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Ana M

Alpharetta, GA
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  • New Kitchen Island
  • New Kitchen Island- the backing is Dry Erase Board!! 2
  • New Kitchen Island
  • New Kitchen Island
  • BEFORE Kitchen Island- NO ISLAND!!! Unhappy cook!
  • AFTER kitchen Island- HAPPY Cook! Do not know how I cooked without it! (since this picture, the kitchen has gone another transformation and am looking to resurface the cabinets soon) 3
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You want your own island?? Make one! DIY Kitchen island.

I needed an kitchen island desperately as I love to cook. So I made one by buying two prefab cabinets that matched my already existing kitchen (or think outside the box and go with a ...»
different color). One cabinet was a two door/two drawer cabinet, the other a one door one drawer. I clamped them together and bolted them together from the inside. Then I bought dry erase board in white to cover the back of the island , I glued it with construction glue after cutting it to measurement. (My son loved to practice his spelling words on it and draw when he was little). Next I bought some corner molding and painted it white to seal the corners of the island for a finished look. (The granite was not my doing- had a company do it- but before I got granite I went to a Corian place and had a counter top made for my island in the measurements I wanted). I made sure when they cut the granite they gave me enough of a ledge for stools if I wanted in the future.

**I have since remodeled the kitchen again, and am now going to tackle the re-surfacing of it.**

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Feb 23, 2012
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  • Tonya H
    Tonya H on Mar 31, 2012
    yeah iI love it! I need to finish my bathroom first, but would like to keep this one on file! ...»
    Thanks!

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  • Orchids over the fireplace
  • Orchids about to give me new blooms on kitchen table
  • Orchid in the Kitchen 1
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  • Orchids in the Living Room
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Easiest plants to keep in the house! Years ago a nursery place told me to put 2 TBSP of water on my orchids every 8 days

Easiest plants to keep in the house! Years ago a nursery place told me to put 2 TBSP of water on my orchids every 8 days or when their 'soil' is dry, they do not like to be wet. Just put ...»
them in a non-drafty area and indirect sunlight. I keep them all over my home now and they last forever and re-bloom for me. I even pot them in my bigger pots and put several in the same pot. I LOVE to give them as flower arrangements for special occasions or birthdays!

I have luck with Kroger's orchids priced from 9.99 to 19.99 and IKEA's orchids 9.99 to 17.99.

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on May 05, 2012
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  • Ana M
    Ana M on Sep 26, 2012
    Awesome Terri J do post pics!
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  • On May 12th
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My giant hydrangea bush is popping!!!

I received some wonderful advice at Hometalk to NOT cut back the hydrangea. I followed the advice and I did NOT and it is HUGE and bursting with blooms this year. THANK YOU HOMETALKERS!!! ...»

Gorgeous! Can't wait until they all turn color.

Made a flower arrangement with some of the cuts I got today.

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on May 06, 2012
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  • Douglas Hunt
    Douglas Hunt on Sep 28, 2012
    No, Nancy. Climbing hydrangea has a white bloom and different flower shape. If you look at the ...»
    last photos you can see this shrub from the front and side.

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  • Ballast in our light fixture went out, easy $20 fix.
  • As easy as taking old ballast out and putting new one in. Cut power at the circuit breaker first!
  • Old ballast still connected, new ballast to be installed.
  • Cut the colored wires to the old ballast and disconnect the black and white wires from the old ballast. 2
  • New ballast is going up
  • screwing in the new ballast before connecting the wires.
  • connecting the wires.
  • connecting the wires with the new push in wire connectors, MY NEW FAVORITE TOY, had not used these before!
  • My new favorite toy!
  • tuck all your wires in  and put channel back in
  • get it all tucked in.
  • pop light bulbs in
  • I know it is not the newest most updated fixture but I like a LOT of light in my kitchen and have yet to find something that will make me spend the money of new fixtures. For now $20 is good!
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I LOVE DIY. new Ballast in my kitchen light $20.00 VS. a whole new light fixture $120.00....SAVED us $100 PLUS+

New Ballast in my kitchen light $20.00 VS. a whole new light fixture $120.00....SAVED us $100 PLUS+. If we had used Electrician it would have their charge per hour plus materials. ...»

