About Jen

Jen Woodhouse is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter whose music has been heard on national TV shows, films, and commercials. When she's not writing, recording, or touring, she's enjoying all that life has to offer with her husband and growing family. She enjoys dabbling in DIY, home decor, and craft projects, and shares her (mis)adventures on her blog, The House of Wood.

A Wooden Bunting

Mar

2013

by Jen 3 Comments

Hello and happy Tuesday, friends! It's Jen from The House of Wood back to share another easy peasy DIY project with y'all! We just recently moved into a new house and the space above my daughter's crib has been sitting empty for a couple months. So during the babies' nap time, I made this cute little bunting to hang there. I had a scrap piece of wood laying around so I decided to transform it into something whimsical. My miter saw made it super easy to cut the wood into triangles. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY · Tagged With: bunting, diy, personalize, wall decor, Wood

DIY: A Quick and Quirky Candleholder

Feb

2013

by Jen 2 Comments

Hello friends! Jen from The House of Wood here, back to share a quick little wood project with you! Do you have any romantic plans for Valentine's Day? Maybe you can use this quirky little tea light candleholder to dress up your dinner table-scape! Do you have a scrap 2×4 board? Do you have a drill? Then you can easily make this candleholder. So let’s get to it! Here’s my scrap piece of 2×4; it’s about 12 1/2 inches long, but you can make yours any length you want. Mine fits 5 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Furniture & Decor · Tagged With: centerpiece, Wood

Autumn Address Wreath

Sep

2012

by Jen 3 Comments

Happy Fall, y'all! I'm Jen from The House of Wood and I'm back to share another simple DIY project with you! Transitioning from Spring/Summer to Fall was easy as pumpkin pie with this Autumn address wreath. This wreath hung on my front door for the Spring and Summer seasons, but now that it's Fall (though it doesn't feel like it here, yet, with our 80-degree weather), I wanted to make it 'seasonally appropriate.' Here's what I started with: I purchased a couple of leaf garlands and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture & Decor, Outdoors, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: decor, diy, fall, Wreaths

Build a Quick and Clever Lego Tray

Aug

2012

by Jen 40 Comments

Hello and happy Tuesday lovely readers! I'm Jen from The House of Wood and I'm so thrilled to share my very first DIY post with you here on Somewhat Simple! Let's be friends, it'll be fun. So this is what I was up to this past weekend... Karen, one of my good friends, just celebrated her son's 3rd birthday on Saturday. He's a big Lego fan, so I thought this cute and clever Lego tray that Jaime from That's My Letter made would be the perfect birthday gift. I had some scrap wood, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby & Kids, DIY · Tagged With: diy, kids, toys, Wood