the circular saw. The information I am reading is starting to become repetitive (a sign that I’ve read everything that would be relevant). I’ve read over the manual. I’ve read some home improvement books with excerpts about the saw. I’ve gotten out the saw and looked it over. I’m as […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
I was so excited to find out that I was picked as one of the features for My Repurposed Life from last week’s Catch As Catch Can party!! What a fantastic surprise! I submitted the Painting the Dining Room Table reveal post. Here’s the button I get to display on this blog: Thank you Gail! […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
If you couldn’t tell from yesterday’s post, I’m thinking that I’m going to have to learn how to cut a sheet of plywood by myself, rather than rely on Home Depot or Lowes to cut it for me. So I spent some time last night researching how to go about that, and I think I […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Uncategorized
OMG. (this is my exasperated silence) I’m back from the big box store. Got someone to help me very quickly once I was in the store (yippee!). He seemed to know what he was doing with the cutting machine (horray!) Then he pulled out his green highlighter marker to mark the cuts (little worried now). […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Progress Posts
Advice from blog books: Be an expert in your niche. I gotta tell you, I’m no expert. Not with power tools anyway. I’m a beginner. My compressor is still in the box. My cordless drill still looks pretty. I have no idea what the experts do. But I think the benefit of my blog may […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Home Decorating Projects
The last post in the How to Paint a Dining Room Table series of posts! The table and chairs are finished!!! (maybe) I am so excited!!! (well I was for around 24 hours). The links to the other posts in this series are included at the end of this post. I also added an update […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
I can put on coat number 7 for the table top in one hour. If I stay up until midnight, I can apply the last coat and be done with this project. I’m motivated to finish this thing tonight! The chairs are all done with 5 layers of topcoat. The table got 5 layers, except […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Progress Posts
At this point in a project of this size, I’m in need of some motivation. Lucky for me I got just that this morning when I was enjoying a cup of coffee while reading my favorite blogs before I put on my grubby clothes and grabbed my paint brush. Sandra from the blog Sawdust and […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Fabric + Craft + Art Projects
Like most American families, our lives are pretty busy around the Pink Toe home. Because of that, whether or not my kids will ride the bus home or be picked up by moi changes day to day, and sometimes my youngest gets confused once she’s at school. Then she gets anxious. Then I get called […]