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Susan W

Hartsville, SC
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About Me:

gardening, do it your self projects and crafts

Favorite area of home improvement:

painting doors and shutters


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  • Pallet fence panel before trimming the rotten wood and painting. 2
  • Pallet fence panel after trimming and painting.
  • The fence is being installed. 2
  • The garden gate was made from pallets too.  The arbor was made from my childrens' old sandbox.  We cut the large boards down to build the arbor.
  • The fence is almost finished.
  • Here is a picture taken from my bench at the back of the garden looking towards the arbor.  The fence is complete.  Now on to making the garden look pretty.  This will take awhile. 1
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Re-purposing pallets

This is a fence I made for my garden using pallets and old pickets from a fence that had been torn down. When I ran out of the old pickets, I used pallet boards and cut them to match the ...»
pickets so I could complete the project. My fenced area is 30' X 40' and I still had pallets left over for other projects.

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Allison House Sumter, SC
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  • What to do with a cheap thrift store mirror? Cafe chalkboard sound good?
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Chalkboard on mirror or glass? Heck yes!

One of my most pinned tutorials? How to transform a mirror or old painting into a chalkboard!

You can follow the easy tutorial here:

http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/20...

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YouAreTalkingTooMuch.com Conway, SC
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Coastal Shingle Style Cottage Resurrection

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Danielle B Middletown, RI
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    Commented on Jun 23, 2012
    I may not have added the sunburst over the fire place...I would have wanted those beautiful ...»
    big light fixtures to have a voice all of there own

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  • Step 1 - Remove the Nasty Carpet from the Stairs
  • Step 2 - Remove Nails and millions of staples, Patch any holes, Prime the Treads and Risers.
  • Step 3 - Repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet.
  • Step 4 - Repair the many shortcuts the builders took and hid with the carpet.
  • Continue to repair holes in the walls that the builders hid with the carpet.
  • Yet more holes in the walls to repair.
  • Replace the landing with new MDF to hide the particle board landing that was installed by the builders
  • New MDF landing to cover the particle board landing that was installed by the builders.
  • Add decorative moulding to simulate a stair trim
  • Add decorative moulding to simulate a stair trim
  • Add decorative moulding to simulate a stair trim
  • Apply painters tape and second coat of primer
  • Apply painters tape and first coat of white paint to the risers 2
  • Apply painters tape and first coat of black floor paint
  • Apply painters tape and first coat of black floor paint to the landing
  • Remove painters tape. Floor is painted. Wait 3 days before resuming normal use for paint to fully cure. 5
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Removing Carpet from Stairs and Painting Them

Earlier last week I decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. Here is my progress so far. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i.e Install moulding, board and batten and paint. Will keep you posted.

Teri U
Teri U Queen Creek, AZ
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    Commented on Jun 13, 2012
    Beautiful job!!! Normally when I want my hubby to do a "home improvement", I ask and then I ...»
    wait for a few days, if no action on his part, I begin to do it myself. Usually he will want to come in and "take over"...(just what I want him to do in the first place) but then the times that he did not, I have the pride of being able to say "I did it myself", example painting my door a green that he was not crazy about that now he likes alot

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