Tag: Renovation
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Indecisive Brick
What’s the worst thing you can tell a perfectionist? “The best part of this technique is that there’s no way to mess it up! It’s all personal taste, so there is no right or wrong.” To the kind sir who wrote those instructions, I’d like to both respectfully and vehemently yell, “INCORRECT!” Alas, those were…
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Creating a Modern Mantel
“Mantel” is one of those simple words that I am embarrassed to admit I always struggle to spell. Mantel? Mantle? They both look wrong. Anyone else? Anyway, here’s how I rebuilt my mantel.
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Painting Kitchen Cabinets
I’ve spent the last six weeks slowly painting our kitchen cabinets and now that the insanity is over (minus a few touch ups), I can finally just appreciate the beauty of what we’ve been working so hard on for months. For everyone intimidated to paint their cabinets, repeat after me: it isn’t complicated, it’s just…
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The Kitchen: Cabinet Install
I feel like I should be intimidated and overwhelmed by that process, but for some reason I feel oddly calm about it. Maybe I’ve just accepted the chaos of living in a massive construction zone…maybe I’ve just lost my mind.
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The Kitchen Renovation: The Plan
Our kitchen is fine. Absolutely fine. But that’s just it – it’s just…well, “fine”. It’s filled with a lot of little things that annoy me and all add up to a loss of functionality. So thanks to some equity from our home, we’re going to change it up!
THE DIY-ED HOME 