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6 Tips for a Home Office On a Budget
Do you Need a Home Office, but Don’t want to spend a lot of money? Here are my 6 Tips for a Home Office On a Budget. Choose Your Layout and Space Layout Your Decor Re-Use and Re-Purpose Kitchen Cabinets. Our neighbor, remodeled their kitchen and removed their old cabinets. They gave them to me for FREE. I painted them with my Paint Sprayer. FREE Buy Doors from a Re-Store. They are Great for an Office Counter. Install them to the wall with L-Brackets. I bought 3 Doors and placed them in a U shape Pattern along all 3 walls. Make DIY White Boards, Magnet Boards, or Peg Boards for…
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Transform Your Garage Into a Master Suite
Do you need more room(s) in your home? But don’t want to Build or Pay a Contractor? A popular option is to convert your Garage into a Spare Room. You can Transform Your Garage Into a Master Suite with these Tips. Get a Permit from your Local City Codes, so you can get the added finished square footage reported on your tax records. You will want this extra square footage when you sale your home for Top Dollar. Decide where your walls and doors will go-hire someone to make a blueprint Dry Lock Your Cinder Blocks Frame Ventilation, walls, and doors Get Electrical and any Plumbing if you are doing…
- BEST USE OF SPACE, BUDGET ROOM REVEAL, DIY PROJECTS, HOME IMPROVEMENT, Home Tours, Our Third Home, SAVE $$, VINYL DECOR
2 Things Your Laundry Room is Missing
Every laundry room has a washer and dryer, some even have the coveted sink. But does yours have a Closet and a Folding counter? Laundry rooms are quickly becoming more popular on Pinterest. It is another space that used to get overlooked, but now has made center stage in the home. Laundry rooms are a necessity just like any other room. Therefore, it is important to make your laundry room as productive as possible. We know there will be many night, mornings, or weekends, when the laundry will be staring us in the face, waiting for us to wash, sort, fold, and put away. Incorporating a closet to hang your…
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8 Steps To Build Footers and Concrete Pad
Do you need an extra building on your land? Are you thinking about building a garage, shop, or rental property? Don’t want to spend A Lot of Money? The best way to build a detached garage and shop is to hire a garage company that builds metal garages and shops. Here are the 8 Steps to Build Footers and Concrete Pad for a Garage, Shop, or Rental Property. 8 Steps To Build Footers and Concrete Pad 1. Talk to your local city ordinance, to find out if you are allowed to build on your land. a. Make sure they check for cables, wires, poles, etc, before you start Digging. b.…
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Tutorial Paint an Accent Wall with High Ceilings
Do you have an open foyer with a tall ceiling? Would you like to paint your tall walls, but don’t know how? Tired of looking at your tall white walls? First impressions, are a lasting impression. If you have company coming to your home, the first thing they are going to see are your tall white walls, with naked windows. This post will show you how to paint an accent wall with high ceilings. Paint an Accent Wall With High Ceilings This picture is from 2002. We had just bought our first home in Southern California. We didn’t know a lot about painting, and wanted to find a way to…
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10 Frugal DIY Hacks to Get Your Dream Kitchen
The Kitchen is the Major Room in the Home, that Everyone goes to and spends the most time. Therefore, it needs to be inviting and welcoming. Is your To Do list getting overwhelming? Do you need an idea of how much it will cost? Are you afraid of doing it yourself? Are you short on cash and skills? Here is a list of 10 Frugal DIY Hacks to Get Your Dream Kitchen. What to Spend Your Money On How Much to Spend Per Item Where to Save Money Where to Shop for an Affordable Price 10 Frugal DIY Hacks to Get Your Dream Kitchen Cost Under $4000 (Total). Here is…
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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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DIY No Sew Curtain Panels
Welcome to another Craft/Decor Tutorial and Room Transformation. Today, I invite you into our dining room, turned Office. This is our 3rd Home (1st Foreclosure). When we moved into this home, it was bare, Literally! There was no flooring or window coverings. Since, we had a kitchen nook, we never used our Dining Room as a Dining Room. Instead, we were in desperate need of an office, so we used our dining room as our Office. It was the perfect location. It has a huge window to the front yard, it’s right next to the kitchen, and it has a door from the living room and from the kitchen.…
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Chalk Marker Command Center
Are you in desperate need of a command center in your home, so you can stay organized? Are you short on space for a command center? Today I invite you into my kitchen. This is our 3rd home (1st foreclosure). There wasn’t a lot of wall space in our kitchen, since we added a pantry and several pieces of decor. Therefore, we had to get creative on where to add our Command Center. Then I realized, the Pantry would be the Perfect Place for our Command Center. Our pantry is not a room with a door. Our pantry is 4 tall cabinets, that we set side by side along a…
- BEST USE OF SPACE, BUDGET ROOM REVEAL, DIY PROJECTS, HOME IMPROVEMENT, Our Third Home, SAVE $$, VINYL DECOR
Bathtub Makeover with Glass Back Splash
Do you wish you had a luxury bathtub that you could soak in and just unwind? Tired of looking at your old grungy bathtub, and never using it because it doesn’t look inviting? Adding a glass back splash really made this Bathtub Sparkle! Here is our Bathtub Makeover with Glass Back Splash. When we bought this home, this bathroom was disgusting and it wasn’t used for bathing Humans. Whaaaattt? I know it sounds like you have entered into a Haunted House or a Science Laboratory. Anywhoo, don’t worry, it’s not what you are imagining. This bathtub was used to clean the previous owner’s Pitbull! Today, I will show you our…