When we were unable to find a curved bench to fit our farmhouse inspired, cottage style kitchen, we decided to make one ourselves. However, when we stumbled on a few picnic benches at the curb, we opted to make them over instead. With fabulous results and for free. Here's the complete how to... Hello friends! As promised, I'm back today with the full DIY, step by step tutorial, to show you exactly how we turned a pair of straight wooden picnic benches into a curved one in an afternoon.

I always thought a curved bench for my round kitchen table would be the perfect addition to my cozy cottage kitchen nook. Unfortunately, tracking one down was impossible. Until now. This is my new kitchen bench. Don't you love it? I do. I just can't get enough of that view.

Did you know you could make a garden trellis from just about anything? Yup. All it takes is a little bit of imagination to make a creative frame to grow vines or any climbing plant in your yard. Here's the quick and easy DIY to build one of your very own in minutes.

Have you heard of a garden dibble?  Apparently they've been around forever making planting easier for generations of gardeners. We'd never heard of them before, but had been using one years. One we made at home.  For free.  Who knew?

Closed umbrellas are creepy and depressing. Am I the only one that thinks this way? I often wonder. When it comes to naming my favorite season, I have not been shy. It's summer, folks. Always summer. Hands down. I don't even have to think about it.