Favorite area of home improvement:
gardening--painting, watercolor -decor small renovations
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From Traditional to Modern: Master Bedroom Furniture Makeover
Why spend the money on new bedroom furniture when you can simply transform your current set with a fresh coat of paint and new hardware!
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Commentedwhat do you do if the hardware holes are a different from the new hardware as far as size? any ...»
Re purposed cans
I like to save cans and empty bottles, always with the idea of creating something special. I finally too k the plunge and created these cans turned vases.
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CommentedLike this idea very much.
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Repurposing our dining room buffet into a bathroom vanity
Earlier this year we remodeled our master bath. We turned our "old" unused dining room buffet into our "new" vanity. It got a distressed paint job, repainted hardware, reconfigured
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Commentedgreat idea, but did you add anything to make it taller? We renovated our 2 baths and the ...»
Silverfish
1/2-1 inch in length. Slender, shiny, silver or gray with long antennae and three tail-like appendages in back.Silverfish prefer warm, damp, undisturbed areas and may go undetected for years. They live in cracks & voids and are commonly found in attics, basements and crawl spaces. Because they feed on fungal molds and organic matter, they are also seen regularly in kitchens and bathrooms. Silverfish are one of the hardest insects to control, especially in homes with wood shake
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CommentedWe had some at one point, and set off a few of the can bombs for insects--worked.
Washing Windows Like The Pros
I cannot take credit for this discovery; however I can tell you that it works! In my opinion this is the best way for washing windows. A cleaning company shared this tip with me four
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Commentedmicrofiber cloths are the way to go-one damp-the other dry. Our windows came out spotless.
How-To Paint Laminate Furniture
I didn't have it in me to ditch my faux-wood laminate shelves, but they also needed a major revamp. I updated the shelves and structure a bit, then painted them white.
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Commentedwe did this with old kitchen cabinets that came from a friend when she did her kitchen over a ...»
A curiosity.
My brother lives in an old house in Boston and sent these pics. Anyone have any idea what they are?
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CommentedYes- I think it is something people would hang gloves and hats on when wet
Hand painted 5 1/2 foot ceiling wreath in my living room.
I tied a string to a pencil, then to the previous ceiling fan fixture and drew a 5 1/2 foot circle on the ceiling. I then painted leaves and vines using acrylic paints. Several years
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CommentedI would like to try that--did the painting of leaves take you a long time? You must have had ...»