We were turning on our sprinkler for the first time and found out that there was a break. The previous owners did not winterize the sprinklers and I guess (finding this out about a week ago from the previous owners) the pipe broke right after we closed on the home, in-between them moving out and us moving in. But they did not tell…
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Bathroom Painted
We have busy painting, painting, and some more painting. In the bathroom we painted the trim, cabinets, ceiling, medicine cabinet, and walls. Lots of painting. I also re-grouted the tile, recaulked (here), and removed wall paper (here). Paint Colors: Walls: Behr Premium Plus Ultra in Dew Drop Ceiling: Behr Premium Plus Ultra in White Trim/Cabinets: Olympic One in True White…
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Removing Paint from Hinges
In the our hallway and bathroom, the hinges to the cabinets were completely painted over. I wanted to bring them back to their original look. Here is what all 12 hinges looked like: and their hardware… After removing them this is what they looked like. I had to sand all areas were the hinges were to make the paint level before…
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How To Build a Garden Box
We decided to make two garden boxes for our backyard. The size we decided to made our boxes was 3ft x 8ft. We, also, wanted the option of placing solar lights on the boxes to light up our backyard. Materials Needed: Makes 2 boxes #6 – 8ft Redwood 2×12 #1 – 10ft Redwood 4×4 Box of Galvanized screws Solar Lights…
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Bye-Bye Laundry Poles
We finally got both laundry poles gone. A couple weekends ago my husband started on the second pole and after getting the cement 2 feet down from ground level. We decided to cut the pole off and leave the rest of the cement and pole. Because it would not affect anything, it would be 2ft underground. Someone was nice and…
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