It’s finally done! Have you been watching my sto It’s finally done! Have you been watching my stories this week as I build this wall art?Swipe to see the before! 👉🏼 I honestly thought this was going to be a challenging DIY but it was so simple & I’m loving it so much! I see making more of these in the future!! #lifemadesimplediy #woodwallart #diywoodart #buildersofinsta #minwaxstain  #minwaxearlyamerican #homedepot #builtwithstanley #dewaltpowertools #diyrightnow #girlswhobuild
Have you been watching in stories?! I have been ma Have you been watching in stories?! I have been making a strawberry planter for the 30 strawberry plants I bought earlier this week! Have you ever tried to grow strawberries?! If so leave me all the advice in the comments!! 🍓#starwberry #diyplanter #gardening #gardenlife #growingstrawberries #diywoodwork
SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favori SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favorite accent wall in the house that we did. We used it for a spare room but dreamed of this room to be a prefect space for an office! Look out for next week when I share my plans for our office space in the new house!! It is one of the spaces I will be transform right away when we move in! #officedesign #thespruce #homedepot #accentwall #greenaccentwall #diyprojects #diywoodwall
I feel like I say this with every makeover that we I feel like I say this with every makeover that we do but...this is still one of my favorites that we have done. So simple but makes the biggest impact. This was our first DIY we did when moving in & a little over a year ago I decided to paint the tile black! 

Literally the first thing you see when walking into the home. SWIPE to see the before 😳🤯. 

I’m so excited for our next fireplace it’s going to be even better. 
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#fireplacemakeover #fireplacemantel #fireplacesofinstagram #thespruce #hunkerhome #homedepot #rustoleumchalkpaint #farmhouse #modernfarmhouse #mybhg #mybhghome
SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we com SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we come a long way! We are slowly coming to an end on this kitchen remodel and it’s bittersweet. Next week I will be sharing the full review so stay tuned!! 
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Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so mu Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so much! These arches, that board and batten (my first time using a power tool) and my Sam’s Club chandelier 😆 Don’t mind the frames I never found pictures for! 🙈 SWIPE to see all the stages this entryway has been through. 
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#hunkerhome #thespruce #entrywayideas #modernfarmhouse #boardandbatten #girlswithpowertools #arch #midcentury
This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly after we moved in. It was the first room I tackled and frankly really needed a facelift 😅 SWIPE to see the before! What was your first room you have changed in your current home?!?
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SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom wa SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom was gross...I mean so gross you can see in the video I refused to put my products inside the drawers 😅 I will definitely miss this bathroom but I’m so excited to be designing a new one in the up coming year! #thespruce #hunkerhome
Who can believe that Christmas is 10 days away?! 🤯 Who has all there shopping done? I just finished this weekend but I still have some wrapping to do. 
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DIY Projects, Seasonal · December 16, 2019

Colorful DIY Holiday Nutcrackers

Colorful DIY Holiday Nutcrackers

To some this DIY might shock you, I am normally a neutral gal. I like simplicity in my decor and more of a modern farmhouse vibe. I thought I would have some fun this holiday season and create an easy Colorful DIY Holiday Nutcrackers project for my daughter’s room. Before this I have never owned a nutcracker. Nor do I think my parents had one growing up. But now we have 6 pastel crazy fun nutcrackers!

While on Youtube one morning I came across a fellow blogger/youtuber and instantly fell in love. She had a video on dollar store modern holiday decor & her DIY white spray painted nutcrackers were brilliant. I will link her Youtube video HERE if you want to check it out! I loved the idea and how simple it was, and instantly wanted to recreate it but with a twist.

This whole holiday season I kept seeing those colorful bottle brush trees at Hobby Lobby & on Pinterest and thought those would be SO cute for my daughter’s room. But, I never pulled the plug, in fear that she would be too rough with them and thought maybe I should wait another year.

Colorful Holiday Nutcrackers

When seeing the nutcrackers I thought why don’t I do that but with wooden nutcrackers. They are cheap & way more sturdier than the trees. If you are looking for an easy DIY Christmas decoration project to tackle this holiday season this one is for you!

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  • PAINT- HERE is the paint I used.
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  • NUTCRACKERS- HERE are the ones I bought & HERE are some ones from Amazon.
DIY colorful holiday nutcrackers

When I DIY I try to keep it as cost effective as possible! It’s no fun if your DIY ends up costing you more than the already finished product. So when sourcing my materials there were a few places I looked & reasons why I choose Micheals!

