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Projects and How-To

Craft Room Update and $100 Lowes Giveaway

January 26, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} The Winner is:  #208  Lorene Halfmann January is an excellent time to be thinking about organization and it happens every year after Christmas.  We all start thinking of ways to declutter and get everything in the house in tip-top shape. You saw the pretty stencil yesterday and today, I’m going to show [...]

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Diamond Damask Stencil: How-To Stencil a Wall

January 25, 2012
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I gave you a sneak peek a few weeks ago of my sister’s basement craft room that we are working on.  She has this great space down there and after they got floating engineered hardwood floors installed, as part of the “great flood” of 2011, she was excited to do something with the space.  She [...]

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Updating a 70′s Bedroom Suite

January 18, 2012
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We are about to do some decorating around this place!  And you know how I love a good before and after. My parent’s master bedroom and bath is not that big, but it’s time for an update.  The bathroom was built in the 70′s and it hasn’t been updated since the mid-80′s when we were [...]

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Your Best Projects: Highlights of 2011!

January 4, 2012
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You people sure have been busy! With over 400 link-ups on the Top Projects of 2011 party last week, I could hardly get through them all.  But, wow oh wow, at the fun projects and pretty pics I saw.  I did go through and pick out a few of my faves to share with everyone, [...]

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Link up: Top Projects of 2011 Party

December 28, 2011
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Welcome friends! I’ve been doing this project recap party for a few years now and it is always fun to look back and see what I’ve accomplished for the year.  I actually thought I might not have much to share this year, given the fact that 2011 was a train-wreck of a year for me [...]

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Top Projects of 2011 Party!

December 23, 2011
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Hello to you all! Hope you are being all festive and getting ready to celebrate Christmas with your family and friends.  We certainly are around here!  It’s all about food. What are we having for Christmas breakfast and lunch?   I’ll have a few recipes to share with you later on too. But, I wanted [...]

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Christmas Craft: Winter Snow Bowl

December 11, 2011
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Today, it’s time for another Holiday Home link party and I’m joining my friend, Kate, for Christmas crafts. This is sort of a craft, in that you will need a few supplies from the craft store, but it is so easy to put together, I can’t wait to show you how adorable it is! Did [...]

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Planting Paperwhites for Christmas

November 17, 2011
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A couple of years ago, I planted paperwhites for Christmas and loved watching them poke their green heads up out of the rocks and then those beautiful delicate white blooms pop up just in time for their debut during this special time of the year.  You have to plan ahead, at least 6 weeks is [...]

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Glam Master Bedroom Source List

November 6, 2011
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As promised, today I’m sharing all the sources for my sister’s master bedroom renovation. We shopped wisely for the most part and found some pretty great deals on everything and I’m going to share step by step how we put it all together. And don’t you love to know what things cost?  I’m sharing that [...]

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Making a Fall Door Pocket

October 29, 2011
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Today, I’m sharing how I made a Fall door pocket for my sister’s front door.  It’s really just a matter of collecting a few Fall items from the craft store and putting them all together.  I’m definitely not a floral expert, but I think anyone can put together a pleasing door arrangement with a few [...]

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Change it up with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

October 25, 2011
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{Giveaway is Closed} I feel so very blessed to be a blogger and have all these great products at my fingertips to try out.  Chalk paint is one of those products that I’ve had on my wish list for a few months.  Since I don’t have a lot of furniture that I’m painting at the [...]

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How to Stencil a Wall & a Giveaway!

October 16, 2011
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{Giveaway is Closed}   Last year, I ordered a fun stencil from Royal Design Studios in the Large Moorish pattern, a delicious trellis style stencil.  I had plans to use it in my old house, but that didn’t happen, so I brought it with me, waiting for the perfect opportunity to get it out and [...]

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Before: My Sister’s Bedroom Renovation

October 9, 2011
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This post could actually be titled, “How a small plastic water hose bursting in a powder room can create an avalanche of renovations in one house”. Or Updating a 90′s bedroom.  Take your pick! Here’s how things went down. My sister and her hubby, Bruce, were out of the house one Saturday a few weeks [...]

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