Tag: decorating tips
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Shop Your House: Don’t buy new, repurpose instead
Have you ever had something in your house that you love, but due to its age, it doesn’t look as good as it used to? Or maybe it’s not something that doesn’t look usable anymore but you can’t bring yourself to get rid of it. At our wedding eleven years ago, we lined the sidewalk […]
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Spring DIY projects: Chalk-painted mason jars
Does anyone else collect wayward, neglected mason jars? Does a box of mason jars on a store shelf speak to you like it’s begging you to buy it? Well, maybe that’s just me. I’m kidding, of course. Sort of. I have a shelf full of empty mason jars in my pantry. They’re all different brands, […]
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How to make industrial farmhouse shelves
Our hall bathroom looked a little blank and boring. Just a nice room with a lot of space but a completely blank space. Also, there is a small vanity but almost no storage space. And do you see those little rickety shelves? They’re pretty ineffective and unstable. So they had to go. Enter spackle. That […]
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Entry- way rehab!
Our entry way is not so bad. In fact, it’s way better than it used to be. And there are a lot of things I actually like about it. I love that really cute built in coat tree that my dad built, I love the little shelf above it, and y’all know I love some […]
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Building a faux fireplace mantle, part 3
When we last left you, our beautiful antique mantle with its faux firebox looked like this: Nothing was painted, no stone was laid. Things were kinda bare. And unfinished. Our first item on the agenda was to paint it. First, we caulked any cracks or areas we felt needed filling in. We painted the mantle […]
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