When I first set out to get my nutcrackers I checked our local Dollar Tree but had no luck. So after that adventure it landed me back at home to hop on my computer. I checked Amazon but wasn’t satisfied with the prices & thought I would check one more place before committing to order.

Micheals had exactly what I was looking for. Now a little secret for you before you buy at Micheals, I highly suggest always first checking their website. They have recently started a service where you can order online and pick up same day in store! And they usually have some promotion or sale going on that gives you money off if you chose to use this service.

I payed $14.67 to make these 6 nutcrackers! That’s the paint, brushes and 6 raw wood nutcrackers.

DISCLAIMER (All thoughts are my own & this is in no way sponsored)

HOW TO

There is tons of ways you can go about this Colorful DIY Holiday Nutcrackers.

You can make it super easy and spray paint them instead of hand painting them. If your nutcracker comes with hair like mine you can chose to paint around it or there is a way to take it off. I will link At Home With Ashley’s tutorial HERE, she chose to remove her nutcrackers hair.

Since I chose to keep the hair I hand painted the nutcrackers which lets just say made this DIY very tedious! It took me an hour per nutcracker. I could have probably went faster but I chose to do this during nap times & at the end of the day. Sometimes my “hey look a squirrel” moment would kick in and I would get distracted with something else LOL.

Am I the only one?!

For brushes I chose to use a cheap foam brush and the tiny brush that the nutcrackers came with to get in all the nooks and cracks that the big brush couldn’t reach.

Click the video down below to watch this DIY project!

Don’t they look awesome styled on this Ikea look a like shelf I did back in the beginning of summer!? If you missed that DIY I’ll link it HERE!

Colorful Holiday Nutcrackers

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It’s finally done! Have you been watching my sto It’s finally done! Have you been watching my stories this week as I build this wall art?Swipe to see the before! 👉🏼 I honestly thought this was going to be a challenging DIY but it was so simple & I’m loving it so much! I see making more of these in the future!! #lifemadesimplediy #woodwallart #diywoodart #buildersofinsta #minwaxstain  #minwaxearlyamerican #homedepot #builtwithstanley #dewaltpowertools #diyrightnow #girlswhobuild
Have you been watching in stories?! I have been ma Have you been watching in stories?! I have been making a strawberry planter for the 30 strawberry plants I bought earlier this week! Have you ever tried to grow strawberries?! If so leave me all the advice in the comments!! 🍓#starwberry #diyplanter #gardening #gardenlife #growingstrawberries #diywoodwork
SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favori SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favorite accent wall in the house that we did. We used it for a spare room but dreamed of this room to be a prefect space for an office! Look out for next week when I share my plans for our office space in the new house!! It is one of the spaces I will be transform right away when we move in! #officedesign #thespruce #homedepot #accentwall #greenaccentwall #diyprojects #diywoodwall
I feel like I say this with every makeover that we I feel like I say this with every makeover that we do but...this is still one of my favorites that we have done. So simple but makes the biggest impact. This was our first DIY we did when moving in & a little over a year ago I decided to paint the tile black! 

Literally the first thing you see when walking into the home. SWIPE to see the before 😳🤯. 

