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A Modern Poinsettia Placemat

A Modern Poinsettia Placemat

After a week of fabulous giveaways and turkey-eating, I thought it would be fun to kick back with a little tutorial! You can whip up this placemat in a jiffy for under $20! It's...

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How to Send Christmas Cards for under 10¢

Welcome to December: The whirlwind of holiday dinners, parties, family gatherings, cookie baking, and card sending. Christmas Cards. The thought of wrangling Steven and I up on a Sunday afternoon, getting the...

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Hemming Curtains 101

Hemming Curtains 101

Today is going to be a short and sweet tutorial on how to hem curtains. It's a simple job, but a lot of people don't know how to hem! Once you know how to...

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Decorating with Cotton

Decorating with Cotton

When I was young, my mom received a beautiful cotton wreath from a friend that recently moved to the South. When she told us that she picked the cotton from her backyard to make...

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Getting Your Garden Ready for Winter

My backyard garden is so embarrassing! Wooden stakes leaning over the falling over wooden fence, posts are missing from my fight with our giant groundhog, tomatoes rotting on the ground—it's a disaster! In my...

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My New Basement Renovation Budget Tool!

Today I am thrilled to present my most helpful online tool for budgeting and planing your basement renovation. It's very simple yet incredibly helpful. It plans your renovation budget for you and even has...

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DIY Outdoor Rug

DIY Outdoor Rug

I believe it's time for a quick, simple DIY!

This is one of my favorite outdoor DIYs so far because it's quick, easy, cheap, and you have complete creative control! I give you: the...

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DIY: Foyer Wall Organizer

We all have that one weird thing in our home: a doorbell speaker that belongs in Victorian England, built ins, intercom systems...old houses have weird stuff character! My nightmare: the telephone box....

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Summer DIY: How to Remove Ivy

"That is the FIRST thing that goes!"

That was me, pointing at a whole bank of ivy this time last year when we were buying our first home. We couldn't help but plan at...

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My Café Table: Recovering Chair Cushions

The past few weeks have been quite an adventure: my dear uncle (an HVAC professional) came and helped us decipher some of the heating issues in our home, which looks like it's going to...

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