Category: How to

  • Add Inexpensive Lighting Kit to Make Your Kitchen Glow

    Add Inexpensive Lighting Kit to Make Your Kitchen Glow
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    See how easy it is to add inexpensive under cabinet lighting in your kitchen. Read more

  • It’s a Wonderful Life Wooden Sign

    It’s a Wonderful Life Wooden Sign
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    Ever have a vision in your head for a project and it comes out exactly like your vision? It did for this project. I love how this “It’s a Wonderful Life” sign came out! “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my in-laws favorite Christmas movie. But this is a gift for my brother-in-law and his wife… Read more

  • Top 5 Mistakes in Home Renovations

    Top 5 Mistakes in Home Renovations
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    We’re getting real. We had no idea what we were doing when we bought our first house 25 years ago. We’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years (and still do!). Hopefully, you will benefit from some our biggest mistakes. These are just a few mistakes – there are lots more! What would you… Read more

  • How to Create a Whole Home Renovation Plan

    How to Create a Whole Home Renovation Plan

    Graph Paper, a Clipboard and a Pencil Are All You Need Old school is sometimes the best way. In this case, a clipboard holds all our “doodles” and paint chips for the lake house renovation. When doing a whole house renovation over a long period of time, there is a opportunity to forget what decisions… Read more

  • How to use Pinterest to Plan a Renovation

    How to use Pinterest to Plan a Renovation

    Facebook memories tells me I’ve been using Pinterest for 11 years! I remember the first renovation project I did using Pinterest and how life changing it was (well, you know what I mean). It is so much easier to plan a project than the old-fashioned way – clipping from magazines, doodles on scrap paper, relying… Read more

  • Project of the Day: Exterior Stairs

    Project of the Day: Exterior Stairs
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    Project of the Day: Exterior StairsWe’re at the point in the project where we are completely overwhelmed. A lot of things are in progress. To help us stay on track, we’ve established Project of the Day or POTD. We pick one project to work on. It serves two purposes, it makes us feel like we’re… Read more