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Tutorial Remove Wallpaper with a Steamer
Do you have wallpaper in your home, that no longer your style, or Never was? Many homes that were built before 2000, have wallpaper. Modern homes do not use wallpaper, or very little for an accent wall. Here is a Tutorial to show you how to remove wallpaper with a steamer. Today, I invite you into my Master Bedroom. This home was built in 1992 and had A LOT of wallpaper. Some rooms had several layers of wallpaper and a wallpaper border. The wallpaper was rose colored with peach hearts and beige flowers. The doors, baseboards, and window frames were all painted beige. Each window had rose colored metal mini…
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Create an Outside Living Space Under $500
Are you tired of Not being able to enjoy your backyard, because there is no shade? Do you love the Outdoors, but Not the Heat or Brightness from the Sun, Beating down on Your Face? Are you looking for an inexpensive DIY Outside Living Space? I have you COVERED, literally :). I will show you how to Create an Outside Living Space Under $500. Welcome! I am so excited, for my first outside Tutorial. Yes, today I welcome you to my backyard in Sunny Southern California. This is our first home aka New Construction. I will show you how my husband and I did our first DIY project, a Stone Patio.…
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3 Secrets to Create A Model Home On A Budget
Do you wish your home looked like a Model Home? Is it time to give your home a face lift? Wish you knew some secrets to create a model home on a budget? You have come to the right place. Do you love looking at Model Homes? I DO! My mom and I used to go on Model Home Tours, every summer when I was in high school. I just love how Model Homes, make me feel. They feel comfy, homey, and inviting. Some even help me day dream and create a wish list of what I would like in my own home. However, I do NOT like having to…
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Secrets for Open Concept Kitchen with a Bar
Do you have a Kitchen that feels like it is closing in on you? Do you wish you could open up some walls and create an open concept kitchen? Here are my Secrets for Open Concept Kitchen with a Bar. Instead of gutting your kitchen and spending TOO much $$$, I will show you what to KEEP and what to BUY to save you TIME and MONEY. Don’t know where to start, or how much it is going to cost? Afraid, it will cost too much, because all the shows on HGTV, quote such a HIGH price for a Kitchen Remodel. I will share Secrets for Open Concept Kitchen with…
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Tutorial Replace a Single Vanity with a Double Vanity
Tired of your outdated vanity? Tired of having only a single vanity? Today, I invite you in my bathroom. I know not typical place to hang out. But I just have to show you our Awesome, Double vanity bathroom Reveal. This is our fourth home (2nd foreclosure). This tutorial will show you how we replaced our outdated single tile vanity with a new white, porcelain double vanity. When we saw this bathroom, we knew it had to be gutted. It had Puke Green Tile EVERYWHERE, the walls, counters, flooring, and shower. I wanted to Puke just looking at it. We knew we had to give this bathroom a Makeover. It…
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Command Center & Chalkboard Pantry
Command Centers are so important in a household. They help us stay organized, and remind us of our daily schedules. I don’t know about you, but I am a visual person, and I need to have Reminders in Front of me. The busiest part of the home is the kitchen, so it’s a great place for a Command Center & Chalkboard Pantry. If you don’t have room for a large pantry like mine, no fear, this can still be done on a wall or other cabinetry. I used to have upper cabinetry and a bar located in this spot, and we tore it out and installed these wonderful 3 piece…
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Tutorial Install Laminate Flooring
Today, I am excited to share my Office Reveal. Welcome, to my Office! This is our third home (1st foreclosure). This tutorial is how to install laminate flooring. We had to get new flooring in our Office, because… well it only had sub-floor. Choosing a flooring is hard, there are so many new choices, with texture, style, layout, and price. There are new tile choices that look like wood and there are new patterns to lay flooring, such as Herringbone. This post lists the most Affordable and Quickest Flooring Options. We decided to buy wood laminate flooring with tongue and groove engineering for easy installation. BEFORE AND AFTER Here is…
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Tutorial Paint Bathroom Tile
Do you have tile in your bathroom from the 70’s and are tired of looking at it? Don’t have time or skill to do a total gut? Fear not, I have the perfect, quickest fix. Paint OVER your tile with this awesome, Secret! After all Bathrooms and Kitchens Sell Homes! It saved us a ton of time and money!! Hello! Welcome to another Bathroom Reveal. Today, I will show you how to paint bathroom tile. Come into our 1972 Hallway Bathroom. This is our fourth home (2nd Foreclosure). Don’t be Scared, it had ugly, green tile, forest green paint, and a burgundy wallpaper border. Fortunately, it was in good condition.…
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Top 10 Improvements for a Bathroom Makeover
Do you have a bathroom that is in desperate need of a makeover? Clueless about the steps on how to do it, or what to do? Do you have an outdated bathroom with green, pink, or blue tile from the 70’s? Tired of having only one sink? This post will show you the Top 10 Improvements for a Bathroom Makeover, and how we transformed our bathroom under $1000 dollars. Today, I invite you into my hallway bathroom in our fourth home (2nd foreclosure). When we saw this bathroom, we knew it had to be fixed up. It had Olive Green Tile EVERYWHERE, the walls, counters, flooring, and shower. We knew…
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Tutorial for Painting Two Toned Kitchen Cabinets
Are your cabinets outdated, the wrong color, or lack any Flare? Are you tired of looking at them every day and just want them GONE!? I will show you how to paint Two Toned Kitchen Cabinets. Our kitchen was in desperate need of a remodel. Everything had to go. We had stained pine cabinets and didn’t want to spend the money to replace them, therefore, we decided to refinish them. We cleaned them with Gold’s Oil, to freshen them up, but decided the pine color, just wasn’t doing it for us. Therefore, we wanted a whole new modern look. I decided to paint the cabinets an overall grey with a…