The Accent Piece
The Accent Piece is a blog about simplifying projects for the home like DIY furniture builds, painting projects, home decor, and tips on new home construction.
Tutorials and plans for DIY projects for the home.
When I began designing our custom home, the first room I designed was the closet for our primary bedroom. I was so excited about having my dream closet! We had always had a very small closet that we shared and I couldn’t wait to have an organized space with enough room to store all of …
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you a step by step guide to building your own gas fireplace surround. This particular design surrounds 3 sides of a fireplace, as opposed to just a mantle above a fireplace. This DIY fireplace surround would work great with a gas fireplace or a wood-burning fireplace. This was …
When I set out to design our kitchen for our new home build, I knew exactly what I wanted regarding a range hood to go over our gas range. I knew I would eventually paint it black and I was pretty set on the shape I wanted. I wanted a vent hood where the front …
I recently completed a fun building project for our new custom home. The project is DIY mudroom lockers with doors and a bench. The best part is – everything besides the bench was made from pre-fabricated stock cabinets from the store! The storage space from these built-ins has been one of my favorite things in …
I’m always amazed at what a little quart of paint and some elbow grease will do to a piece of furniture. In today’s deep dive, I will look at the simple and easy steps of how to paint a dresser black. The specific dresser that I will show you on was one that we have …
There are occasional times that a person might need to completely blackout a window to create complete darkness. Some people might have shift work, want to blackout a baby nursery or home theaters, or in some cases, people are attempting to hide messy garages or attics from the outside. In my particular case, I needed …
Our current pantry is made up of very deep shelves that are within our kitchen cabinets. Small items are constantly getting lost in the back of the shelf, so I decided to add pull out drawers to our cabinets. This simple addition has added some much-needed functionality and organization to the pantry. This drawer provides …
During a recent cleaning project in my home, it was important for me to find an effective, and safe rust remover to treat some rusted tools. I specifically wanted to find a non-toxic rust remover. Through my search, I was able to find a great product called Evapo-Rust. In this article, I will cover why …
