Changing Screen with Mirrors

It's Friday and time for another Handbuilt Holiday project!  Today Ana White and I are sharing a gift you can build that's truly useful and beautiful at the same time, a changing screen with mirrors.

The changing screen is the second build for this year's Handbuilt Holiday series, last week we shared the stuffed animal zoo project here:

And surprise!

This changing screen has mirrors on the backside, a bonus feature than anyone is sure to love!

 

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Repurpose It Challenge Card Catalog Side Table

It's another challenge folks and this time Mindi @ My Love 2 Create came up with the brilliant idea for a Repurpose It Challenge.

I choose to repurpose an old card catalog into a side table but you must see what my 7 other blogger friends came up with:

• Amy @ Her Tool Belt: rustic arrow
• Kim @ The Kim Six Fix: coat rack from hammers
• Corey @ Sawdust 2 Stitches: repurposed dresser
• Donna @ Funky Junk Interiors: reclaimed wood tray
• Gail @ My Repurposed Life: dressing table repurposed desk
• Kathy @ Crafty Chica: repurposed jewelry holder
• Mindi @ My Love 2 Create: succulent planters from light fixtures
• Jaime @ That's My Letter: card catalog side table

I took this dusty and beat up old card catalog that was given to me from a friend of a friend about 3 years ago:

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Frankenstein Candy Box Giveaway

October is here and it's officially time to start thinking about Halloween projects.  I've got you covered in the treat department with this DIY Frankenstein candy box:

The plans with step by step instructions for this must have build are over at Ryobi Nation here.  In addition the nice folks at Ryobi Tools are giving away a drill-driver set and brad nailer to one lucky reader!

The giveaway entry details are below but first be sure to stop by Ryobi Nation to get the plans for this Frankenstein candy box perfectly sized for kids.

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Locker Style Mudroom Shoe Cubbies

Free plans today friends for this large five cubby locker style mudroom.  I built this piece over 3 years ago back in July 2012 and posted it here but I've had so many requests to create proper plans that I finally decided to do it.

Yikes that's an old cringe worthy picture but still a great project so I'm reposting.  This is my friend's house and she has four kids and no mudroom so we created one with this extremely user friendly locker cubby system.

This build is actually two pieces: shoe cubbies on the bottom which also serve as a bench and locker style cubbies up top with shelf storage.  Today I am sharing the plans for the shoe cubbies only.

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