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Barbara

Durham, NC
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About Me:

I love doing home improvements inand outside.

Favorite area of home improvement:

any


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  • New paint, flipped the dresser and the bed 2
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DIY Master Bedroom Makeover: From Drab to Fab on a Budget

Melissa @ Two It Yourself
Melissa @ Two It Yourself Wilmington, DE
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    I like the greyish paint.
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Here are just some of the doors that LA Door and Hardware can supply for your home

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Bob Deahl North Hollywood, CA
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  • Try vinegar and water or for really tough stuck on grime - bleach and water 8
  • Broken slats can be repaired easily by swapping it out for a perfectly good one on the bottom.
  • Swap out slats using the same technique used to shorten blinds. Pop off the plastic buttons on the bottom of the blinds.
  • Remove the pull cords up to the broken slat. Replace the slat with one from the bottom.
  • Re-thread the pull cord through all slats, replace plastic buttons on the bottom and presto!! 1
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How to Clean Blinds - the easy way!

Getting the Spring Fever itch? Get a jump start on your spring cleaning with an easy way to clean those icky blinds. #SpringCleaning
20 Minutes Easy
Ellora - Creatively Southern
Ellora - Creatively South... Knoxville, TN
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    Commented on Feb 28, 2013
    I clean my small window blinds or the ones that I can handle in the bathtub with cascade and ...»
    warm water (DO NOT DO WOOD ONES IN WATER AT ALL). Let the vinyl ones soak for about 20-30 minutes and then rinse. The will be very clean! No scrubbing needed.

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  • The water stain comes from underneath.
  • See the various spots that absorb water

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Bathroom Granite Counter Tops

During Thanksgiving, I decided that I wanted new countertops for my 3 bathrooms. For some crazy reason, I always pick a project to do during the holidays. It is like an obsession or a ...»
really really strong have to feeling. Anyway my old laminate tops were stained and scratched and I had just painted the downstairs a beautiful teal green. The top then really was an eye sore. So while my husband was outside the Saturday before Thanksgiving I took the faucet off and ripped the top off. Then found a granite stone place in Raleigh, NC that would charge less if you got a top out of scrape granite. It still won't that cheap. They would fabricate and seal the granite. My question is once granite is sealed will it allow water to seep in and leave stains that eventually dry? Is this normal? I have called the company and to no avail get anything done about it. I also gave them a bad listing on Angie's list. Please look at the pictures and tell me what to do.

Barbara
Barbara Durham, NC
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    Commented on Feb 20, 2013
    How is it done? Top and bottom?
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Stripping Oak is Tough but Worth It

The only other furniture restoration project that's taken longer than this one had 7 layers of paint on it. That's why when I accessed this job with one layer of paint, I thought it would ...»
be a breeze. Wrong. Oak slurps down paint and it's very difficult to strip. Do I sound like I'm whining? Take a look at the before and after photos and you'll see how happy I am.

Click the link for cost, hours and work in progress photos. After all, if you're going to restore furniture, you want to do it right because good quality dressers can potentially last forever. This one is 90+ years old.

Cristin Frank
Cristin Frank Buffalo, NY
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    Commented on Feb 19, 2013
    This is so pretty! Hard work, but very rewarding.
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  • Too Beautiful
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Tiling our rental house bathroom

This is our first house purchased back in 1971. We have kept it to use as retirement investment. However, everyone knows what happened to the Real Estate market. We have rented it for ...»
years and most people took care of it. However, some did not. I got William T to tile it. He asked me what I wanted and I was so discouraged because it was not taken care of the last time that I said just tile it I don't care. Little did I know that he would put so much into it. This is the finished results. (Besure to look at my sunroom tile, another job he did). This should bring the value of the property up.

Barbara
Barbara Durham, NC
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    Commented on Feb 17, 2013
    I guess my son will have to deal with that after we are gone! Good question.
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Bathroom Renovation

This bathroom was redone trying to make as modern as possible without doing one of those rebaths in a day. So I found a tile man and gave him free range on waht he wanted to do and this is what he came up with.

Barbara
Barbara Durham, NC
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House on the Way - Leslie
House on the Way - Leslie Lexington, KY
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