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Sandra A

Sharon, CT
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Decorchick!
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  • Take apart the mini blinds
  • Cut to whatever length you need
  • cut a point and you can just use a magic market to write on.

Recycled Plant Markers

A quick and cheap way to make sure all your plants are well marked doesn't have to be cutesy or expensive. Make as many markers as you want with old mini blinds. They are the perfect size ...»
to use!

http://dtlherbsltd.blogspot.com/2013/05/plan...

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Diann Rockwood, MI
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  • A close up of the finished floor, it almost looks like old leather. 15
  • I did the whole 10 X 12 room for about $80, but any future room will cost about $30. That's cheap flooring! 11
  • Gluing the paper down using a 50% Elmers glue %50 water mixture. This part took forever. 10
  • Here is the paper going on, this is about 10 hours in (spread over multiple days). 6
  • Mopping on the stain. 6
  • After 12 coats of poly! I know people say this all the time, but it honestly look much better in real life. It just looks shiny in the pictures. 7
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Paper Bag Floors

If you are in need of new flooring but don't have much money to spend (or even if you do) then this fits the bill! I created this floor out of brown paper, Elmers glue, stain and ...»
polyurethane. It was easy to do (albeit time consuming) and is very durable. This room is 10 X 12 and cost about $80, but future rooms will cost about $30 since I have plenty of leftover supplies. Click through to read the tutorial....http://www.domesticimperfection.com/2013/03/paper-bag-floors-a-tutorial/

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Ashley @ Domestic Imperfe... San Antonio, TX
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Make An Old Crib Into a Drying Rack!

When your last child moves to a "big kid" bed, repurpose the crib into a Ballard-inspired drying rack for just a few dollars. Here's how: http://alwayssomethinghome.blogspot.com/201...
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Patty @ Always Something Greensboro, NC
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  • I found these beautiful hydrangeas at Costco for $8.00. At the checkout the lady told me to make sure I put them in ice cold water. This intrigued me because I always thought that warm water was best for flowers. 6
  • First I cut the off the ends of the stems, making sure the cut was on a slant. Hydrangea stems are quite tough, so they need to be poked with something sharp to help with the water up-take. 2
  • I did a little research to find more tips on how to care for them and was rewarded with beautiful fluffy flowers that lasted for days and days!

How to care for freshly cut hydrangeas! Come learn some surprising little tips!

When I bought these hydrangeas they were packaged up in floral cellophane so tightly that they sure didn't look very impressive. I was a bit hesitant to take them, but since they were so ...»
reasonably priced I went for it! The lady at the checkout gave me a surprising tip on how to care for them so I decided I needed to find out more and did a little research.

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Keeping With The Times
Keeping With The Times Canada
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Thrifty and Chic
Thrifty and Chic Seattle, WA
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Pine Street Carpenters & The Kitchen Studio at Pine Street
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Checkerboard Floors

All of the rooms in our house have great, old hardwood floors. So when we first walked into the laundry room to find that the floor had been painted over and then scratched heavily by a ...»
dog of the previous owner we knew there was only one solution - paint it!!

We were inspired by an old restaurant in Talladega to go with very large checkerboards. We hope you enjoy the transformation! Each cherkbaord is 3ft by 3ft - we topped it off with 2 coats of poly urethane.

3 Days 30 Easy
Cody Royster
Cody Royster West Point, GA
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    Commented on Apr 05, 2013
    I've never been a fan of checkerboard, but it looks nice.
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