How much do you spend on Christmas tree ornaments and decorating every year? We love coming up with new ways to decorate a Christmas tree on a budget and today’s dollar store Christmas tree marks our third year of decorating our large tree with *only* our Dollar Tree haul! Previously we’ve done a classic red […]
Blue, Pink and Gold Nutcracker Christmas Tree Decorating Tutorial
When it comes to Christmas tree decorating, how do you decide what goes on the tree? Do you follow a theme, use sentimental ornaments, set the kids loose with whatever they can find…? We’ve had so much fun in the past few years decorating the tree (see our red and gold dollar store tree, our […]
20+ New DIY Christmas Decor Tutorials
It’s only 45 days until Christmas, so clearly it’s time for our second annual Creative Christmas Challenge! We teamed up with more than twenty fellow bloggers to create new DIY Christmas decor tutorials. From our Nutcracker Christmas tree to DIY ornaments, wreaths, and decor, there’s a little bit of everything for your handmade Christmas celebration! […]
30+ DIY Alternative Christmas Trees
Christmas trees are staples of the holiday season. They can be beautiful, unique and the beginning of many holiday traditions. But they can also take up a lot of space, be costly and sometimes just don’t fit your personal style. If you’re looking for a tree that takes up less room (or NO room!), you […]
How to Build Rustic Herringbone Wood Christmas Trees
Remember a few days ago when we teased you with a photo of these in Krista’s 3D wood tree tutorial (and the wood Christmas stars tutorial)? Tease no longer — it’s time to show you how to build these rustic herringbone wood Christmas trees! These will look so cute on your porch from November to […]
How to Build 3D Wood Trees for Christmas and Winter Decor
Continuing in our Creative Christmas series: Krista envisioned and built these adorable rustic 3D wood trees from reclaimed wood, built with angled tiers of wood slats stacked pyramid-style on top of each other. Perfect for Christmas and the whole winter. The cutting and assembly method is so brilliant, and Krista walks you through it all in […]
Creative Christmas Challenge: 26 New DIY Christmas Project Tutorials
Happy Saturday, Remodelaholics! We’re less than 2 weeks until Thanksgiving and you know what that means… it’s time to be working on Christmas projects! I know, I know, I love Turkey Day too and I really do like letting it have its own moment before the Christmas season comes into full swing… but as a […]
Wintry White and Silver Christmas Tree (from the dollar store!)
To kick off our Creative Christmas week of Christmas projects, we’re sharing another Dollar Store Christmas Tree! We did one last year and it was a really fun creative exercise in stretching our dollars and seeing how we can make dollar store items shine. Last year’s red and gold dollar store tree turned out SO […]