Pick Up Some Pegboard

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…but they also almost blew up their kitchen!

During the kitchen challenge, Alexander knocked over a metal shovel that hit a live electrical outlet. “It started sparking, then our house’s power went out,” he says. “The whole show experience was crazy for us, but this took the cake,” adds Martha.

February in Gulf Shores? It gets cold.

During the two months of filming, the temperature in the Alabama beach town hit a frigid low of 27 degrees. Flip-flops, meet winter coat.

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Even though it was small, the bathroom gave the winners major stress.

Every night Martha and Alexander would write up a list of all the tasks they had to complete the next day. The space with the most to-dos? The bathroom! “We had about 25 things to accomplish,” says Alexander. That included installing a barn door and putting up cedar planks on one wall. “On that challenge, we didn’t leave the house until 3 a.m.,” says Martha.

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The creepy dolls from the first episode made more than one cameo.

One team’s house came with a collection of old dolls  ––  so naturally Alexander stole them and hid them in the other contestants’ rooms. “You’d grab for toilet paper under the vanity, and a doll would be holding it,” says Alexander.

Alexander had a very revealing moment.

When Martha and Alexander were desperate for some plasterwork to dry, they cranked up their house’s heat to sauna-like levels. Alexander, who was painting at the time, “lost it,” he says. He stripped down to his boxers and boots so he could keep working.

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show off mugs

Hang your most-often-used coffee cups. To re-create this design, use 2-inch-wide painter’s tape to tape off diagonal stripes that are about 1 inch wide. Fill in the stripes with paint. Peel off the tape while the paint is still wet. Let dry.

take crafts vertical

Fitted with hanging cups, shelves, and wire baskets, ceilingheight pegboard can transform a nothing wall into a hardworking sewing and crafts station. Mix in mood lifters like plants and family photos alongside thread and scissors. Staples.com and amazon .com both have lots of nifty pegboard accessories.

Created by Mandy Pellegrin, fabricpaperglue.com

tidy up a kitchen

Pegboard that maxes out every inch of wall space is a super-economical way to boost storage in even the tiniest of kitchens. You can have sheets cut at a hardware store to fit around existing cabinets.

Created by Olivia Westbrooks, Liv by Design Interiors

did you know?

Pegboard is typically sold in 2-foot-by-4-foot and 4-footby-8-foot sheets, and in 1/8 -, 3/16 -, and 1/4-inch thicknesses. Go thicker to hang heavier stuff, or try tempered wood—it can hold twice the weight a standard pegboard can.

make a garden center

Convert a corner of your garage—or any extra space—into an improvised potting shed by outfitting it with sheets of pegboard to corral gardening tools and seed packets. A chalkboard keeps your flower-planting schedule front and center.

Created by Michelle Cannon Smith, ironandtwine.blogspot.com

st itch a message

To spell out a greeting, have a sheet of pegboard cut to 16 inches by 36 inches, then thread yarn through the holes in a giant cross-stitch pattern. Metal pegboard hooks along the bottom look more fun with chunky wood beads attached—just slip a bead onto the end of a hook and secure it with hot glue.

Created by Beci Orpin, beciorpin.com

organize pet st uff did you know?

Pegboard shouldn’t be flush-mounted to the wall— you need wiggle room behind the board for hook clearance. Furring strips or spacers, sold at home improvement stores, do the trick.

Turn a spare wall into a drop spot for your pooch’s supplies. Find a silhouette of your favorite breed online, enlarge it, and print it on 11-inch-by-17-inch paper. Cut it out and tape it to Con-Tact paper. Cut it out again and adhere the Con-Tact paper silhouette to the pegboard. Paint the area all around the cutout. Use tweezers to remove the cutout while the paint is still wet. Let dry.

unjumble jewel y

Conquer jewelry chaos by popping a mirror (this one’s from IKEA) out of its frame, tracing it onto pegboard, and having a hardware store cut out the shape. Place the pegboard in the frame, and spray-paint the whole shebang.

create a gallery wall

Installing floor-to-ceiling pegboard lets you easily change up an arrangement of art without pockmarking the wall with holes. The best part of this simple-toreconfigure display? Everything is hung on regular pegboard hooks—no special hardware required.

Created by Lucy Feagins, thedesignfiles.net

did you know?

Pegboard also comes in metal and plastic sheets. They cost more than the standard fiberboard ones, but they’re washable and sturdier. Find them at home improvement stores.

sort out sports stuff

Organize equipment for your sports-crazed family by covering the span of a garage or basement wall with pegboard panels painted in a checkerboard pattern. They’ll (hopefully) encourage kids to find their inner neatnik.

Created by Jenn Lifford, cleanandscentsible.com