Shout out to Mike at the Electrical department of Home Depot. Took me step by step on how to change the ballast out. Even made me a drawing to take home. Told me to call if I came upon any questions! Love those Home Improvement stores, YOU CAN DIY!

I know it is not the newest most updated fixture but I like a LOT of light in my kitchen and have yet to find something that will make me spend the money of new fixtures. For now $20 is good!

Ana M
Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Mar 02, 2012
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    Ana M on Mar 07, 2012
    Congrats Debbie as I always say YOU CAN DIY!! Pure satisfaction!
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  • It is spraying NOT from the hose connection but from the top of the piece above the hose connection
  • we could not get the piece attached to the faucet to unscrew, afraid to damage the pipe coming out of the house. It is leaking between where it says Mexico and the top of the piece screwed onto the faucet (we are assuming it is screwed on- not sure if that is a permanent piece. 1
  • we could not get the piece attached to the faucet to unscrew, afraid to damage the pipe coming out of the house
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Plumbing: HELP!! We have an outdoor water faucet that is leaking terribly. We tried getting a new hose thinking that was it.

We tried removing the piece seen at the bottom of the faucet since it is leaking from the top of that piece. It would not unscrew,it would not tighten- actually sprayed more when ...»
tightened- we tried to loosen it also sprayed bad and we could not get it off. Wwe are afraid to damage the pipe coming out of the house.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?? Does this take a plumber to come out and have to weld off the piece and put a new piece on?? I mean I am handy, but never tackled welding!

HELP!!!

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Apr 02, 2012
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  • William S
    William S on Apr 13, 2013
    Use a Dremel tool to cut a slot in the screw (head broken off to prevent removal) on the ...»
    vacuum breaker. Use a flat blade screwdriver to remove the screw, then unscrew the vacuum breaker. Replace with a new one.

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  • BEFORE- old water guzzling toilet, laminate counters, vinyl flooring, the mirror was the old giant mirror with the 8 giant light bulbs on the top, yes you know the one that looks like a giant makeup mirror!!
  • Almost done after-Still some work to be done but new floor is in, New toilet, new curtain.
  • AFTER: New mirror , toilet , sink, granite, knobs, paint on the walls, curtains
  • AFTER: New mirror , toilet , sink, granite, knobs, paint on the walls, curtains, new floor
  • AFTER: New granite, faucet, soap dispenser and sink 1
  • AFTER New mirror and light- old mirror was the giant makeup vanity mirror with row of large  light bulbs !
  • AFTER: New crown molding, curtain and paint. 2
  • AFTER: New paint, new light before the mirror went up. 1
  • AFTER: New light
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From Playful Kid's bathroom to Sophisticated adult teen bathroom ON A BUDGET! Not everyone has thousands to spend !!

Everything you see in this bathroom is NEW, including the toilet! And YES, I did all the work myself, from wiring the new light fixture to, putting up the new mirror, the new crown ...»
molding, the tile floor, the granite bathroom counter top I had cut at a granite place choosing a remnant piece that ended up being cheaper. I also installed the toilet, new faucet, bathtub spout & shower head for the bathroom. My son picked the color on the walls!

I believe YOU can do it! DIY is my motto, and living in you home the way YOU would like to live in it just take a little patience to seek out the best deal and some sweat equity. You end up with something much nicer than what you had before and you are able to enjoy it and NOT wait until you are going to sell YOUR HOME to fix YOUR HOME!

DIY takes a lot of searching for the bargains and a little research and talking to the DIY home improvement store experts, they are very helpful and ready to help you get your project done! So get inspired and start a project~! Ana Maria

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Feb 22, 2012
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  • Betty
    Betty on May 25, 2012
    Love the wall color! What a great transformation! Awesome job! You should be proud of yourself!
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Our Memory Garden. My husband's Mother was a wonderful gardener and had the greenest thumb I have ever seen!

My Husband's Mother passed away. She was a wonderful gardener and had the greenest thumb I have ever seen! I think she keeps watch over our garden. It is a memory garden, we named it after her, Bettye's Garden.

Ana M
Ana M Alpharetta, GA on May 20, 2012
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    Ana M on May 24, 2012
    Thanks guys, we are convinced she keeps watch over the garden as it has never flourish an ...»
    flowered as it has this year!

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Gardening: What KIND of hydrangea is this? It's my Aunt's and we did not know.

