Chic Little House in This Old House Magazine

Friends, I have some excited news! My family and I are in the Special Reader Created Issue of This Old House Magazine October 2015, I recently shared a picture on Instagram of me at Barnes & Noble picking up a copy! However, things never feel official until, I've shared them on the blog. Recently of of the Editors from This Old House Magazine reached out to me about my DIY BBQ Grill Cart project we recently finished saying they'd love to feature the cart and share with their readers.

The bar cart we made was also recently featured on roundup of bar carts on Apartment Therapy I've been a fan of TOH since I was a kid watching their shows on Saturday mornings, I've always been the kid who couldn't wait to go to the hardware store with their Dad. To this day its still my kind of fun on a Saturday mornings. I'm so excited about this issue friends, its filled with so many amazing DIY Projects and Ideas. I'm swooning over the front porch in the cover, and getting so much Halloween & Fall front porch decor inspiration.

Can you spot my smiling face in the contents page. The BBQ Cart feature is under The Home Solutions section of the blog. 

Below is the article from This Old House, so excited to be in a Reader Created Issues along side of some many amazing DIYers. I was asked to submit several pictures for the feature, its always excited to see what pictures where chosen. Our DIY Bart cart is all styled and ready for fall, filled with fall goodies, apple cider, apple cake and lovely flowers. Along with sharing the article, 

I thought 

it would be fun to share a few outtakes! 

Friends, if you have a chance to read the article, please let me know what you think! A Huge thank you to the team at This Old House Magazine, for loving the Bar Cart project and featuring it along with my cute family! 

DIY Hanging Planter

Well this a first, I'm writing my blog from another country, very exciting! If you being following my Instagram posts @mrsclh then you I recently landed in England to visit one of my dearest friends for two weeks. Talk about the ultimate girls trip! My latest DIY Workshop project for The Home Depot was to build a DIY Hanging Planter. Today, I'm sharing my customized version of hanging planter. 

I love the idea of having a small hanging planter that is perfect for indoors. I love terrariums, they are so pretty. To me they feel like tiny self contained little gardens. I've been wanting to add one to my house for ages. When I spotted the Pride Gardens Glob Terrarium in The Home Depot Garden section, I knew it would so amazing in a hanging frame.  I decided to build a hanging planter that could be placed on counter, desk or windowsill that felt modern and worked perfectly for my home. Using 1x2 walnut wood from The Home Depot, I four pieces of wood 12 inches long and then built a frame using my Ryobi Airstrike Nail Gun. To make sure the frame is nice and secure, I used 1 1/4 nails. 

Seriously friends, I'm obsessed with my Ryobi Airstrike nail gun, it makes me feel like a pro. Next, I pre-drilled a small hole on the inside the center of the frame and screwed in a cup hanger. 

I used indoor garden soil and placed two small succulents inside, then added a few rocks to help with drainage. Next, I hung the globe inside the walnut frame. I absolutly love how pretty and modern the globe looks inside the wood frame. The warm wood tones of walnut the are such a pretty contrast to the green succulants inside. 

I'm so happy with how this project turned out, my new hanging planter feels right at home in my living room. Plants always make for happy additions in rooms, don't they? 

As a reminder, my fellow DIY Workshop friends will be at various Home Depots around the country hosting workshops on how to build a DIY Hanging Planter for your porch. I hope you'll be able to join them Satruday, September 12, 2015 from 10:00am to 11:30pm. Please visit thier blogs for more information and locations: Chris

Manmade DIY

, Michelle

Decor and the Dog

, Jamie

That's My Letter

, Jen

House of Wood

 and Jamie

C.R.A.F.T

. 

Please click

here

to register for the DIY Hanging Planter Workshop. Also my friends will be live Tweeting on sharing pictures on Instagram follow along with the hastag #DIYWorkshop to see what they're up to.

What do you think of my customized DIY Hanging Planter? 

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