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Wood Louver A/C Unit Screen

Are you tired of seeing your A/C unit in your beautiful garden or patio? Want to hide that ‘less than attractive’ pool equipment? Cover up that unsightly house equipment with an outdoor wood louver AC unit screen. The screen is robust, but it can be lifted out of the way if work is required on the unit.

Hide that unsightly A/C unit or pool equipment with a decorative wood screen. The louver wood slats allow for air flow to the unit. Free plans and tutorial.

Wood louvered screen with decorative trellis.

The cedar slats are angled to give a louvered look and allow for essential air flow to the A/C unit.

Hide that unsightly A/C unit or pool equipment with a decorative wood screen. The louver wood slats allow for air flow to the unit. Free plans and tutorial.

You’ll need to evaluate the size of screen needed for your equipment and area. The plans allow for about 1 foot clearance around my unit. Adjust the plans for your area A/C unit requirements. The more clearance the better for air flow to the air conditioning condenser.

Hide that unsightly A/C unit or pool equipment with a decorative wood screen. The louver wood slats allow for air flow to the unit. Free plans and tutorial.

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Vertical Succulent Garden DIH Workshop

**This post is sponsored by The Home Depot**

When it comes to home decor, the engineer in me is always looking for the WOW factor.  I am drawn to design elements that defy the odds and make you stop and wonder ‘how does that work’.  That must be why I love the upcoming Home Depot DIH (Do-it-herself) Workshop project, a Vertical Succulent Garden. This is such a fun project that can be used outdoors or indoors.  The texture of the succulents will bring fun character to any space.

Vertical Succulent Garden – April Home Depot DIH Workshop Project

One of my favorite things about DIY’ing is that any project can be customized into you own unique creation.  I’ll be doing just that at an upcoming virtual party next Monday (April 17 @1 pm EST), where a few uber talented blogging friends and I will reveal how we customized our Vertical Succulent Planter for our homes.   – Stay tuned, you won’t want to miss it.

Check out my Triple Arrow Version —> Here

The Home Depot is offering a DIH workshop to teach you how to make this cool vertical succulent planter and will help you become comfortable with the power tools needed to create it.

About the workshops:

  • The Home Depot offers Workshops at all of their locations for do-it-yourselfers of all ages and experience levels.
  • There are three types of Workshops offered – Do-It Yourself (DIY), Do-It-Herself (DIH) and Kids.
  • Customers can learn how to build décor projects, how to make easy home repairs and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions.
  • Visit http://workshops.homedepot.com to learn more.
  • The Home Depot would love to hear about your workshop experience – give your feedback Workshop Feedback Survey

Gather your girlfriends and Register for the Workshop – Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 pm

Make sure to get registered to attend the free workshop at your local Home Depot on Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 pm!  ——> Register Here

Share your project creations with hashtag #DIHWorkshop

* I acknowledge that The Home Depot is partnering with me to participate in this Workshops Program. As a part of the Program, I am receiving compensation in the form of products and services, for the purpose of promoting The Home Depot. All expressed opinions and experiences are my own words. My post complies with the Word Of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) Ethics Code and applicable Federal Trade Commission guidelines.

DIY Football Toss

Hi and welcome to the Home Depot DIY Workshop (Do it yourself) Virtual Game Party!  My kids are beyond excited about today’s project.  They have been very eager to help build this project!  Before we get to my project, this is the fun Father’s Day Football Toss project for June’s DIY workshop at your local Home Depot on Saturday, June 18 from 10-11:30 am.

Father's Day Football Toss

Here is what you’ll learn at the free demonstrative workshop:  Learn to build an outdoor football toss game. Join our workshop and learn to properly measure and accurately cut wood; safely operate both circular and reciprocating saws and a drill; and paint or stain your project like a champ with grid lines straight from the gridiron. The end result will be the skills to craft an outdoor game that will keep your family entertained all summer long.

The Home Depot offers free workshops at all of their locations for do-it-yourselfer’s of all ages and experience levels.

  • There are three types of Workshops offered – Do-It Yourself (DIY), Do-It-Herself (DIH) and Kids.
  • Customers can learn how to build décor projects, how to make easy home repairs and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions.
  • Visit http://workshops.homedepot.com to learn more.

Register for the Workshop – June 18 at 10 am

Make sure to get registered to attend the free workshop at your local Home Depot on Saturday, June 18 at 10 am!  ——> Register Here

Share your project creations with hashtag #DIYWorkshop

Like many kids (and grown up kids 😉 ), my kids love those little angry birds and bad piggies!  When I saw little foam footballs at The Home Depot, inspiration struck.  I thought it would be fun to make an Angry Bird inspired, ‘angry football’ toss game.

Knock out those bad piggies! Angry bird inspired football toss game, free plans and tutorial.

How to make an Angry Birds Inspired Football Toss Game

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Father’s Day Football Toss – DIY Workshop

What are you going to get Dad this year for Father’s Day???  If your Dad loves sports, then the Home Depot has you covered!  Just in time for Father’s Day, The Home Depot is hosting another great #DIYWorkshop to teach you how to make this cool football toss game.

Father's Day Football Toss #DIYWorkshop at The Home Depot

I’m pumped to join ‘team’ Woodhouse for an upcoming virtual ‘game’ party next Monday (June 13 @1 pm EST).  At the virtual party, each team will bring their ‘A-game’ and show how we customized the Father’s Day Football Toss for our Dad’s.

The Home Depot offers Workshops at all of their locations for do-it-yourselfer’s of all ages and experience levels.

  • There are three types of Workshops offered – Do-It Yourself (DIY), Do-It-Herself (DIH) and Kids.
  • Customers can learn how to build décor projects, how to make easy home repairs and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions.
  • Visit http://workshops.homedepot.com to learn more.

Register for the Workshop – June 18 at 10 am

Make sure to get registered to attend the free workshop at your local Home Depot on Saturday, June 18 at 10 am!  ——> Register Here

Share your project creations with hashtag #DIYWorkshop

*This post is brought to you by the Home Depot, all opinions are my own.

DIY Flower Pot Stand

Today’s project isn’t very impressive, but it is something that I have been really needing to build for my flower pots by the porch.  I have a few of these Bloom Master hanging pots for cascading flowers, they are what inspired the pallet planter box.

Cascading flower pallet planter box Sept

I intended to hang my baskets from shepherds hooks by my front porch.  However when my large baskets are planted, they are too heavy and the hook can’t hold them.  (Note: My Mom has the medium baskets and the shepherds hooks work fine.)

So I needed a little stand to get the baskets up off the ground and then beautiful flowers can cascade down!  This stand is really simple and is inspired by a couple of planter stands from West Elm, this and this.  I wanted my stands fairly tall to allow the Wave petunias to trail, you can easily adjust the height according to your needs.

Perfect stand to raise my flower pots up for cascading flowers. Really simple flower pot stand that you can build for about $4, free plans.

It doesn’t look like much now, but in a couple of months it’ll look awesome!

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How to Build a Simple Flower Pot Stand

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