Category Archives: Home Improvements – DIY Renovations

We’ve done many home improvements over the years and want to pass our experience along to you! We’ve fully renovated our basement to include a man cave, laundry room and craft studio. You’ll find tutorials on renovating bathrooms, installing baseboards, laying engineered hardwood floors, how to hide the electrical panel and more.

Home Improvements – Some Ideas

Over the years we’ve slowly improved the builder grade finishes in our humble abode by renovating. However, it didn’t happen overnight! We’re making our way through each room of the house and learning as we go.

If you’re a beginner, I hope our projects will give you some ideas and help you build the confidence to try a renovation project or two in your own home!

We’ll show you storage solutions for the kitchen and laundry room. We’ll even show you how to renovate your kitchen if you’re thinking of moving.

Check out some of our most popular home improvement posts:

Medicine Cabinet DIY – Decoupaged ReStore Door

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Our decoupaged medicine cabinet DIY is the jewel in the crown in our little powder room. It’s a striking decor piece that acts like artwork. But while it adds beauty, it’s also a functional way to add more storage in a small space.

You may have seen the powder room makeover we posted last year. Today we’re focusing on how to build just one of the elements, the decoupaged medicine cabinet, right into a wall. At Birdz of a Feather, we’re all about upcycling so when it came time to renovate our small powder room, we wanted to do it as sustainably as possible. Continue reading →

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Laminate Countertop Installation

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I didn’t think we’d ever do a laminate countertop installation because I’ve always wanted ‘real’ stone. However, installing a laminate countertop without a backsplash turns out to be the best compromise and is the finishing touch in our laundry room!  Our laundry room started out like so many other builder spaces: dark, dank and in the basement.

There’s nothing much we could do about the location. Our house is too small to relocate it, but we can certainly remodel it with beautiful finishes to make it a pleasant space to do laundry in!  Continue reading →

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Jewelry Storage DIY – Keeping it Tarnish Free

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This cabinet upcycle turned into the most amazing jewelry storage DIY because I found a way to keep my bling tarnish free! What’s not to love about tarnish free jewelry?

If we find something in the garbage that inspires us (or even just challenges our common sense to leave it there), we don’t hesitate to try to find another use for it. The worst that can happen is that the project is an epic fail that ends up back in the garage again. But we won’t let that happen on our watch! Continue reading →

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Hide an Electrical Panel in a Basement

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It can be a big challenge to hide an electrical panel. Some electrical panels are perfectly fine hidden behind a metal door. But when we finished our basement and had to increase the size of our the panel even more to accommodate the electrical needs for my craft room and the man cave, it looked horrendous. Continue reading →

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DIY Couch Cover – Spring Cleaning an Ikea Sofa

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Use this DIY couch cover idea as an interim solution when you’re cleaning IKEA’s washable slipcover. It also works as a cheap & cheerful permanent slipcover. Now that Spring has sprung, it’s time for a little spring cleaning. Upholstered couches are great, but washable slipcovers are even better! Continue reading →

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Bathroom Makeover DIY – Maximize Bathroom Space

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Today we have a bathroom makeover DIY we recently completed in my Mom’s house. As we showed you in a reclaiming and maximizing space in the bathroom, renovating a bathroom gives you the ideal opportunity to maximize bathroom space. Mom’s bathroom has never been updated in the 30 years she’s owned the house. So it was high time for a reno. For us, it’s just as important to make the sure the space is as functional as it is beautiful. Continue reading →

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Picture Ledge DIY – Staircase Niche Decor Gift

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This picture ledge DIY idea sprung out of this year’s reno project: finishing the basement. We recently completed my craft studio and have been working on the mancave too. It’s a testament to how you can upcycle scrap pieces wood into functional decor!

Hubs surprised me with this as a gift; made especially for the stairway leading into the basement. Before starting work on the basement, the stairwell was the drop zone for our central vacuum system accessories. Continue reading →

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Replace a Bathroom Fan – Blow it Your Roof!

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There’s going to come a time when you have to replace a bathroom fan. They say nothing is certain but death and taxes, but I’d like to add a third: repairs!  Repairs are inevitable. Just last week alone, three things broke down on us. When you’re a do-it-your-selfer and a blogger, you have to look on the bright side of things. It’s a good week when repairs alone give you a ton of things to write about!

I wasn’t sorry to see the old fan go. It was so loud and clunky; I could hear barely hear Hubs singing rubber ducky outside the bathroom door 🙂

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