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    A Little Update

    Whew! It’s been awhile! Sorry about that. I was gone for a week, then I got out of…

    May 2, 2017•11 Comments
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    Painting Kitchen Cabinets? Attempt #1

    I didn’t think I could outdo myself after the (in hindsight, not so bad) setbacks with the magnetic…

    April 14, 2017•3 Comments
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    Heavy Duty Floating Shelves: The Reveal!

    Back ages ago, I teased you with threaded rods sticking out of the kitchen wall and probably-not-so-safe ship…

    March 29, 2017•10 Comments
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    Straight Talk About Caulk

    Get it? Straight! Ha! Caulking the tiles in the kitchen was far and away the most surprisingly difficult part…

    March 22, 2017•2 Comments
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    An Easy $80 Makeover for Kitchen Countertops

    Seriously, $80. That’s it. And when I say makeover, I mean these kitchen countertops are unrecognizable! Our kitchen countertops…

    March 15, 2017•7 Comments
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    DIY Subway Tile Backsplash: Soup to Nuts

    This was a big project. Not hard, really, just time-consuming and physically demanding. (So, yes, hard!) If you’re…

    March 9, 2017•1 Comment
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    DIY•House•Kitchen

    When Surprises Lurk Behind Your Laminate Backsplash

    I lied. We’re not quite to tiling yet. BUT! Today we get to talk laminate backsplash & countertops!…

    February 28, 2017•4 Comments
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    How to Repair Damaged Drywall with a Skim Coat

    Before we could move on to tiling in the kitchen, we had some serious drywall repair to do:…

    February 22, 2017•13 Comments
  • DIY•House•Kitchen

    DIY Heavy-Duty & Non-Chunky Floating Shelves

    (UPDATE: See the finished shelves here!) Subtitle: The dirty truth. DOT DOT DOT! You wouldn’t believe how much…

    February 14, 2017•15 Comments
  • Electrical•House

    Mapping Your Home Electrical Circuits in an Afternoon

    Got a friend and a couple hours? Grab a non-contact voltage tester and your phone and have a…

    January 26, 2017•2 Comments
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