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Kathy C

Shickshinny, PA
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  • The solar light was almost the same size as the jar ring
***UPDATE Don't hot glue gems to the outside, they may fall off :(
  • This is after glued flat sided gems around the jar ring and around the little edge on the bottom of the clear part of the light. This little part was where the cylinder and spike were to put the light into the ground.
  • Close up of the gems.

Another Solar Light In A Jar

A big thank you to Melissa @ Keep Calm and Decorate for inspiring me to make solar lights in jar. This is my twist on your ...»
idea, THANKS again for your inspiration

I found solar lights at Walmart that were pretty much the same size as the top of a canning jar. I bought a box of a dozen clear generic canning jars at Walmart. And I bought bags of flat florist gems at the dollar store.

I removed the cylinder with the ground spike from the solar light and put a thin line of clear silicone caulk around the outside of the jar ring then put the light on top. After the caulk dried attach flat florist gems around the jar ring and around the little edge at the bottom of the clear shade of the solar light. Then I threw in about 50 florist gems inside the jar for stability outside along my wall. I wanted to use red gems but they didn't have any. Next trip to the Dollar Store :)

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Mary I. Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Before:  you can actually see how greasy and dirty the cabinets had become 1
  • After:  white and clean

How to easily remove grease build-up from your cabinets

This is just a simple little story about how I finally got all the grease off the cabinets above my stove. ...»

I have had a dirty little secret!Everyone always tells me how clean my house is. It's not really. Not since I've had kids. You've seen those cute little signs, Excuse the mess, we are busy making memories or Excuse the mess, we live here? Well that's not really my style. In fact, my house is nothing like the clean it used to be before the kids. I've grown more accustomed to the mess, but so many little things tend to get over looked these days. Many people have exciting goals like running a marathon or skydiving (and I may have just become the biggest loser because I just googled Common goals people have, because I couldn't come up with 2 good ideas), you know what I've always wanted? To put my house on the market and have the ad say, "Mrs. Clean lives here". I'm not kidding, I actually told my realtor I wanted that on my add. She said, your house will sell itself. OK, she was right, but I really wanted that at the time. One thing I've been over-looking lately is my kitchen cabinets. I'm home cleaning today and thought, maybe today's the day to get that grease off the cabinets. Now keep in mind, these are just the cabinets over the stove, and grease is always building up on these cabinets. I wipe down my cabinets frequently, since they are white and show any dirt, but I do tend to "overlook" these top cabinets because I never could seem to get the grime off with much success. I have those god-awful therma-foil and for lack of a better term the surface is "pockey". That means there is a little texture that allows dirt and grease to accumulate. The picture shows best how greasy these cabinets were. I've tried many products before, but today I decided to go for some simple soft scrub and a warm dish rag. I love the lemon scent and use this for a lot of my cleaning. I poured it on my dishcloth and just rubbed it on the grease, and just like that, all of the grease and grime came off. I've tried many other cleaners and de-greasers and seriously never got such great results with barely any elbow grease at all. I might suggest if you are working over your head that you wear some protective eyewear, because trust me when I say, you don't want your break from cleaning to involve trying to get soap out of your eye! Just sayin. Check out the before and afters. It's really pretty amazing!

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Diane Kaul
Diane Kaul Commerce Township, MI
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    I use Awesome on just about everything in my kitchen. It cuts through the grease like it isn't ...»
    even there. I also use it in my rug shampooer and on grease stains in the laundry...love the stuff!

