From the farm…
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Master Closet Renovation
Our house came with it’s share of tiny closets. Our master bedroom has a nice sized closet, but it only has a tiny door and the closet is hard to access. Here are some before pictures (and if anyone knows what I can do with that piece of pink marble, please let me know):
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Working Our Way Upstairs
If you have ever been given a tour of our house, you will definitely remember the dark, creepy stairway. There is one small light at the top. If I did not have a flash on my camera, you wouldn’t be able to see the epic dark wallpaper covering the plaster walls. The stairs need a
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Decorating the Dining Room
While the dining room is nowhere near finished, we have been adding some decorative items to make if feel like home. The dining room is “the room you need to walk through to get anywhere else” so it is nice to have it look more like home. The last time I wrote about the dining
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Easy No-Sew Curtains
I’ve been staying in the guest bedroom while living here until we get the master bedroom started. Even though we don’t live in a big town, we have street lights on our street that shine right into the guest bedroom window. I wanted to make curtains, but am only a beginner when it comes to
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New Lighting
Life has been busy since moving into our new place! Since we have had a lot of big purchases lately (especially flooring) we have had to slow down a bit. This gives us an opportunity to work on all of the little stuff that we’ve put off. We have put in doors in the office
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Living Room Update
I don’t think I can even explain how different this room is from our closing date. The living room had a really uneven floor, smelled like a litter box, and had some crazy paneling that the previous owners tried to smooth out with drywall mud. Now, we are living in that same room, which is
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Antique Fireplace Makeover
Our fireplace is easily the most important part of our renovation. The fireplace was the only original piece of character that our house had left. Everything else had been stripped out over time. When we bought the house, the fireplace was in rough shape. REALLY rough shape: We stripped of many layers of paint
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Guest Bedroom Update
So far we haven’t spent too much time working on the guest bedroom. The drywall was decent and only needed to be patched in a few areas, so there wasn’t much renovation work done. Here is what we started with: We tore out the carpet and trim because there was a “cat smell” issue
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Dresser Makeover
Soon after we bought our house I was already looking for cheap furniture to put in it. I have seen a lot of dresser makeovers online and decided to start with a nice easy project. I found this old, basic dresser at an estate sale for $10: I recently saw a similar dresser tutorial
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Always an Adventure
Today is an exciting day! We are getting carpet put in and we will be moving in most of our large furniture items. We have been working really hard, but luck hasn’t been working out in our favor. After dealing with nothing but problems yesterday Ryan said, “This is good, because that means nothing will
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