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Erica F

Lynchburg, VA
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  • New look.
My designer is Karen Clydesdale, from Atlanta, Ga.
Dining room color Ben Moore Smoke, Living room color pewter gray, Ben Moore.  1
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A traditional foyer, with an updated look.

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Sheila G Marietta, GA
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    Commented on Aug 27, 2012
    Looks great...I love the changes to the stairway and opening up the rooms.
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  • The window, sill and apron before we made any changes [aside from the painting].  :)
  • Exterior of the house, window in question...
  • This is the side of the window that shows the largest concentration of the "blue stuff" mostly in the corner [not seen in this shot], but is even visible to the edge of the sill.
  • Another view of the left corner.
  • View on the left side of the window of the piece that is broken [prevents the window from staying up without being propped - newer version of a sash weight?].

You can see it is out of its track or case and leaning out toward the right
  • Another view of this same piece that is broken.
  • We have noticed this blue fluff on the latch and above.
  • You can see whatever this stuff is, how it collects in drifts on the inside.  We have not seen this stuff on the outside of the windows.
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What is this mysterious blue powder that keeps collecting on the inside of our window and sill?

Our home was built in 1989 and all of the windows are original. We purchased the house in 2010 and it had the original builder grade trim on all the windows and sills. This window was a ...»
little cruddy on the inside when we bought the house, but we chalked it up to the fact that the house sat vacant for several months after foreclosure. But we had the trim replaced and it is a custom made casement. We're stumped as to the source and the identity of this mysterious blue powder. We've simply been vacuuming it up and wiping the window to remove it periodically.

Erica F
Erica F Lynchburg, VA
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    Commented on Aug 20, 2012
    Sorry folks...long time, no response. Haven't checked back lately and partly from my own ...»
    embarrassment.

    The mystery critters causing the problem WERE indeed ants. They were very tiny ants...little pieces of ant body parts started appearing in the blue fluff in the windowsill along with dead and dying ants after spraying around the area and the source trail we found on the front porch column.

    Mystery solved! Thanks to all who offered their comments & suggestions. :)

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I Turned a Tire into an Ottoman!

I can't stop smiling! Everytime I walk pass my sunroom I want to pat myself on the back. I've been wanting a round ottoman forever. So I got a tire and made one! Take a look at all the ...»
before and after pics and the how-to here: http://www.thatwasawhat.blogspot.com/

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Nikki Atlanta, GA
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Painting: Can I paint over bathroom tile and have it look good?

My 2 bathrooms are horrendous. One is black & pink the other has issues all its own.

I'd love to paint the pink & black bathroom as a cheaper option while I renovate the other. Is it going to look terrible or can it really be a project worth getting into??

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Donna C Akron, OH
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    Commented on Jun 21, 2012
    I also hear that Sherwin Williams makes a pretty durable floor paint. You might check them out ...»
    to see if you could paint your tile floor in a color of your choosing, you might be limited to just a few choices with the Rustoleum.

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  • Miss Cleo hiding in the Hydrangeas. She's the Garden Supervisor!! 1
  • Same Hydrangea - 3 stems at various stages of opening.
  • This one is further out in the yard. Had to move it a number of years ago and once again, this is the first year it's had very many blooms at all.  They seem to get an attitude when moved and take years to get re-established.
  • A mixture from two different Hydrangeas. The big one in front is the mother-in-law plant. 2
  • Luscious Blooms
  • Here's the Redneck version of a plant stand!!  Actually, the tire is in the transition stage of becoming one of the really cute tire planters. The rim refused to budge but I'm still gonna make it into SOMETHING!!
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MY HYDRANGEAS

I have 3 different Hydrangea bushes. The first one is by our deck steps - it's probably 6 years old now and this is the first year it's really had prolific blooms. This was also a ...»
"potted plant" that my late mother-in-law received as a gift when she was in a nursing home. I believe I read somewhere in a post by Doug Hunt that usually these don't do very well as a garden plant. I guess I lucked out with this one and I have something special from my husband's Mother. The blooms are HUGE and a very deep blue.

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Susan S Fredericksburg, VA
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    Commented on Jun 21, 2012
    Very beautiful, I love hydrangeas. My parents recently extended their deck and had to relocate ...»
    their hydrangeas and gave me a large division off of one of their existing plants during that process.

    It's currently potted and doing well, but I am only leaving it in there until I can figure out where to put it in our yard.

    I hope one day mine will look as lovely as yours.

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Diana G Liberty, NC
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    Love this idea!
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Thanks for all of your comments on which way to lay the tile....here's our new tile backsplash.

After posting the question here if we should do straight set or off set tile, the resounding answer was off set. We went with the majority and did an off set tile backsplash using 4 x 16 ...»
tile. The whole post, including before and after photos plus some tips and tricks we have learned through our tile experience is at http://www.aswellplacetodwell.com/2012/06/ki...

Kelly
Kelly Lahaina, HI
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    Commented on Jun 20, 2012
    Really like how your tile project turned out. We have subway tile for our kitchen that I hope ...»
    we will finish putting up before the end of summer. :)

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starting my next quilt

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Denise H New Port Richey, FL
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  • AFTER - we also added a couple of feet in length to the cement slab and one cement step up to the stairs. 10
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  • Added even more landscaping and are doing to every year.
  • new flagstone pathway into deck area
  • New flagstone walkway
  • New Tea Olives and Yews with impatiens in between, ready for Spring and Summer!
  • Gardenias, daylilies, butterfly bush, impatiens, hydrangea (blue)
  • Lounging area and Mexican Chimenea
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  • Honeysuckle and Hydrangea
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  • Green beans, climbing hydrangea , gardenia, monkey grass and impatiens
  • Purple Clematis, creeping jenny that spread like wildfire this Spring!, hydrangeas, gardenias, monkey grass
  • Purple Clematis explosion!
  • Flagstone walkway onto deck area. New Wisteria, Esperanza, Clematis, hostas, gardenia, fig tree
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New updated pictures of the deck and 'decked out' and ready for Spring!

Back deck renovation, we wanted to spend @ $2000.00 and wanted to go from SLAB to FAB! Back deck renovation, wanted to spend $2000.00 and wanted to go from SLAB to FAB! Most of the costs ...»
involved were the material costs and adding a a couple feet of length of cement to the already existing slab. We used clearance slate from http://www.flooranddecoroutlets.com/ and a palette of flagstone we found on clearance to make a pathway into the yard. The pics are without the furniture cushions and all dolled up for when we use it but you get the idea we also changed the glass table for a rot iron one that works much better and matches all the other furniture.

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA
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  • Erica F
    Commented on Mar 08, 2012
    Love this transformation.
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