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.
Tips and ideas to DIY beautiful spaces in your home.
Understanding the correct height of a kitchen or dining room table is important in planning your space. Knowing what will fit the best will aide you in creating a home that best suits your needs. You might also need to know the typical heights of kitchen tables for building purposes. I have built many …
When designing a new custom home, one of the most fun parts is designing the kitchen. There are so many options! From cabinet color, to countertops, to the kitchen hardware style and color, there are endless combinations. One of those decisions that I will cover today is color for the hardware. I will specifically talk …
Shaker kitchen cabinets are currently a very popular style of cabinets. And for good reason! They are beautiful, yet simple. In this article, I will cover popular hardware ideas for shaker style kitchen cabinets. We chose shaker cabinets throughout our new home build because we love them as well. Part of the fun of building …
When it came to building a new home, the process of designing a kitchen included making many decisions. Some were big decisions, and some were smaller. There were so many things to pick out, and the area of countertops was no exception. One of the many decisions we had to make was the overhang dimensions …
Kitchen cabinet hardware placement is such an important part of designing a kitchen. Knobs, handles, and pulls are not just functional but can also be beautiful decorations for cabinets. There was a lot of thought put into our kitchen cabinet hardware. We had to decide what finish for the hardware, like matte black, brushed nickel, …
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 …
Building a DIY Queen bed frame and headboard was one of my first DIY projects years ago. It was the project that put a bug in me to create a home I love with my own two hands. Since then, I have come across many ideas and plans for how to build a bed …
A couple years ago, I made our first ever rustic herringbone sliding barn door for the bathroom in our primary bedroom. Ever since then, I’ve had tons of questions come in about it. So, I thought it would be a great time to share what I’ve learned through building and installing our own sliding door! …
