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Farmhouse Piano Octave Sign

Piano Octave Sign and Diablo tool review is sponsored by The Home Depot. I have been compensated for my time and provided with product (tools). All ideas and opinions are my own. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. 

A few months ago at the Swiss Days Craft Fair, I saw the cutest full piano keyboard sign. I thought it was pretty novel and super cute for piano enthusiasts. This quarter in the Home Depot THDprospective campaign I’m in, I have been reviewing 2 types of specialty circular saw blades: Diablo steel demon and Diablo wood and metal. The steel demon is awesome for cutting thin steel bar and tubing. The wood and metal blade is fantastic for situations where you may hit nails or metal embedded in wood aka pallets! I thought it would be fun to make my piano teacher friend an inspired version of the full keyboard, with pallet wood and flat bar metal, but only do one octave of keys.

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5 Portable Tool Storage Solutions for Work on the Go

Portable tool storage tool review is sponsored by The Home Depot. I have been compensated for my time and provided with product (tools). All ideas and opinions are my own. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. 

In the 1989 Field of Dreams movie the motto was: “If you build it, he will come.” Well for a DIY’er the adage is just slightly different: “If you can build it, they will call!” 🙂 When the opportunities arise (and they will) to help out a friend, family members or even a client with a project, it sure is nice to have portable tool storage solutions when you’re on the go.

I am going to highlight a few of my favorite products to keep things mobile, but leave me a comment if you have a favorite product I should check out.

1. Husky 10″ Round – 19 Pocket Canvas Tote

The first product is a little canvas tote that I love to use constantly in the shop and on the go. I like to put all of my different screw types and sizes in the 6 larger center pockets. In the outer pockets, I put my most common bits and hand tools/screw drivers. The center handle is convenient. You can plop 3 or 4 of these in a 5 gallon bucket to take on the go.  Definitely one of my favorite totes.

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Queen X Barn Door Farmhouse Bed Plan

A little while ago, I built myself a X Barn door farmhouse bed – king size, which we love. The version of the king bed I made has storage underneath the bed. I received a few requests to make plans for Queen size bed without the under bed storage.  If interested, here are plans for a matching nightstand – Farmhouse X Nightstand

Picture of the Kingsize version:

Build a barn door farmhouse bed with X headboard. Free king size bed building plans on hertoolbelt.com.

This is what the queen bed will look like:

Building plans for a X barn door farmhouse style bed in queen size.

 

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Window Shadow Box Shelf Plan

The Window Shadow Box Shelf and Diablo saw blade Tool Review is sponsored by The Home Depot. I have been compensated for my time and provided with product (tools). All ideas and opinions are my own. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. 

A few weeks ago I made my toddler a ‘big girl’ bed…but not too big! Her bed is a cute little house frame toddler bed that uses her crib mattress. It turned out super cute.

The perfect accessory for a 'house frame' bed, is accompanying window shadow box shelves. Build for as little as $2 each in lumber.

While brainstorming ideas for wall decor, I thought, of course a house needs windows. These window shadow box shelves add the look of windows, but double as a place to put her little books and knick-knacks.

The ‘window’ shadow box shelves can be made for as little as $2 each in lumber, depending on the size of ‘window’ you need. Even better, they are a great way to use up scrap 1×4 pieces!

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