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MEET APRIL

Hi lovely! I'm so glad you are here!

I'm a stay at home mom to two beautiful girls, a wife to an amazing man, and a dreamer in the free time that I have left. I dream of a world where we make what we need with our hands, less plastic, more items from natural materials, and more things with a soul. If I'm not spending time with my husband or kids you can find me either in my workshop, by the computer editing photos, or drinking wine outside on our beautiful backyard and thinking about my next big idea 😉

The mission of this blog is to inspire you to create something. There is no project small enough if you do it with heart and inspiration. I publish here a variety of projects with purpose, from small children activities and DIY toys to more advanced building furniture plans. I hope you can find something that will inspire you to unleash your creativity.

Being a stay at home mom has its own perks and cons. One of the challenges I was facing after having my first kid was not being able to work and feeling completely dissolved in motherhood. I couldn't find an outlet to let my creativity go. I was feeling down, had PPD, and generally didn't know what to do besides taking care of the baby (which I found beyond boring). Then one day before Christmas, while trying to figure out what to get to my friends that had absolutely everything, I decided to get them handmade gifts. I still remember the first things I made. It was DIY soap, body scrubs, recipe box, and trays for breakfast. Soon I realized that making soap isn't really my thing (ha, it created too much mess), but I discovered my absolute love for painting/staining furniture (it was so therapeutic) and working with wood.

Back then we still lived in Manhattan. I remember getting excited about the idea to make a wooden baby gym ( the one where the baby lays on the floor and looks up for the beads hanging off the string). I didn't have any basic tools and just went to the hardware store and asked to cut my wood to length. I even asked to make holes for it since I didn't even own a drill 🙂 I remember painting in the staircase of our Manhattan building, trying not to make too much mess and get evicted. By the time it was ready, I realized that I'd love to do something like this again.

A lot has changed since that baby gym 2 years ago. We moved to Connecticut to a house with a garage, that I customized as my workshop (yes, the downside is I have to shuffle snow in the winter :), I've got some serious power tools, I've learned so much along the process: about choosing the right wood, cutting it, painting it, screwing it together. There has been a lot of finished projects since then: door entryway organizer, rustic framed mirror, DIY activity cube and so much more. I also finished a few serious projects that I'm very proud of, like my daughter's Montessori Floor House bed and my large office desk.

Now get a cup of something to drink, get comfortable and browse for a while my blog, find inspiration for your next project that you can do while your kids are in bed, find something creative to make and I guarantee, when you are done, you will feel so accomplished and proud of yourself that it will make your day and motherhood journey way more enjoyable!

xoxo,

April

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    Updated 9-drawers dresser in it’s glory😁 I h Updated 9-drawers dresser in it’s glory😁

I hope it was worth the wait!

Do you  agree that it looks fabulous? 😁
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My husband think that kids don’t deserve to have it in their playroom🙈😂 He has a point, our kids are so wild that I won’t be surprised if I find a marker on this beauty:(
Good thing about DIYing is that I can always fix it 😁

But do you agree with my husband? 😁

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    Let’s take a second to appreciate one of my most Let’s take a second to appreciate one of my most favorite IKEA hacks!
My cousins love it so much!! My brother-in-law loves it just a tiny bit more😂
And look how nicely my sister organized all the lego by color 😍😍 #organizationgoals

This LEGO table is definitely one of my most favorite builds ☺️☺️ what do you think? SWIPE to see the video😄

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    PROGRESS shot😁 I’ve been so unproductive this PROGRESS shot😁 I’ve been so unproductive this week.. well, I have a good excuse, it’s my birthday today🥳 So in 20s yo fashion I’m celebrating for the whole week😂
But here is how the book display for my kids playroom look at the moment 😁
Still a lot to finish, but I’ll think about it tomorrow 😆 today I’ll celebrate my 16(x2) 😁
Find your passion, my friends! It’s probably somewhere between fancy shoes and power tools 😆
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    Can we paint everything yellow?☀️😁 Do you Can we paint everything yellow?☀️😁

Do you feel that every part of your life associates with certain colors?  Especially when it comes to decorating places.

My 400 sq ft studio in NYC went through black/white with pop of red  stages to orangey and neutral colors... those were the single days 😁

But funny enough, no matter what, yellow always has been my constant favorite and I always had something yellow. I just can’t get enough😁☀️

When I decided to change my logo and rebrand my website, the yellow was an obvious choice!

SWIPE to see my new logo🤩🤗 I’m so excited! There won’t be a video this Sunday on YouTube since I need time to update my website☺️ 

But hey! I’m April and my favorite color is yellow! Now I want to know all of you!  Comment below what’s your favorite color!

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    TROFAST the Fabulous 😍 That’s the only name TROFAST the Fabulous 😍

That’s the only name I’ll refer to this toy storage!!! This epic IKEA hack was quite an adventure but oh so rewarding in the end😍 I’ve got my inspiration from amazing @makingprettyspaces where she transformed not 2 but 4 TROFAST units into one 😍

As usual, if you want to watch the whole thing coming together, you can find it on my YouTube or on the blog with aaaaall the details on what to do and what not to do!!

But for now, I’ll enjoy these beautiful can doors! Aren’t they a show stoppers?😍

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    Sneak peak to tomorrow’s YouTube video 👀 Are Sneak peak to tomorrow’s YouTube video 👀
Are you excited? Because I am😁
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    I just couldn’t resist. They are my best DIY pro I just couldn’t resist.
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    That damn green color!🙈 Never thought that mac That damn green color!🙈

Never thought that macrame would bring me so much anxiety. Well, I tried to make green color from natural ingredients (spinach) and it went so wrong.. tune in to see the whole process and how I made the vine with leaves on YouTube. 
Google “if only April spring macrame wall hanging”
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