Peacock Front Door!

 Peacock Front Door! Okay, this is our side door.  But it gets used more than our cool front door. And it was ugly. ~ When we bought this house in January, the inside of the house was painted a purple-ish gray color. They used it on this door too.  Not a fan. Not only is it super boring...but it was scratched badly from the previous owners dogs. The trim is a peachy salmon color and I do not love it...but until we get brave enough to paint  all the wood surfaces of the house, I'll leave it the way it is. In any case the Peacock is the perfect complimentary color!  I painted it Peacock Blue! I love all shades of blue, especially teal! My husband is not a huge fan of this color. I decided to paint the door while he was gone at a weekend scout camp with our son.  I used this fantastic Peacock Blue paint from Waverly, These products are available at Walmart. I work with Plaid Crafts and they hooked me up for this post. This paint is sem...

Viking Chess Kubb Game!

 Kubb! Have you played Kubb?  It's a super fun outdoor yard game! There's a great overview on Wikipedia with the instructions that I'm not going post here.  But it's a great game and easy to make! It would make a great gift too--maybe for Father's day!?  You need: 1 King Piece: 12 inch 4 by 4 10 Kubbs: 6 inch 3 by3 6 Batons: 12 inch 1.5 inch dowels Stakes and string to mark court  We used a chop saw and cut all the pieces down to size.  Measure, mark and cut. Use eye pro!  12 inches for the king! To make the cool pattern of the king, The saw blade is set at a 45* angle. Set at 2" and cut.  Quarter turn the king and cut again...repeat for each edge.  Then set the blade stopper as close as possible to the blade This will create the cool crown on top of the king. Cut all four sides.  Then set the stopper at 4 inches and cut all around the neck.  all four sides.  then set the sto...