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How to whitewash your brick fireplace (without calling a professional)
Our home was built in the late 1980s, and this red brick fireplace is showing its age. It’s fine, but I’ve been wanting to paint it for years. Removing paint from brick is tough, though, and my past...
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Painting interior doors black
I’ve written the occasional DIY post, although the DIY is often a big fat fail. This time, however, I got it right. Even a DIY dummy like me can do it, and the project can make a huge difference in the...
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Ten minute fireplace makeover
When we moved into our home over thirteen years ago, I made a long mental list of things I wanted to change. I hated the light over the kitchen table, and the wallpaper in the kitchen and powder room...
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Bring on the Paint!
I added two DIY paint projects to my list this past weekend – holla! The first is a definite: repainting the stair banisters. I jumped right into painting our medium oak banisters almost two years...
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Custom Alphabet Photos Wall Art Tutorial
Have you seen alphabet photography? A few years ago, my mom gave me a cool piece of wall art – it was the word “love” spelled out in photos. Each letter was its own photo, taken from everyday...
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My Humongous DIY Stairs Fail
So a few months back I posted about my diy stairs project – I was all unicorns and rainbows, thinking I was going to beautify my home with paint and a sunny outlook. I was wrong. My first attempt at...
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DIY Upholstered Headboard
I am a half-assed DIYer. I have this great idea to do a project, I do the research and figure out what to do, and then I do it. But I don’t always do it well. Sometimes I screw up so badly that I have...
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I really do try to do it myself
I have a love-hate relationship with DIY projects. Well, maybe more of a tolerate-hate relationship with them. I love the idea of doing something myself, saving some money, and feeling proud of my...
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