Category: Empowering Projects

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How to Install a Kid-Friendly Stair Runner

If you’ve been following our stair makeover, you’ve read how I ripped up the builder-basic carpet in a fit of madness then painted the stairs for less than $50. The final step was installing a runner from Sisal Rugs Direct. Here’s everything you need to know about choosing the best

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Painted Stairs for Under $50

The staircase is the first thing you see when you enter our house and when we moved in two years ago, it was carpeted in a builder-basic carpet that wasn’t white or tan or gray. The best way I can describe it is skinned Muppets. Dirty skinned Muppets. Just imagine

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The Time I Ripped the Carpet Up

Friend, I have a confession: This beautiful photo by my good friend, Stacey Reid, though one of my favorites, is not an accurate representation of how I do pregnancy. I thought that by my second pregnancy, I would be a little better at the whole making a human thing. I’d

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Chalk Painted Light Fixtures: An Easy Budget Makeover

I’m a big believer that something doesn’t have to be new to be beautiful. Sometimes it just needs a little character—and a can of paint. These chalk painted light fixtures were an easy, inexpensive way to update what we already had instead of replacing perfectly good lights. If you don’t

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