Ikea Vanadin Flush Mount Light Review
Painting has been taking longer than planned, but the living room/dining room, bedroom, office and hallway walls, ceilings and trim are, finally, all painted a crisp white. Although there are…
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Movin’ to the Country
. . . gonna eat a lot of peaches. In my case: apples, from the apple trees in our yard that reportedly lure the bears on to the little lane…
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How to Refinish Solid Wood Furniture Legs + Arms
We ordered the velvet (yay!) and we’ll be dropping off the chair at Kessels Upholstery soon. But first our little garbage chair needed some love. We stripped and re-stained its…
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How to Make an Old Fashioned Floor Plan with Graph Paper
I know there are a million online floor plan generators out there, but I like my old-fashioned way: my Mom draws a scaled version on graph paper, then I measure…
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Velvet Volition: Choosing Velvet for My MCM Chair
Hubs and I went to our favorite upholsterer on Monday (the same folks who recovered the gorgeous mint chair – Kessels, for Ottawa readers) and short-listed some fabrics for the…
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How to Stage Bedrooms for Sale
As you’ve seen, we made some changes to get the townhouse ready for sale. The laundry room was finally finished with curtains and fun turquoise floors. The main floor powder…
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