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  • A midcentury kitchen for the 21st century...and someone who likes to cook. 3
  • The tile is a custom blend from Clayhaus Ceramics. 4
  • The inspiration ad. 6
  • The kitchen that came with the house.
  • A new layout means cooking looking out big windows to the backyard rather at a wall. 1
  • Because this portion of the kitchen is visible from the living room, the cabinetry is cherry veneer to blend with the furniture. 4
  • From the kitchen looking into the living room.
  • Detail of the concrete countertops made by a local artisan. 9
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A new kitchen inspired by an ad from 1959

I love my mid-century house by the beach, but I've always regretted the fact that the previous owners ripped out the original kitchen and put in one of those characterless and cheap ...»
oak-trimmed laminate kitchens that for some inexplicable reason were so popular in the 1980s. When I finally bit the bullet and decided to re-do the kitchen, I wanted to create something that was appropriate to the house and found my inspiration in a 1959 ad for a Hotpoint kitchen. It was both practical (tiled walls) and handsome, with a great punch of color from a tiled accent wall containing the turquoise (!) wall oven. While I ultimately decided a wall oven wouldn't work for me, and I went for the durability of stainless (the salt in the air is tough on things here at the beach), I think I've ended up the with a kitchen that honors the inspiration, and my home's history.

Douglas Hunt
Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL
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Easy Button Art for Craft Room

I wanted unique art for my craft room. I picked up some round wood, drilled a few holes and did a little painting. The result is a fairly inexpensive whimsical display. Perfect for a craft room.

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Michelle S
Michelle S Eldridge, IA
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    I agree with Michela...they would look "sewn" to the wall then, lol Love them!!!
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Kathy C's zone.

Kathy...we live at Lily Lake, I live in Pgh now..so lake house is a summer residence only.

Planning to redo old home and make into a retirement for us. Have you had any luck getting ...»

out- of- zone shrubs & flowers to grow in Shickshinny? Love your post" finds"!

Jan Waters
Jan Waters Monroeville, PA
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    Sorry Jan...I did not see this until today. I have not planted any out of zone plants at all ...»
    as of yet. Though there are quite a few that I find beautiful I have not had the courage to try. Sorry.

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  • An after shot of the new "open shelves" in my kitchen... a space transformed using a lot of paint! 5
  • Before... Dark, dreary and dated.  We removed wallpaper and changed the florescent light fixture for canned lights, but other than that, the only change has been a lot of paint.
  • What used to be a space that felt nothing like "me" is now a great reflection of my style and our family. 2
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Transforming my Kitchen Using Paint, Paint and More Paint!

We bought our house over 5 years ago knowing that a major kitchen re-do wasn't in our plan. The kitchen wasn't a space that reflected me our family. After living with it a year, I knew I ...»
needed to make changes to make it a happy space that worked for us. I turned to my friend, my paintbrush, to make inexpensive changes to the things that bothered me the most. I'm always amazed at the power of paint, but never more so than in #MyKitchen. (see more after pics on my blog)

Storywood Designs
Storywood Designs Raleigh, NC
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  • Before and after of my small condo hallway / laundry "room" 1
  • Cabinets for added storage, and a small countertop perfect for folding laundry right out of the dryer.
  • Washer/dryer closet with inexpensive curtains painted with latex paint, and the HVAC door dressed up with trim and chalkboard paint. 4

Tiny Condo Laundry Room (Disguised As A Hallway)

I live in a very small 834-square-foot condo, so having a real laundry room just isn't possible. So I carved out a little "laundry room" space right in the hallway. Washer and dryer are ...»
hidden behind the curtain on the right, and cabinets with a small countertop for folding laundry are on the left where a coat closet used to be. The argyle wall is paint, not wallpaper. :)

Kristi @ Addicted 2 Decorating
Kristi @ Addicted 2 Decor... Waco, TX
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Roadside Rescue Desk and Chair Makeover

Come check out what a little custom paint can do for a dumpster dive chair and a Roadside Rescue desk.
Art is beauty
Art is beauty Jenison, MI
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    Commented on Jan 09, 2013
    We have had a similar one in the family for years. My son, when he was younger, actually ...»
    drilled a few holes in the top to hang a few of his toy men from. (Boy's will be boy's.) So I finally took it, gave it a good sanding and painted it a really pretty pale yellow. As it was to become my new sewing desk I opted to cover the top instead of replace, so I sewed a scrap cover out of old jeans and then made the handles look like little pom-pom's out of jean as well. I am very happy with my results.

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