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Colleen's Tutorials + Blog Posts

Colleen is the DIY blogger and author behind Lemon Thistle blog where she shares hands on DIY tutorials, home renovations, hand lettered designs, and projects to simplify your life… beautifully.

With a ‘you can make anything’ attitude, Colleen shares approachable projects and basic skills tutorials to help you do just that in her first book and weekly on her blog.

If you enjoy modern home decor (that’s totally cozy for your family!), saving money through DIY and simplified lifestyle- you’ll love the tutorials Colleen shares on LemonThistle.com. Find her @colleenpastoor everywhere else!

DIY framed pegboard tutorial

DIY Paintbrush Storage Board

This project turned out way cuter than I’d planned! I had planned on functional, but every step I decided to add ‘a little somethin’ and those somethings ended up being really cute! Since we’ve really gotten into DIY and started amassing our own tools, we’ve started to really care about them because we realize how …

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3 photos to master for crafters and makers

3 Photos to master for crafters and makers

This one’s for my fellow makers, crafters and bloggers out there! I get questions about photography for crafters and bloggers all the time and I’m slooowly building up a bit of a post database for you if you’re looking to learn more about photography (specifically craft and maker photography!). I’ll link to some of the …

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DIY Live Edge Wood Dining Room Table with Steel Legs... uhhhhm love this! So modern but rustic

DIY Live Edge Table with Steel Base

*sigh* I just don’t even want to talk about this one, you guys… I just want to look at it. But I promised the details… so here they go! This DIY live edge table with steel legs is the newest addition to our dining room and our DIY brag book. If you missed it- we …

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Eucalyptus for home decor

Dining Room Reveal

I LOVE that we are finally at the fun stage of renovations, where we are getting rooms all ready and decorated. These room reveals seem to be such a long process for us since the majority of our renovations in the upstairs finished almost two years ago now, but we’ve had other big renovations in …

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Quirky DIY Decor for Pennies (Giveaway!)

Let me preface by saying that this cost ME pennies because I had everything laying around. And if you have kids and you like to DIY, chances are you’ll have everything to do this too. Since we built our DIY shelving (aka that giant project that is solving our storage problems), I’ve realized I don’t …

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DIY Faux Stitched Monogram

One of the details I didn’t share in Windsor’s bedroom is this sweet little monogram that I faux embroidered! I have it stationed by the door (see below) and a photo of a wall with a closet door and a bedroom door less than a foot apart wasn’t high on the ‘pretty photos’ list to …

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DIY Round Chalkboard with 3d hand lettering... I LOVE this! Perfect for backyard games

Let’s Play! Round Chalkboard with Script

If you follow along on social media, you might have spotted a Q & A I did over on the Dremel Facebook page. I was so thrilled when they asked me to partner as a Dremel Maker this month to bring you a super fun tutorial. They challenged me to make something with the theme …

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I love this laundry room makeover! I can't believe those countertops are WOOD!

A Laundry Room Makeover (top to bottom!)

You guyyys! This one is a big one and it makes me so crazy happy to have it done. It’s really exciting to finally be at the stage of our renovation where we’re finishing rooms- not just bits and pieces of them. I have a few great reveals coming down the pipe… but today? Let there …

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Sweet Dreams Printable Coloring Sheet- I love this! Hand lettering is one of my fave things

Sweet Dreams Coloring Sheet

So I’m trying something new- and I really love it! I really haven’t gotten in to the coloring trend- I haven’t felt like I have ‘time’ for it and love to create by hand lettering if I’m going to sit down with my kiddos when they colour. BUT I tried making my own colouring sheet… …

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Beginner tips for using a paint sprayer

Upping my DIY game with a paint sprayer

If you’re a pro with a paint sprayer, you can go ahead and skip this post… because I’m talking about using it for the first time ever and you’ll learn nothing- I’m sure. BUT if you are yet to use a paint sprayer, if it’s on your wishlist, or if you’re new to using one… …

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Vintage Silver Chalkboard

I almost called this vintage silver chalkboard a 10 minute DIY because it takes less than that to make- but there’s dry time in between… so it’s not truly done start to finish in 10 minutes. But you get the idea, it’s SUPER easy. I’m sharing all my tips to make this baby and to …

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DIY brass and acrylic floating frames- for a fraction of the cost! So modern, I love it!

DIY Brass and Acrylic Frames

I hope you enjoyed Windsor’s nursery earlier this week- we are loving having it all done! One of my favourite projects in that space (other than that rad dresser, of course) is this one! These brass and acrylic frames are so cool, but by changing up the hardware, they’re also affordable (win!). I really love …

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I’m Colleen: wife; mom to 4 wild ones; and DIY blogger behind Lemon Thistle. You can expect to see affordable DIY, cozy modern home decor, renovations, free printables, hand lettering and the occasional party on Lemon Thistle. Read More…

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