DIY Home Improvements, Cleaning Tips, Furniture Makeovers and Home Decor - Abbotts At Home

Easy DIY Home Improvements

How to Restain a Door without Removing It

Written steps and a how to video showing how to Clean Car Seats at Home, the Easy Way with a portable Bissell SpotClean Pro. This even worked on my gross chocolate milk covered seats!

How to Clean Car Seats at Home, the Easy Way

How to Whiten Grout with a quick and easy DIY Grout Renew.

How to Whiten Grout – Easy DIY Grout Makeover

Replace your old crumbly grout or dingy caulk with this easy DIY. Here's How to Caulk A Kitchen Counter with the quick steps and video to help you do it! #AbbottsAtHome #Caulk #HomeMaintenance #DIYProject #Caulking #Kitchen

How to Caulk A Kitchen Counter – Quick Steps & Video

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This grout makeover DIY is an easy way to make your floor look 100% better.

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Can you Stain a Door Without Taking It Down? Yes, absolutely. But you have to be careful about when you do it and what you use. Here's my guide to staining your front door with gel stain. This will give you a beautiful finish on wood, fiberglass, and metal doors. Works on bare, painted, and previously stained doors.

Can you Stain A Door Without Taking It Down

5 of the most beautiful teal paint colors on furniture. And, the easy DIY steps I use for a beautiful teal painted furniture makeover. Best teal chalk paint colors on furniture and cabinets.

Easy DIY Teal Furniture Paint Makeover Ideas

5 before & after examples from my home of the best paint sheen on ceilings. Throw out those old painting rules to get a more beautiful room. Eggshell vs flat paint sheen on ceilings.

Best Paint Sheen on Ceilings: Eggshell or Flat

It's time to get rid of cable or satellite tv by switching to streaming tv. Here's what happened when I quit cable, how to stream tv on your tv, the pros and cons, and more. Making the switch has never been easier and you can save hundreds every year and still have your favorite shows.

How Do I Get Rid of Cable And Still Watch TV

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Popular DIY Furniture Tutorials

Easy to follow tutorial for a beautiful DIY Console Table Plan with Drawers for extra storage in an Entry, Dining Room, or Living Room! Step by Step Kreg Jig Pocket Hole build with printable plans available. Easy enough for beginner woodworkers.

Beautiful DIY Console Table Plan with Drawers

Full tutorial, build overview video, and printable plans for this beautiful DIY Childrens Desk Plans with Storage Drawers.

DIY Childrens Desk Plans with Storage

The printable build plans for my popular Modern Farmhouse Bench are now available. Includes 5 beautiful wood top options to turn it into a pretty Farmhouse coffee table instead. The Chevron Top Design is my favorite! Get the DIY Farmhouse Coffee Table Plans today. #AbbottsAtHome #Bench #CoffeeTable #DIYFurniture #FurniturePlans

DIY Farmhouse Coffee Table Plans

This easy DIY Table Over Washer and Dryer hides that ugly gap behind your washer and dryer, adds style, and gives you a great folding table!

DIY Table Over Washer and Dryer – Laundry Table

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My DIY Kids Play Kitchen has been a popular build, this year. My kids love it too! 🙂

Favorite DIY Home Decor

Build your own custom DIY Scrap Wood Wall Art. Works for Barn Quilt, Tribal Art, Boho, Mosaic, geometric wood designs and more. Includes DIY Wood Wall Art Tutorial steps and how-to video!

DIY Scrap Wood Wall Art – Build Steps and Video

Over 20 different Patina Paint Faux Metal Finish examples with info on how to DIY them. Great guide for picking the look you want before buying. How to Patina Paint with Copper, Bronze, and Iron paints using blue and green patinas. Testing done with Dixie Belle Patina Paints.

How to Patina Paint Faux Metal Finishes, 20 Examples!

Make your own stunning art for less than $20 with this pretty DIY Paint Pouring Wall Art Idea & Tutorial. I love this DIY Art Project, guys! Anyone can do this. #AbbottsAtHome #WallArt #PaintPouring #PouringPaint #AcrylicPaint #DIYDecor

DIY Acrylic Paint Pouring Wall Art

Here's a super easy wall decor idea using those beautiful wood slices. Here's how to make an Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook, like mine! This craft makes a great gift too.#AbbottsAtHome #WallDecor #CraftIdeas #WoodSlice #DecorIdeas #CoatHooks #WallHooks

Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook or Coat Hook

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This $20 Wooden DIY Barn Star Wall Art is one of my favorite DIY Home Decor projects.

Features & Awards

My DIY Home Improvements and Tutorials have been featured in Better Homes and Gardens and on great sites, like CraftGawker, DwellingGawker, Instructables & Remodelaholic.

And recently, my L-shaped Backyard Bench was awarded 1st runner up status in the 3rd season of the IG Builders Challenge. Yea! The amazing Ana White and HGTV’s Chip Wade were 2 of the fantastic judges. How cool is that?!

How I built my L-shaped DIY Outdoor Bench for $130, awarded 2nd place in the IG Builders Challenge, season 3 — The finished bench all dressed up.

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