I’m so excited for our next fireplace it’s going to be even better. 
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#fireplacemakeover #fireplacemantel #fireplacesofinstagram #thespruce #hunkerhome #homedepot #rustoleumchalkpaint #farmhouse #modernfarmhouse #mybhg #mybhghome
SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we com SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we come a long way! We are slowly coming to an end on this kitchen remodel and it’s bittersweet. Next week I will be sharing the full review so stay tuned!! 
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Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so mu Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so much! These arches, that board and batten (my first time using a power tool) and my Sam’s Club chandelier 😆 Don’t mind the frames I never found pictures for! 🙈 SWIPE to see all the stages this entryway has been through. 
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#hunkerhome #thespruce #entrywayideas #modernfarmhouse #boardandbatten #girlswithpowertools #arch #midcentury
This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly after we moved in. It was the first room I tackled and frankly really needed a facelift 😅 SWIPE to see the before! What was your first room you have changed in your current home?!?
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SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom wa SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom was gross...I mean so gross you can see in the video I refused to put my products inside the drawers 😅 I will definitely miss this bathroom but I’m so excited to be designing a new one in the up coming year! #thespruce #hunkerhome
Who can believe that Christmas is 10 days away?! 🤯 Who has all there shopping done? I just finished this weekend but I still have some wrapping to do. 
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.
We have a little over a month left in this house & after Christmas Day it’s crunch time! I hope you are all ready for some fun content coming into the new year. I’m ready to get this new chapter up and going! ❤️
Here she is in all her glory! Still unfinished 🤪 I knew this would take long  but man is it hard with two small children & maybe the fact I fall asleep at 8pm most nights 🤦🏼‍♀️ today I am making progress though! I hope to have this whole side done and started on the stove area by Sunday🤞🏻Stay tuned!
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It’s finally done! Have you been watching my sto It’s finally done! Have you been watching my stories this week as I build this wall art?Swipe to see the before! 👉🏼 I honestly thought this was going to be a challenging DIY but it was so simple & I’m loving it so much! I see making more of these in the future!! #lifemadesimplediy #woodwallart #diywoodart #buildersofinsta #minwaxstain  #minwaxearlyamerican #homedepot #builtwithstanley #dewaltpowertools #diyrightnow #girlswhobuild
Have you been watching in stories?! I have been ma Have you been watching in stories?! I have been making a strawberry planter for the 30 strawberry plants I bought earlier this week! Have you ever tried to grow strawberries?! If so leave me all the advice in the comments!! 🍓#starwberry #diyplanter #gardening #gardenlife #growingstrawberries #diywoodwork
SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favori SWIPE to see the BEFORE! This was easily my favorite accent wall in the house that we did. We used it for a spare room but dreamed of this room to be a prefect space for an office! Look out for next week when I share my plans for our office space in the new house!! It is one of the spaces I will be transform right away when we move in! #officedesign #thespruce #homedepot #accentwall #greenaccentwall #diyprojects #diywoodwall
I feel like I say this with every makeover that we I feel like I say this with every makeover that we do but...this is still one of my favorites that we have done. So simple but makes the biggest impact. This was our first DIY we did when moving in & a little over a year ago I decided to paint the tile black! 

Literally the first thing you see when walking into the home. SWIPE to see the before 😳🤯. 

I’m so excited for our next fireplace it’s going to be even better. 
.
.
.
.
#fireplacemakeover #fireplacemantel #fireplacesofinstagram #thespruce #hunkerhome #homedepot #rustoleumchalkpaint #farmhouse #modernfarmhouse #mybhg #mybhghome
SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we com SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE ➡️ Man on man have we come a long way! We are slowly coming to an end on this kitchen remodel and it’s bittersweet. Next week I will be sharing the full review so stay tuned!! 
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.
#kitchenremodel #aquacoat @aquacoat #thehonesthomechallenge #kitchenrenovation #thespruce #hunkerhome #farmhouseonetofollow #famehousekitchen #diykitchen #paintingcabinets #girlswithpowertools
Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so mu Our entryway is one area I’m going to miss so much! These arches, that board and batten (my first time using a power tool) and my Sam’s Club chandelier 😆 Don’t mind the frames I never found pictures for! 🙈 SWIPE to see all the stages this entryway has been through. 
.
.
.
.
#hunkerhome #thespruce #entrywayideas #modernfarmhouse #boardandbatten #girlswithpowertools #arch #midcentury
This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly This is our spare bathroom that I remolded shortly after we moved in. It was the first room I tackled and frankly really needed a facelift 😅 SWIPE to see the before! What was your first room you have changed in your current home?!?
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.
#bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #smallbathroomdesign #bathroommakeover #bathroommakeoveronabudget #diypaintedvanity #rustoleumchalkpaint #housetohome #mybhghome
SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom wa SWIPE 👉🏼 to see the BEFORE! This bathroom was gross...I mean so gross you can see in the video I refused to put my products inside the drawers 😅 I will definitely miss this bathroom but I’m so excited to be designing a new one in the up coming year! #thespruce #hunkerhome
Who can believe that Christmas is 10 days away?! 🤯 Who has all there shopping done? I just finished this weekend but I still have some wrapping to do. 
.
.
.
We have a little over a month left in this house & after Christmas Day it’s crunch time! I hope you are all ready for some fun content coming into the new year. I’m ready to get this new chapter up and going! ❤️
Here she is in all her glory! Still unfinished 🤪 I knew this would take long  but man is it hard with two small children & maybe the fact I fall asleep at 8pm most nights 🤦🏼‍♀️ today I am making progress though! I hope to have this whole side done and started on the stove area by Sunday🤞🏻Stay tuned!
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