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outdoor spaces
Adding Character to Your Home

Outdoor Spaces — Designing Your Own

It’s that time of year again! Warmer weather is here and we’re all wanting to spend more time outside. Not happy with your outdoor space? Designing your outdoor space can be a daunting task. With Pinterest being the go-to for ideas, there are so many options and factors you might

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vanilla bean and oatmeal cookie recipe
Food and Wellness

Vanilla Bean and Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

I have never been able to make those prefect cookies. You know the ones — the ones where they are thin and a little crunchy around the edges but soft in the middle with the perfect flavor? Yeah, those. My cookies have always turned out cake-like. Moist, but thicker and

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chalk paint
Chalk Paint

Chalk Paint — Our Furniture Rehab Project

This is my first piece of refinished furniture that I used chalk paint on. I guess I’m late to the game, but I didn’t really see the big deal or understand why everyone was raving about chalk paint. I had never used it before and seemed to be getting along just

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planked wall
Adding Character to Your Home

DIY Planked Wall — Tongue and Groove Feature Wall

My brother A.J. is the bomb. This past week he helped me design and create a tongue and groove background wall in the garage for many of the photos I take. I needed mine as a background, but I think making a feature/accent wall in your home is a great

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open letter
Telling Your Story

An Open Letter to OSH Friends

Dear Friends, In case you missed Amanda’s video/post on Facebook awhile back, I wanted to introduce myself and say “hello”. Amanda is crazy busy these days and moving on to other projects and to a new adventure. Change is difficult, scary, and exciting, but she feels now is the right

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potato salad
Food and Wellness

Not *THAT* Potato Salad Recipe

I don’t like potato salad. There. I said it. At least I didn’t *think* I liked potato salad. As a kid, just looking at the bowl full of potatoes swimming in a yellow egg and mayo combo made me not even want to try it. Ew. Years later I was

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