By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
Oh my goodness, what a surprise–I just found out tonight that I got nominated for a Homie award in the Best DIY Blog category over at Apartment Therapy!! I can’t tell from the site who nominated me, but whoever that was, thank you SO so SOOOO much! Right now they are collecting nomination votes–the top […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
Sorry about the dry spell on the blog as of late. A good portion of the last week was visiting with out of town relatives on their way up to my grandpa’s funeral, then packing up and getting ourselves there and back. It was great to see a lot of loved ones who live too […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Random Thoughts + Ramblings
My grandfather passed away this morning. It’s hard to type that–it makes it too real. He was a wonderful man and I still can’t quite wrap my head around the fact that he won’t be at Christmas with a bow on his head. He won’t be teasing the great grandkids with his cane. He was […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Home Organization
Happy Valentine’s Day! This post was originally a guest post for Brittany over at Pretty Handy Girl a little over two weeks ago. I so appreciate that she featured me over there! If you didn’t catch it then, here is the Pink Toe version 🙂 *** Based on today’s post, I’m going to predict that […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Quick Tips + Tricks
You can’t avoid them when you DIY. Extension cords. I had a love/hate relationship with them until I found a way to keep them neat and easy to use. They were always a tangled mess that took up too much room in the garage closet but who can operate power tools on short cords? Not […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Woodworking Tutorials
Hello and happy spring! I know it’s not quite spring, but today the sun is shining and it’s making me feel like spring is just around the corner. Except for the windy weather it brings, I love everything about spring, so that makes me happy 🙂 So let’s humor the woman with the pink toes […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Woodworking Projects
First I want to apologize for this post being sent prematurely several days ago. I have no idea what happened–I started writing up the post, left the computer for a bit, came back to finish it, and discovered it was published. So sorry about that–and it was blank at the time it was published as […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Home Improvement Projects
Woohoo the reveal! I love. love. love this closet organizer. I couldn’t be happier with it. More importantly Pip is happy with it and she is excited that she can find all her stuff in there now! The viking hat got a place of honor 🙂 Dress up jewelry for now! What do you think? […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Progress Posts
The hard parts are over! Now for our DIY closet organizer, we just put the pieces together. First put your side pieces into the closet. Put a shelf in the bottom and at the top of your shelf pin area on each side. Then use a level to make sure that the shelves will be […]
By Pinktoesandpowertools | Progress Posts
Normally my mantra during a build is “Perfect is the enemy of done” because I tend to be a perfectionist about things. Well this closet organizer is done and it sure isn’t perfect. Had this been anywhere but a closet, the drawer fronts would have been redone. But my new and improved mantra for this […]