Mrs. C Does Stuff

We wanted to install cabinets in our laundry room above our washer and dryer.  Since we were unable to find cabinets at Lowes or Home Depot to match the color of the cabinets in our house, we decided to paint unfinished cabinets.  This proved to be a very economical option also. Measure the area in which you want to hang the cabinets.  This step is important because although you think a space is a certain width, the actual dimensions may be slightly off.  You have to account for the thickness of Sheetrock between the studs.  Our space was too small for two 36 inch wide cabinets, so we had to get two 30 inch cabinets.  We decided we would customize our space to account for the difference with shelves or a rod for hanging clothes. More than a tutorial on how to actually hang the cabinets, this is how to get them to look like they came from the factory with the color you desire.  For us, it was a deep Walnut brown spray paint.  The first step i...

Happy Friday!  This post will be quick and easy.  I saw this idea on Savvy Brown's blog.  It can be found here .  It works well for organizing laundry.  Instead of using pillow cases, I made my own bags.  They are about the same size as a standard pillow case.  I sewed three sides together (the two long sides and on short side of the rectangular pieces of fabric).  Then I just created a loop all the way around the open end of the sack large enough to thread the drawstring through. For the drawstring, I used a thick rope to give the bag something a little more durable from which to hang.  I made three of these bags, because we like to sort our laundry, and hung them from a scrap piece of wood I had left over from another project.  I added unfinished wooden knobs to the piece of wood to serve as hooks.  The piece is screwed into the studs in the wall.  Each bag is tied around a knob. Once assembled around the emb...