Having ugly, old and dingy trim around your doors does nothing for the look of a room.  Like…Nothing. My living room plan is coming together, but I was completely dissatisfied with it even though I had new furniture and nice décor. Take a look at this. (it’s difficult to take photos in the corner…sorry about […]

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There is hope for your fluorescent light fixture and light box—I’m living proof you can rid yourself of it and it’s not as painful as you think. After waiting what seems like an eternity, I finally gave my kitchen’s ugly 1980’s fluorescent light a makeover. Why fluorescent light boxes were ever a thing I’ll never […]

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So you’re on the quest for a lush green lawn? Join the club.  Green grass is like a passage of rites in the neighborhood.  And I found a shortcut to get it. Now I’ll tell you upfront, you will have to work for it, but it’s a fast track to grow grass from seed in […]

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The vanilla kitchen got new shoes. I (well, a friend) installed wood-look luxury vinyl tile planks right over the 1980s beige ceramic floors and umm. LOOOOK!!! I can’t even wait until the end to show you the pictures. You’ve just got to see it to believe what a CA-RAY-ZEE difference it made in updating this […]

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I’m still making over my vanilla kitchen and the big elephant(s) in the room are my kitchen cabinets.  ‘What in the world are you going to do with those cabinets?’ you’ve been saying. Now I’m about to tell you just how to DIY shaker style cabinets from listless flat doors, even if they’re 80s plastic/laminate […]

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Today we’re installing a glass peel and stick backsplash tile without a wet saw. Like real glass tile. Not the vinyl peel and stick or aluminum adhesive tile stuff. I’m not showing you how to do it. I’m just giving you all the details you need to know before you attempt it. I gave you […]

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I’ll admit it, I was a little chicken when I decided to paint my kitchen blue. As I searched through Pinterest for inspiration, I gravitated to those tuxedo kitchens. You know the ones with the dark-painted bottom cabinets and the light-colored uppers? So dreamy. My kitchen? Not so dreamy. It was super ugly and stuck […]

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You can use gel stain to give old wood furniture new life. General Finishes gel stain is an easy way to breathe some life back into dated decor. I inherited a set of heavy oak bookshelves from a co-worker who purchased new furniture. At the time, my living room and dining room resembled a college […]

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