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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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Quick and easy DIY red painted furniture makeover steps - no primer or top coat required. And, this red paint color is A-mazing! Step by step tutorial - how to paint furniture the perfect shade of red. Red Chalk Paint Furniture.

Easy DIY Red Painted Furniture Makeover

These DIY Tips for Painting Furniture are my answers to common questions people have when they are getting started with painting furniture. DIY Tips for Painting Furniture Like with most things, there is more than one right way to paint furniture. My DIY Tips for Painting Furniture come from 15 years of experience painting and staining new and old furniture.

12 More DIY Tips for Painting Furniture

Step by step guide for How to paint furniture for beginners, when to sand, when to prime, which paints to use, and when you need a top coat! Beginners Guide for How to Paint Furniture. Detailed explanation of each step and whether or not you can skip that step. Printable version available.

How to Paint Furniture for Beginners

20+ Step by Step Beginner Furniture Painting Tutorials that anyone can do! Pick the paint colors and stains you like to design your own look.

20+ Step by Step Beginner Furniture Painting Tutorials

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Every post on this site comes from actual DIY Home Improvements projects and tutorials that I do in my own home and would recommend to family and friends. If you prefer videos, subscribe to Abbotts At Home on YouTube, for the latest DIY and Home Improvement Videos.

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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