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DIY Like a Boss #13

Hey friends! Things have been a bit quiet on the blog this week, but there is plenty happening behind the scenes. I have a really fun project to share with you (along with an exciting announcement) in the next few days. Today though, it’s all about #DIYLikeaBoss project inspiration. I’ve partnered with four other amazing bloggers to bring you a fabulous party where you can share all of your amazing DIY and home decor projects! This party is meant for home decor and DIY projects–DIY home decor projects, DIY furniture projects, DIY craft projects, DIY sewing projects, etc. All you have to do to join in the fun is scroll to the bottom of this post and use Inlinkz to submit your work! We’re so glad you’re here and can’t wait to be inspired by your #diylikeaboss ideas!

DIY Like a Boss will open at 6 AM ET every Thursday for you to share what you’ve been working on with a chance to be featured the following week. When you link up at DIY Like a Boss, your projects will be seen across 5 DIY and home decor blogs. Every week, we will choose features that will be featured on all five blogs giving your awesome work some serious exposure. So if you want to grow your DIY or home decor blog, THIS is the link party for you!

This is a fabulous way for me to keep up with all the fantastic DIY projects you’ve been working on. Plus, you’ll be getting exposure with hundreds of other DIYers who will be linking up as well. And if you are featured? Your work will be displayed across 5 popular DIY blogs. How sweet is that?! With that said, here are the featured #DIYLikeaBoss projects from last week’s party!

This week’s features were selected by Emily from Table + Hearth! If you love these features, be sure to click through to the source blog before pinning them!

~ Emily’s Picks ~

Botanical Print Pillow | Bless’er House

How to Build a Porch Swing | Simply Designing

Spring Home Tour | Designing Vibes

Concrete Countertop Overlay | Creatively Living

Wooden Door Mat | Her Tool Belt

If your BOSS idea was featured, be sure to grab a button:

Ready to Party?!

Now it’s your turn to share your best work for a chance to be featured at next week’s party. If chosen, your project will appear on all 5 of our blogs. The features will also be pinned to our DIY Like a Boss Pinterest board as well as one or more of our popular Pinterest boards! That’s TONS and TONS of exposure!!!

Follow Tasha @ Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body’s board DIY Like a Boss Features on Pinterest.

Party Rules:

• Show us some love. Please follow all the hosts on social media. Grab a party button or link back to us in some way.

Tasha from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Google+ / Instagram Erin from Erin Spain Blog Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Google+ / Instagram Heather from The Heathered Nest Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Google+ / Instagram Brittany from Pretty Handy Girl Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Google+ / Instagram Emily from Table and Hearth Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Google+ / Instagram

• Share your best work. Submit up to 3 DIY or home decor links (please no recipes or fashion links) you’ve never shared with us before. Please link to a specific blog post, not your home page. No Etsy shops, no giveaways, no link parties and no photos that you do not have permission to share. Please be aware that by sharing your posts at DIY Like a Boss you are giving permission to our hosts to share your projects on social media, on their blogs as featured posts and in round-up posts with links back to your site and all credit given to you.

 

• Be inspired. Visit other links to get great ideas and leave positive, encouraging comments. After all, this is a party – you should mingle!

 

 

• Let us contact you. When you link up, we’ll add you to our exclusive email list, so you’re among the first to know each week when the party starts! (You can opt out at any time).

 

 

Link up all your BOSS projects below:

An InLinkz Link-up

You can also connect with me here:

Thanks for visiting!

-Erin

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Grilled Asian Pork Tacos & a Giveaway

Disclosure: This post is in partnership with HomeRight. All opinions are my own.

I am not a food blogger, nor am I an amazing cook. But I do like to eat, and luckily I have a husband who is really great at grilling meals for our family. His Grilled Asian Pork Tacos are one of our very favorite meals, and I recently shared the recipe over on the HomeRight blog.

We have a charcoal grill, which we love. In my opinion, you can’t beat the flavor of a charcoal grilled meal. With the HomeRight ElectroLight Fire Starter, you can light a charcoal grill in 2-3 minutes flat without matches or lighter fluid. (Stay tuned for a giveaway at the end of this post!)

Grilled Asian Pork Tacos

What You’ll Need:

• HomeRight ElectroLight Fire Starter
• Charcoal Grill
• Charcoal
• 2 Medium Pork Tenderloins
• Asian Salad Mix (includes cabbage, dried noodles, sliced almonds, and Sesame Ginger Dressing)
• Rib Rub
• Tortillas
• Meat Thermometer

We use the HomeRight ElectroLight to light our grill and we have been huge fans of this gadget since the first time we used it. It’s hard to believe that you can light charcoal this fast and without using lighter fluid, but it really does work!

Head over to the HomeRight Blog for the full step by step of how to make these awesome Asian Pork Tacos, but first be sure to enter to win an ElectroLight at the end of this post!

 

HomeRight ElectroLight Fire Starter Giveaway

Enter to win a HomeRight ElectroLight! This is not only amazing for charcoal grills, but it works great for fire pits too. Follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below to enter. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, April 6, at Midnight EST.

