All the door knobs in our house are brass and looking really sad. We do not have the money to replace every knob in our house. So I started looking into other options and found that people spray paint door knobs. I decided to give it a try… Side note: my camera is not working most of the time, so…
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How to Bury a Gutter Downspout
A tutorial on how to bury a gutter downspout to move water away from the house. All of our gutters do not do a very good job of getting the water away from the house. And if you know my husband (he was a home insurance adjuster for 5 years and worries about lots of possible losses, mostly water, but…
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Outside Windows Finished
Last week, I finally took the time to finish the outside of the windows. If you do not remember our old windows… After installing windows, we had some gaps because we did not measure some windows exactly right. But there is a solution to this problem. Here is our front window the one with the biggest gap and of course the…
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Growing Some Green
After we had cleaned up our backyard (see what it looked like before here), we were ready to plant some grass. After raking the yard to loosen the soil and removing all the dying grass, we were ready for seed. But lets look at some pictures of the yard before planting some grass seed. Supplies Needed: -Grass Seed -Grass Spreader -Hose -Add…
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Fix Cracking in Cement Stairs
Our cement stairs in the front of our house, had some really large cracks were water and bugs could get in. To fix the problem, we removed all the old cement caulk (that was cracking) and removed all other cement pieces that were loose and going to fall out. Then I washed the area and let it dry (did not…
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