13 Reclaimed Pallet Christmas Signs for a Farmhouse (That Don’t Look Store-Bought)
The farmhouse Christmas sign has a formula, and the formula is the problem: break down a pallet, sand it smooth, whitewash it grey, then stencil … Read more
Upcycled Tin Can Christmas Lanterns for the Porch: 7 Ideas That Hold Up Outdoors
Empty soup cans make a better Christmas lantern than half the pre-lit resin things at the garden center, and they cost nothing. The catch is … Read more
11 Mason Jar Christmas Centerpieces That Let the Greenery Do the Work
The standard advice is to cram a mason jar full of glittery faux picks until you can barely see the glass. That is backwards. The … Read more
11 Wall-Mounted Pallet Christmas Tree Ideas With Lights for Small Spaces
Most guides make this sound like a nail-some-slats-in-a-triangle afternoon, and the result usually looks like exactly that: scrap lumber leaning in a corner with a … Read more
11 Wine Cork Christmas Ornaments for Beginners (That Won’t Fall Apart)
Most beginner guides hand you a hot glue gun and tell you to stick whole corks together into a snowman. That glue is the reason … Read more
How to Build a Pallet Wood Christmas Tree for Your Porch
Most pallet-tree tutorials treat this like an indoor craft, which is why so many of them grey out and cup by mid-January the second you … Read more
Upcycled Denim Christmas Ornaments From Old Jeans
One pair of jeans is enough denim for a whole tree’s worth of ornaments. What separates the ones worth hanging from the ones that look … Read more
Upcycled Coffee Can Christmas Decor for the Mantel
A one-pound coffee can is roughly six inches tall and four across, which happens to be the footprint of a fat pillar candle and about … Read more
Old Jeans Christmas Decorations for Beginners: Start With the Makes That Forgive Mistakes
A worn pair of jeans hands you three shapes before you cut anything: the back pocket, already a lined pouch with topstitching; the flat-felled side … Read more
10 Outdoor Pallet Christmas Decorations for the Yard That Last the Whole Season
Free wood, one weekend, a yard that reads from the street. That is the appeal, and also where most pallet projects fall apart: the piece … Read more