The day is finally here!! It is the FINAL REVEAL of the entryway! This was my first time participating in the One Room Challenge, and it was a last minute decision to join in. What a good decision it turned out to be! I am so, so proud of how far this entryway has come, […]

I can’t believe it is already week 6 of the One Room Challenge! The panic is beginning to set in a little, not gonna lie. You may have noticed, but we did not send a Week 5 blog out. The last two weeks has been a lot of little details and procuring items such as […]

I think we can all agree that the prep work is often not the most satisfying or enjoyable part of a project, but is 100% necessary for a stunning result! I am happy to announce that the wall prep for paint is COMPLETE!! Queue happy dance…   ************************************************************************************************* If this is your first time on […]

  WALL PREP   On this week’s episode of the One Week Challenge, we finally got our hands dirty! As I mentioned in last week’s post, the walls have a very rough texture. This is most likely from old wall paper adhesive and years of paint so we have to do quite a bit of […]

  If you are new to the blog, Welcome to Week 2 of the One Room Challenge! My name is Amanda, and I am the creator over here at Steel Toed Stilettos, a DIY and design blog. I work full time in construction project management while running Steel Toed Stilettos in my “spare” time. I […]

Okay, I know Christmas is over, but these wood DIY gift tags are too adorable not to post, and they can be modified for any occasion: Valentine’s, birthdays, anniversary, the list goes on.     Before Christmas I was trying to think of a super simple DIY project for the holidays, and the result was […]

What is Dimensional Lumber? Even if you have never done a woodworking project before, you have probably heard of a 2×4 right? If not, no worries; a 2×4 is just one of many standard sizes of what is called “dimensional” lumber. Dimensional lumber is made according to a defined set of standard sizes and can […]

Hello DIY peeps! It has been quiet on the blog-front so I just wanted to jump on and let you know what all is going on behind the scenes. I am a busy little bee back here working on exciting new home improvement projects that will provide so much content for y’all! I’m going to […]

Where do you even begin? You want to be able to perform basic tasks around the house – hang a picture, mount that shelf on the wall that has been sitting in the box for a month – the list goes on. You know you need some basic tools but you don’t want to waste […]