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Adding Character to Your Home

Pergola Project — Perfect for Outdoor Spaces

  I had a pergola at my old house. My dad and I built it together when he was in the middle of treatment for lymphoma. He wanted to do this project with me because I think he knew it would probably be our last project together. I loved my

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From 70’s Stereo to Portable Bar — Part 2

Welcome back to Part 2 of our DIY project — stereo to bar! When we left off in our previous post, I had shown a photo of what the stereo looked like after a coat of chalk paint and the shiplap stained and attached: As mentioned in the first post,

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Spray Painting Pillows — Oh, yes, you CAN!

Spray painting pillows can be done, but read on to learn from my mistakes. This definitely wasn’t an epic fail, but if I had it to do all over again, I would do a few things differently. If you don’t know this about me, I will spray paint just about

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Cleaning Your Indoor/Outdoor Rug

Recently I was given a gorgeous indoor/outdoor rug. Since I am in the process of redoing my outdoor space, this was perfect — and the rug was even the color scheme that I was going to be using. The rug is 8′ x 11′ and covers a significant part of

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perfect orange pillow
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My Search for the Perfect Orange Pillow

Recently I have been looking for the “ultimate orange pillow“. Orange isn’t the most popular decor color, but I feel like it has a bad reputation. So finding a pillow with orange was a challenge to begin with. I didn’t want a pillow that was mostly orange, but had a

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