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Projects and How-To

Light Fixtures and Curb Appeal: Lowes $100 Giveaway!

May 15, 2012
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This house we just bought has some really ugly existing light fixtures and of course, changing them out is on the list for most every room in the house.  The lights over the front door and on the back porch were nothing more than a fixture with a bulb in them. Maybe there used to [...]

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House Renovations: Week 4

May 10, 2012
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We’re still at it!  Slow but steady, we are getting there with this house renovation.   There are a lot of little details to work on and one of these days, there will be some huge changes going on.   In the meantime, here are a few updates from this week. My sister and I went to [...]

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House Updates: Board and Batten & Rockin’ My New Nail Gun! $100 Giveaway

April 26, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} The winner is #208:  Pat D!  Congrats Pat, I’ve emailed you. It’s been 2 weeks since we closed and work has already begun.  We’re spending a few hours a day over at the house several times a week and things are looking a little different already. It’s no secret that I’m part [...]

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Mother’s Day & Martha Stewart Crafts and Paints

April 25, 2012
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I recently got the chance to try out more Martha Stewart paints and tools and let me tell you, my crafting closet will be full now. Wanna see what I made?  Click over to see my crafting day with Martha’s fun products!  You might get some good ideas for yourself.

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The House is Ours!

April 17, 2012
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Closing last Thursday went so well, 45 minutes later, we were the proud owners of a 1979 fixer-upper with lots of potential.  I was so happy I told my mom I wanted to jump up and down like a little kid.  She smiled and said, go ahead.    I was jumping inside! It makes me [...]

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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Workshop

April 10, 2012
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the extreme pleasure of getting a free pass to the Annie Sloan workshop in Peachtree City, GA and what a delight it was!  I learned so much and hope to take some of those lessons and make over some furniture of my own.  This paint is truly a [...]

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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and Wax How-to’s

March 22, 2012
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It’s amazing, this blogworld.  Just put the word out that you’re having problems with a product and the right folks show up to help.  Denise and Rhonda are two chalk paint stockists, with Color Me French, here in the Atlanta area and they got the word that my sis and I had some wax problems [...]

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Lauren’s Easy Bedskirt Tutorial

March 14, 2012
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Lauren asked me if I’d like to share her bedskirt tutorial that she recently did in her guestroom and of course, I wanted to share with all of you.  Lauren has an embroidery machine and does some incredible monograms and stitching on lots of fabric items and she is getting really good at all of [...]

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My Parents’ New & Improved Bedroom!

March 4, 2012
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It is finally done!  The bedroom is now as pretty as the new bathroom, so it’s really nice to have this project accomplished and done.  My parents are really happy with the outcome (especially mom).  She feels like she has a brand new suite going on and it really does look so much better.  It [...]

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An Updated 1970′s Bathroom

February 22, 2012
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Both bathrooms in this 1970’s house have officially been updated.  Yippee!!  I can’t wait to show you this one.  It really looks fabulous and we all worked hard to get it to this point.  My mom, dad, and I all stripped wallpaper.  I added the beadboard wallpaper, painted it, and my dad painted, as well [...]

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Updating with Paint: Quick Changes on the Cheap

February 21, 2012
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You all know how much I love painting things around the house.  I’ve been doing it for years and years, way before blogging days.  Spray paint and I have been friends for a long, long time.  And mixing up a quart of paint and redoing a vanity or side table is such an easy fix [...]

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Debbie’s Craft/Workroom Update

February 15, 2012
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My friend Debbie, owns a monogram business, Miss Lucy’s Monograms, and she runs this fun business from her basement.  It’s a family affair and she takes orders and purchases supplies and her husband runs the monogram machine. They are a hard-working family and it’s fun to see all the beautiful things that come out of [...]

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Easy DIY Projects on a Dime: Brightly Painted Furniture

February 7, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} Winner is #23:  Shary.  Congrats! You know how much I love to update old furniture with paint. It’s one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to update and transform furniture into something desirable.  I’ve been painting furniture for years and now there are so many new products out there to help [...]

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