How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2

How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2

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Welcome to How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2. All the hard work of putting our above ground trampoline in the ground for a safer play space, was so, so worth it! Go here to read about how we did it in Part 1. How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2 The...

How To DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 1

How To DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 1

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Hey DIY Friends, This is part 1 of How to DIY an Inground Trampoline. Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the results in part 2. Last Spring after a few weeks of quarantine our boys started to get restless. They spent a lot of time jumping on our two trampolines,...

Beautiful DIY Plywood Plank Flooring

Beautiful DIY Plywood Plank Flooring

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In this post I'm sharing how we added beautiful DIY plywood plank flooring in our large music room for only a few hundred dollars. It's so interesting to me how renovating a home can lead to design decisions you thought you might never choose. That's what happened in...

How to Make Grocery Store Roses Look Expensive

How to Make Grocery Store Roses Look Expensive

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In this post I'm sharing how to make grocery store roses look expensive. Now that it's June I'm seeing so many beautiful photos of gorgeous flower bouquets with full, open roses. You know the kind that you see at florist shops that are super expensive and not...

Sanding Our Maple Wood Floors Part 2

Sanding Our Maple Wood Floors Part 2

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This is Part 2 of our floor project. To see Part 1 go here. More than a few people thought we were crazy to even attempt to sand down our wood floors. Despite the challenge of this flooring project, we knew we could do it. Our former wood floors were well worn as well...

ORC Week 5 – JUGGLING IMPORTANT PROJECTS

ORC Week 5 – JUGGLING IMPORTANT PROJECTS

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  Now that we're on week 5 of the one room challenge it's time to as we like to say, "to put it in high gear"! Jeremy, the boys and I keep plugging away at things, but it's been slow. I feel we need the urgency a deadline brings so we push ourselves a little harder....

Refinishing Our Maple Hardwood Floors -Part 1

Refinishing Our Maple Hardwood Floors -Part 1

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In this post I'm sharing refinishing our maple hardwood floors -part 1.  Ten years ago Jeremy and I installed solid wood floors on our first level. I call it the Summer of blood, sweat and tears. The tears were all mine.  It was an incredibly hard DIY project. We were...

Get a Quick & Easy Coat Closet Refresh

Get a Quick & Easy Coat Closet Refresh

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Need some organization motivation? In this post I'm going to show you how to get a quick & easy coat closet refresh. Quick & Easy Coat Closet Refresh The weekend is my favorite time to organize around the house. Awhile back I decided to tackle our hallway coat...

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