If you missed any of these posts last year, now’s your chance to check them out and maybe add some of these tips to your housekeeping bag of tricks for 2016!.

When you design your own DIY project, you get to make calls like that.Next, we had to create our counter top out of barn wood, as well as the lower shelf, which is made from new pine..

The top is actually made from three barn wood siding pieces held together with wood glue and dowels.We held everything together with clamps in every direction to make sure things would dry to be straight and strong.After a couple of hours, we removed the clamps and we were good to go!.

The lower shelf was created in much the same way, using a long piece of pine shelving and then adding strips of two-by-two all around the edges to give it a chunkier, more substantial look.We’ve created a few different counter tops this way around the house and they always turn out beautifully.

This set up looks a bit like some kind of medieval torture device, but it’s really just a matter of adding a clamp (or a ratcheting strap) to each piece that needs to be held in place until the glue dries.

It looks more complicated than it is.-1 teaspoon of salt.

-2 tablespoons of onion powder.-1 teaspoon of garlic powder.

-1/2 cup uncooked rice (any kind).-1/2 cup of the sauce mixture.