Dramatic Wallpaper Bathroom Makeover

Dramatic Wallpaper Bathroom Makeover

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Are you ready for a dramatic wallpaper bathroom makeover? Here's the before and what we were working with. Believe me it's an improvement from the bright red walls we found here when we first moved in. Since then our downstairs half bath had only been given a coat of...

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...

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...

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