Sharing all the tips & tricks for these AMAZING DIY House Projects to give your home more farmhouse character & style from the floors to the ceiling & everything in between on a budget with pictures!
4 DIY House Projects to Give Your Home More Farmhouse Character
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Although we live in a century old farmhouse over the years previous owners had stripped away of the original character that had originally been here.
Since we moved in over 3 years ago we have slowly been adding back that much needed farmhouse character through many DIY easy house projects.
DIY House Projects ONE – New Wide Pine Wood Floors
All of the 2nd floor in our home was covered in mismatched and old dirty carpet.
Unfortunately when we pulled up the carpet much of the hardwood floors had been painted and were in terrible shape & could not be saved.
We love the look of wide floor boards so for budget reason we decided to add unfinished wide pine floors to our farmhouse as the ultimate DIY House Projects for our floors.
DIY – Unfinished Wide Pine Floors
These floors are very similar to floors we have seen in old farmhouses around here.
We also kept and refinished the original pine stairs in our farmhouse.
DIY Farmhouse Stairs
DIY House Projects TWO – Bead Board Ceilings
Plaster ceilings can crack and separate from the ceiling over time especially in homes that have not been taken care of.
Rather than taking down our peeling and cracking ceilings we decided to cover them with tongue and groove bead board ceiling in the boys bedrooms.
The bead board is strong enough to hold up the old ceiling as well as look great.
We also added vinyl bead board to our farmhouse bathroom.
*Bonus: the rooms that we have added bead board too are considerably warmer because less of the warm air is escaping out of our roof.
DIY – Bead Board Ceiling
DIY – Vinyl Bead Board Ceiling
DIY House Projects THREE – New Wood Doors and Doorways
For some odd reason EVERY single bedroom in our farmhouse was missing a door… Why?
All of our kids bedrooms now have doors, Yay!
So rather than add back plain doors with no panels we added solid wood doors that had a LOT of character.
DIY Wooden Pallet Sliding Barn Door
Changing a Doorway and Adding a Transom Window
DIY – Building an Angled Door
DIY House Projects FOUR – Build Lots & LOTS of Built Ins in Each & Every Room of our Farmhouse
Built ins add so much character to a home while saving a tremendous amount of space.
Built in bookcases, desks and tables we won’t stop until every room in our home has a built in.
DIY Built in Entryway Table
DIY – Built in Desk and Bookcases
DIY How to Build a Window Seat and Built in Bookcases
DIY Built in Bed
DIY Secretary turned Built in Dresser and Desk
DIY Built in Desk
DIY 8 Foot Long Built in Pallet Desk
Built ins in a Farmhouse Bathroom
What do you think of our DIY house projects?
Do you have any DIY ideas you wish I had added?
I hope this inspires you with many ideas of how you a few DIY house projects on a budget that can add character to any home & I hope you are inspired some easy DIY house projects for your home!
by Tara Lehman
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Oh wow, they are all amazing. So much character and you are a genius to even dream all of these built-ins up.
Thank you so much Marty! We definitely love built ins here and still have more planned :).
They are all great ideas! Love the built in bed, shelves and pallet desk!
Thank you so much Dianne!
What beautiful ideas! I love being inspired by them!
Thank you so much Carolann!
They are all very stunning. You have a gorgeous home.
Thank you Leanne!
If I had to choose what I loved the most, I could not do it, because they are all fantastic. I love them all.
Thank you Ivory! We have been hard at work trying to add character back into our home and I appreciate those comments so much! Take care
Love all of the touches that you have suggested! Your home is just stunning!
We have worked hard to fix up this house so I really appreciate that, thank you so much Sam!!!
Hi Tara, I stumbled across your blog because I’ve been trying to weigh the pros and cons of doing wide pine floors. I live in an area with lots of historic homes and I love the wide pine floors! And yours look beautiful! I’m curious how yours are holding up after a couple years… is the wear and tear from kids giving them a nice patina or are they starting to look rough? If we go for the wide pine, we would do it the way you did… inexpensive boards from LL and install and finish them ourselves. Did you do any sort of sealant on the underside to prevent cupping?
Thanks! Lauren
Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my blog Lauren! Overall we are really happy with the wide pine floors. Over time the stain has darkened and they look more and more like the old pine floors found in so many farmhouses around here. They were a lot of work to install but we love the look of the wide floor boards. The floors are in great shape and we haven’t had any problems with the kids being too hard on them in any way and have had no problems with cupping. We did not use any kind of sealant. The floors in the bedrooms and laundry room are still in great shape with only a few minor dings and scratches on them after 4+ years. However, I should mention that there is a spot in our hallway stairs that our crazy 3 year old dog jumps and races down that has left a few larger scratch marks on the boards from his nails. If you have an active dog in your home than it’s definitely something to consider. We plan on sanding the boards down in our hallway in a few years when he gets a little older :). Hope this helps with your questions, Tara