West elm inspired

Brit from House Updated wanted to refresh her dining room with a bright new look. She loved the large mid-century buffet from West Elm but …

Last week I told you all that it was Knockoff Round over at East Coast Creative’s Creating with the Stars competition. I am so thrilled to announce my girl Amanda from Love and Renovations brought home the gold with her wood tiled dresser {Squuueeeaaal!}. Amanda already had her sights set on recreating West Elm’s dresser and succeeded in bringing it to life with a flea market find and a pile of wood tiles. Behold its awesomeness….

It is no secret that we love pallet tutorials around here, there is truly no better way to get free wood that is often perfectly …

Gretchen of Boxy Colonial needed display shelves for her boys’ bedroom and liked the look of some reclaimed wood shelves from West Elm. However, at $58 for the smallest shelf, it simply wasn’t happening. Instead, Gretchen enlisted her husband and two sons to make these look-a-likes with wood “reclaimed” from the scrap pile. I have a feeling it didn’t take too much persuading to get them to bang up the boards with hammers and screwdrivers {wink}!

Rhiannon from Being Mom{me} had been swooning over the “fauxdermy” pieces from West Elm, ZGallerie, and the like. She just couldn’t quite justify the cost …