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Thanks for visiting!

-Erin

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Crown Moulding on Angled Ceiling

Installing Crown Moulding on Angled Ceiling in my studio was 100 times easier than I expected.  Basically because I cheated.  Well, I made it as easy as possible on myself anyway — and it was so easy it feels like I somehow cheated.  I was all prepared to pull out my Crown Moulding Templates to get the job done but then I built a wall at the end of the cabinets so I could simply terminate the crown moulding into the wall and install the crown in a straight run.  Then I installed three different pieces of moulding instead of trying to force the crown moulding to do the whole job all by itself.

Crown Moulding on Angled Ceiling

I started out securing traditional crown moulding onto my cabinets 1 1/2″ from the bottom of the top faceframe rail.  This piece of moulding (the crown) ran in front of the 1×5’s on the ceiling.  I cut the crown moulding into short runs so I could install it by myself but Madison (who is home for Spring Break) wandered up so recruited her for a few minutes.

Next I installed backer blocks to support the next section of moulding.  I found the perfect backer in my scrap pile.  It was a piece of 3/4″ thick pine that had been beveled at 45º.  The angle worked perfectly to support the second piece of moulding.

I played around with a couple different pieces of moulding to find the combination that worked.  I secured the second moulding to the backer blocks I had installed.  This moulding terminated into the 1×5 that was in the middle of my cabinet run.

I used smaller pieces of this moulding as well because I had to notch out around the 1×5 at the end of the cabinets.  It would have been really difficult to use a long piece of moulding because I put it in place, removed it and trimmed off some more about 5 times.

The ends of the joints are cut at identical angles, creating a “scarf joint” which allows you to glue the joint and nail through the two pieces further securing the joint from future movement.  The joints are easy to hide after filling, sanding and painting.

Initially I was going to use just the two pieces of moulding and caulk the remaining crack between the ceiling and the moulding.  Just for kicks though, I set a piece of glass bead moulding in the crack and it fit perfectly.

So I cut and installed glass bead moulding along the ceiling, finishing off my moulding trio.

I mentioned the seams being easy to hide and I want to show you an up close look at the before and after to give confidence to those that might find themselves staring at a similar project in their own home and thinking, “THIS is going to look like crap”.  If you put in the time, fill the holes and cracks with putty (or 3M prime and patch like I did) sand, caulk and then do it again if needed…

…the seams and holes will nearly disappear.

For those that like video, I have a video of the installation process for your viewing pleasure.

Did you like that sneak peek of everything all painted?!?!  It’s looking SOOOO good!

Here’s a close up of the center 1×5 where I cut off the tiny rounded section of the second moulding and caulked it onto the 1×5 to make the transition a little less abrupt.

Once it’s all painted the same color the three different moulding blend nicely into each other and it all looks very seamless.  You’ll have to watch the video if you want to see that because I’m reserving any photos of the painted crown for the reveal post!  Coming soon!  😉

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Building a Side Wall for End of Cabinets

 

After adding beadboard to my cabinet sides, it was time to tackle the crown moulding,  I knew it was going to be a chore to figure out how to deal with the 1×5’s that come down the angled ceiling and meet up with my cabinets.  One of the 1×5’s ended halfway overlapping my cabinet run.  That 1×5 originally extended further down but I cut it back when installing the angled cabinets.  I wasn’t sure what I would do with it at the time and left that to figure out later as the task I was concentrating on at that time was installing the cabinets.

This little space here will be a desk area where the countertop will be lower than the 36″ countertop height on the island cabinets.  I thought about ripping a piece of 1×5 down to fit on the ceiling along side my cabinets.  This would make it appear that the 1×5 ran all the way down to the end of the slanted ceiling.  That would solve the 1×5 problem but how to end my crown moulding was another problem.  I didn’t want to attempt wrapping the crown moulding around the side of the cabinets and angling it down along the angled side.  I am just not interested in math and angles and fiddle factor.I decided to build a wall on the end of my cabinets that stuck out far enough to where I could simply terminate my crown moulding into the wall.  I had to cut away a little more of my 1×5 but my oscillating tool and trim puller made that an easy job.I eyeballed cutting the 1×5 straight up (which was actually at an 40º angle if I were to cut a new board and put it up in the place of the existing 2×5).  I cut my initial vertical stud, put it in place and checked it for plumb to make sure it was the correct length.  Then I built the rest of the wall with the location of my desk in mind.

I added a horizontal brace onto which I could attach my desk countertop.  I also had to make the wall only extended to the end of the cabinets so I can still get behind them for electrical access.  I filled in the rest of the upper portion of my wall with scraps of 2×4’s I had on hand.  It wasn’t pretty but I just needed something to attach my drywall to and scraps did the trick.I may or may not cover this wall with beadboard when I get around to creating the desk.  I threw up some drywall for now so it doesn’t make the whole room look messy.On the island cabinet side, I snuck a small strip of beadboard into place and NOW the cabinets are ready for crown moulding.

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