Creating a home on (and off) the range
Here's the unvarnished truth on do-it-yourself projects. Find hands-on tips, tricks and troubles to avoid for home improvement and decorating projects.
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Just a few months before we put our Texas house on the market, we completed the master bath project by tiling the floor and replacing the baseboards. For more than 28 years, we lived with a horrible dirty secret: carpet in our bathroom. And yes, that carpet was as disgustingly gross as you might imagine….
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Let’s talk about concrete projects. No, not just projects that exist in the real world – which is true here – but actual concrete. You know, cement, sand and water. If you want to learn more about concrete countertops, this is the post for you. As we prepared to get our Texas house ready to…
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Wallpaper removal is one of my least favorite DIY jobs, so I really want to get it done ASAP. One of my first blog posts was about my wallpaper removal process in our master bathroom and three methods I tried. It’s one of the most popular posts on my site. I decided to write another…
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Texturing walls with a roller is a DIY project that anyone can do, with a little patience and practice. Why would you want to texture your walls? For me, it was prompted by wallpaper removal. My master bathroom was covered in wallpaper, courtesy of the builder. Fast forward 25 years and the wallpaper was dated…
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How long does it take to tile a rather large shower? For us, it took six months. We mostly only worked on weekends. Truth be told, there were a lot of Sundays when we did nothing on the shower. Why? Because life in the middle of a pandemic can be hard. We also had two…
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As I write this, it’s early April, and pretty much everyone in the United States is stuck at home to “flatten the curve” in the global COVID-19 pandemic. Now you might think that is a great time to work on a DIY project, like our master bath remodel that’s taking FOREVER (just my rough estimate)….
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Sometimes in DIY projects it’s three steps forward and two steps back. Other times, it’s three steps forward and five steps back. That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can learn how to do lots of remodeling tasks, if you have time and patience. Our master bathroom remodeling project started in November…
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Our master bath remodeling project is starting to build momentum from the theoretical planning phase (hundreds of pins on Pinterest and saved photos on Houzz) to the “let’s get our hands dirty” and actually do stuff phase. I’ve been planning this project for at least eight years, long enough for several decorative tile/main tile pairings…
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As I write this blog post, I’m sitting in my new home office surrounded by freshly painted walls and brand new bamboo flooring. This is the first big DIY project that my Fix-It Farmer and I have tackled in a long, long while. And it wasn’t even on my radar less than a month ago….
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When it comes to decorating for Christmas, do you go for a designer look or vintage? Rustic or refined? Minimalist or maximumist. Yes, spell check, I know it’s not a word. I love decorating for the holiday season. I may have a tendency to go a bit overboard. A friend recently mentioned that she and…
