Simply Lori Lee

Raise your hand if you have scrap wood sitting in your garage? I'm first!!! I wanted to get all this extra wood out of my garage before my garage sale and definitely before winter. These were leftover pieces from a friend's backyard makeover. I didn't have to cut anything for these do it yourself wood projects, everything was just waiting to be painted. Love this kind of project. Do It Yourself Wood Projects Directions: Select different sized scrap wood. I had 2 x 4’s.. but you can use any size you have. Spray paint? Craft Paint? Chalk Paint? What do you have? I had spray paint in these colors. Pumpkin Orange, cinnamon, and burnished amber. Just in case you want to see… Next, I found twigs in the yard and cut them to various heights. I glued them on to the top with my E6000 Glue I added wax to seal and then added a little antiquing wax for more character. Cut pieces of burlap, raffia.. whatever type of ribbon or string you have. Viola! Th...

Have you ever walked through Pier 1, Pottery Barn or Ikea and saw something that you really liked, but then you looked at the price and said to yourself “how much?” I saw this Gold Pinecone Tree 24″at Pier 1 and decided that I could make this for a lot less than $49.95. Here’s what I did. If you saw my post for the pine cone garland, (click on my page if you need to read it again.) I picked my own pine cones from my backyard and cleaned them. You can buy decorative pine cones from your local crafts, but I have more than enough :) All you need to make this Pine Cone Tree is: Styrofoam cones Krylon Glitter Blast spray paint Hot glue gun with glue sticks Pine cones It was really that simple. When my pine cones were ready; I just started using my hot glue gun and attaching them to the Styrofoam cones. Quick Tip: I thought spray painting before I attached them would be better. I found out after a can of spray paint that it is better to wait ...

Refinished Cottage Style Sofa Table I love finding a beautiful piece a furniture that needs some TLC. Refinishing furniture to me is such a relaxing thing to do. Study it, ask for advice from friends and family, then add your own type of magic to the piece. Have you all seen the picture on Facebook of the corgi in the car? OMG... Is someone going to throw that out?  I can paint it and make it beautiful again? Well, that's what I did.   I stopped the car, looked around and in my high heels I picked up this piece (80+ lbs) and put it in my car. I then proceeded to call my mom and give her a good laugh at what I did.  Part 1: P rep work is key As you can see in the picture, it has some slight issues, water stains, and peeling poly. My grandfather reminded me that  prep work is key.  Make sure you do a good work in the beginning and the rest will work out better. I first started out with trying to str...