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2 Tips for a Model Home Entrance
Has your entrance seen better days? Do you wish your front door had a better Wow Factor? After all it is the 1st Impression, guests see when they come to your home. Here are my 2 Tips for a Model Home Entrance. Paint Your Door Install Vinyl Laminate Flooring This post shows Before and After pictures of our Entrance Reveal. We also installed vinyl laminate (looks like wood) over tile flooring. Supplies: 1. Painter’s Tape 2. Sponge 3. Fine-grit sandpaper 4. High-density foam mini rollers and brushes 5. 1 quart adhesion primer 6. 1 quart satin or semigloss exterior paint Tip #1: Paint a Metal Door You can either remove the…
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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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Create an Office Nook Under the Stairs
Whether you live in a small space or need some extra square footage, finding a place in your home that isn’t being used to it’s fullest potential, is definitely something to remedy. Everybody needs an office space, no matter the size. Here is a tutorial on finding an office space, in the place you may least expect… under your stairs. There are lots of pictures on Pinterest that show office nook under the stairs, but I haven’t found one, that actually showed me the step by step tutorial. Here I will show You how to Create an Office Nook Under the Stairs, with lots of pictures. Welcome! I am so…
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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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DIY Stencil Accent Wall
Prep Work for DIY Stencil Accent Wall Hi, I am so glad you are here. I can’t wait to show you, my DIY Stencil Accent Wall! It turned out Better than I imagined. Today, I invite you into my Living Room. This is our Third Home (1st Foreclosure). We loved fixing up our living room. First, we had to remove a wallpaper border. Second, we had to paint the walls. Third, we replaced the window treatments. Fourth, we installed new lighting. The only thing left was adding accessories. I added some shelves and made some throw pillows, but something was still missing. That’s when I decided, it needed an accent…
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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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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…