What kind of hydrangea is this? Can someone tell me?
Ana M
Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Jun 11, 2012
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  • Susan S
    Susan S on Jun 11, 2012
    Can you cut some stems off and use a growth hormone and start your own from these???
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  • Purple Clematis is bursting! 1
  • Purple Clematis (can't wait til it flowers! tons of buds), hydrangea, gardenia bushes, butterfly bushes, creeping Jenny.
  • Purple Clematis (can't wait til it flowers! tons of buds), hydrangea, gardenia bushes, butterfly bushes, creeping Jenny.
  • Blue Hydrangea bush 1
  • Tea Olive Trees, Yews, Ivy and Impatiens 2
  • Tea Olive Trees, Yews, Ivy and Impatiens
  • Honeysuckle
  • Honeysuckle- Hummingbirds love these!
  • Honeysuckle and Giant Hydrangea
  • Climbing Hydrangea (tulips underground still), Impatiens
  • BEFORE Confederate Jasmine, why do they not put instructions for us Black thumbers out there?? I did not know I was supposed to 'unwrap' the jasmine from the trellis it came on. I figured it out a week later when the poor thing was trying to grow and was tangled to nowhere! 2
  • 1 month AGO-Fig Tree and Clematis
  • Hydrangea, honeysuckle, clematis, creeping jenny, gardenias, TODAY!
  • Green Fig Tree NOW April 1
  • Another type Clematis 1
  • Confederate Jasmine, AFTER I rescued it from it's tangled torture! I did not know I had to unravel it from the trellis that it came from the nursery in! Gotta work my way through my black thumb...
  • Black Mission Fig
  • Another type of Clematis- I love Clematis- they give you such return of enjoyment
  • Butterfly Bush 1
  • Hydrangea, it's HUGE! And flowers are a gorgeous blue!
  • Purple Clematis- TODAY
  • Purple Clematis
  • Honeysuckle- today is full of flowers 1
  • Honey suckle
  • Basil, and Cayenne Peppers
  • Impatiens- we have a shady deck 1
  • Green beans and basil
  • Gardenias, creeping jenny, hydrangea, clematis
  • On of our Fauna residents 2
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Trying to turn a black thumb into a green thumb..try..try..try... Any Advice on any of my plants is welcome!

I have a black thumb or at least had, now it's like a shade of purple, it's heading towards green. Try , try , try is my motto on this one, I ask a lot of questions especially to my local ...»
nursery, who are very helpful and even when I follow their advice to the tee, they give me a refund on my plant (1 yr warranty) if I am not successful. So far everything has lived through my thumb, except the Rhodedendron and still trying with the grass, we might just make it all a landscaped area, the grass has been tough for our conditions (shady).....will keep trying....Hummingbirds love it in the garden, and I love the noises nature makes while sitting on the deck or a hammock. Apparently I feed the fauna too, since bunnies, deer, chipmunks, squirrels, birds all come and find something to peck and munch on...Ahhh the circle of life.

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Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Apr 01, 2012
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  • Michelle Powers
    Michelle Powers on Jul 18, 2012
    I am working on a green thumb also. You chose some great plants. Looks great! Keep it up!
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  • What could have happened to our bush??
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  • only bit of green left on it
  • bush should look like this
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Gardening: HELP?!? Our bush died!! This bush in our front yard has been fine for 11 years found it dead yesterday.

We have had this bush in our front yard for 11 years. Yesterday we noticed it appears to have died. Last week it was perfectly fine and green and lush! HELP!? Can anyone tell us what ...»
could be the problem, and is it completely dead or can we rehab it? You can see in the background the other bushes just like it that are fine and still lush and green. It was fine last week!!!

We had two other bushes through the years do the same and never investigated to see what went wrong. We ended up pulling them out but we do not want to keep losing bushes. Also does anyone know what type of bush it is?? They were here when we moved into our home and we have never known what kind they are.

Ana M
Ana M Alpharetta, GA on Jun 02, 2012
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  • Ana M
    Ana M on Jun 07, 2012
    I appreciate everyone's opinions but like Marg C said Hometalk is a forum for us all to ask ...»
    for help on matters of the home that are of interest to us. It might be meaningless to you because of your situation but nevertheless it is still a forum for just that home sharing questions.

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