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.
Painting bookshelves is a great way to completely change the look and feel of a room. Adding paint can quickly and easily transform and update old bookcases with a finish that will last for years to come. In this article, I will outline the best process I have found to paint built-in bookcases. I have …
Over the years of completing many DIY projects, I have found the perfect step-by-step formula to get a super smooth finish when painting things like cabinets, built-in bookcases, or mudroom hall trees, for example. I found this process after many years and many DIY projects of trial and error, and today, I will share with …
I always love a good furniture dupe and this round end table project did not disappoint! I drew up free PDF plans for you and you can also find all the details for how to build this DIY round side table in this post. The end table I made is inspired by the Cora Side …
I always love finding ways to repurpose scrap wood into something beautiful and useful. I am one to hesitate to throw out off-cuts, (especially hardwoods!) so I decided it was time to cull down the pile and make a homemade DIY wooden face grain (also known as end grain) cutting board. The cutting board I …
I was recently given this 7 ft long double live edge mesquite slab from a friend. She rescued it out of a trash pile (!!!) and was so kind in giving it to me. I knew I wanted to build a live edge waterfall bench out of it. Given that it’s so wide, there was …
In this post, I’m sharing how I made over an old lamp from a thrift store to create an aged stone pottery finish on it. I was able to take a dated lamp and create this “found” pottery look for a fraction of the cost of other aged pottery lamps I’ve seen for sale. It …
Today, I’m going to share how to make your own handmade wooden cigar ashtray. The one I made has the center part as the shape of Texas, but you could easily make this round instead. I’ll cover all the details about how to do that below! I made this for a friend for his birthday …
I have always loved wooden doormats for the front porch, so I recently set out to make a mosaic version of one. I love how the wood brings warmth and character to the porch, and I wanted to change it up a bit by creating a fun design! In order to make this wood doormat …
