Category: Home Improvement
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House Painting with the Pros: First Floor Refresh, Part 4
After the flooring was finally completed, I scheduled painters to come and paint. If you’ve read any of my painting articles before, you know that technically, I could do this myself. But it’s a lot of paint. And the job included 2 bathrooms and a kitchen with a wall I could reach the top of. […]
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Interior Design: First Floor Refresh, Part 1
The following video is a first look at my design choices for my next major project: an update on my first floor finishes. I haven’t renovated any areas on my first floor since I moved in (except painting the fireplace). See why I chose the colors and products that I did. And check out after […]
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Say I love you with…a toilet seat replacement?
Valentine’s Day is not just about giving candy and cards to significant others and friends, it’s about showing your love language. Which for my brother must be acts of service because it involves replacing a toilet seat. Yep. Well to be fair, I had already called my brother to help repair a piece of furniture, […]
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Home Office Reno, part 4 of…The Bookcase Debacle
In my Home Office Reno, part 4, I started off with two bookcases: a tall, 8-cubed unit in a satin maple finish, and a short, wide double shelf bookcase with an oak laminate finish that I spray painted an antique gold. Two finishes that no longer work in the space. In a previous redesign, I […]
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Home Office Reno, part 3 of… Desk is finally done!
Finally! the desk I dismantled and sanded in April 2020 is finally done 3 months later! If you’ve seen my IG, you know I did have to break my quarantine to go to a home improvement store (for, among other things, a new toilet seat. Toilet seat replacement in an upcoming post). So, of course […]
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