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 […]

  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 […]