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How~To Build A Big Ol Fake Saguaro Cactus "Necessity, who is the mother of invention" -Plato, from his dialogue Republic You are laughing right now.  "Did she really just quote Plato as the lead in for this DIY project??" Why, yes, I did.  For the past five years we have worked out at our local motocross track during their biggest race of the year.&nbsp

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Fence building is not easy...its labor intensive no matter what type of fence you decide to install.  The next logical conclusion when looking at the overwhelming project is to call a professional company to get a price.  For us, the estimate we got back motivated us to reconsider tackling the 2384 feet around the circumference of our eight acre lot.We have some experience with

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My first foray into adding working lights into a miniature project was in a series of peaked roof roomboxes.  The standard ceiling hung lights all came with one chain length...and it was nowhere long enough for my application.  I searched the internet for a tutorial or video...nothing I found specifically covered making the decorative chain longer.  So, I cobbled together a

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PART 2 Work is progressing on the dollhouse starting with the boring but extremely important stuff like the foundation.  As previously mentioned the hot glued on the base supports quit holding when we moved the house out of the closet.  I kept playing with exterior finishes on it while it sat there all lopsided.  Finally it had to be fixed before moving forward so I tipped

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PART 1 Mom bought me the Greenleaf  “Harrison” kit back in the late 70's early 80’s... I was probably about 9 years old?  She and I tackled it together with a huge hot glue gun.  Back then the instructions suggested using hot glue to assemble it... today that’s big no-no, because 20 or so years later the dollhouses are falling apart! We stenciled the walls with

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The inspiration for this slightly involved little project was drawn from real life events. This past July we found a beautiful remote lot of land.  It being summer in Arizona I had plenty of very hot days to while away hours on one of my favorite diversions...playing with house plans and layouts.  And I drew A LOT of them!  Small cabins, average three bed houses, log homes,

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One day while perusing eBay's miniature listings and not seeing any new auctions that tickled my fancy I popped on over to the Hobby Lobby website to see if they had received new items.  Lo and behold they had!  I had already tracked down their current mid mod dining set...for some reason I am  a bit obsessed with it. I also picked up a trio of house shaped display boxes at the

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We have developed a running bulletin about the new dog Charley at our house.  It's a futile attempt to see the light at the end of the bad puppy behavior tunnel. You know-chewed shoes, fence jumping and geysers in our backyard from gnawed on irrigation.  Charley is through-and-through puppy trouble... and we've resorted to daily reports of his "days without incident" hoping to see it

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We did a makeover on our fourth bedroom this past summer changing it from makeshift guest/workout room to a cool den/hangout room. The guest room lost is necessity when the grandparents moved closer to us... they were the only ones who consistently stayed in it.  So when my cousins from Washington planned a visit we needed a comfortable space for them.&

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One of my favorite things to shop for in the online classifieds is used patio furniture...mostly because high end outdoor pieces are crazy expensive!  One can dream of discovering that  unobtrusive ad with no photos posted by a North Scottsdale resident that "just needs gone" their $6000 stunning chairs and settee set (with perfect Sunbrella cushions, of course) for an obtainable

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The Renovation    wall completely removed      Thumbs Up!    Saw dad kick the old wall, had to try it himself!    Demo on the wall that was to be moved  started as soon as I had most of the supplies for the remodel.  The astronomical $14,000 quote for new cabinets was a BIG problem.   I found a rustic hutch online

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The Plan kitchen arch design I had already added some color to the kitchen.  Paint is the inexpensive, quick design remedy.  Using my faux finish experience, I covered the walls in a deep black cherry red wash and began an intricate, hand-painted design around the tall arched doorway that leads to the pantry.  I kept with this paint and design direction during the planning. There

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The Problems BEFORE kitchen with screaming pink primer  This is my story.  Now, I’m not saying a small kitchen isn’t charming and functional.  The size of the kitchen in this house just did not fit with the layout.  A four bedroom house is meant to service quite a few people, and everybody that saw the kitchen agreed.  So the small size was the first problem that

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The Original Kitchen Imagine this…you enter the new house you just bought sight-unseen online through your local agent.  You have been out-of-state and chose this house off the MLS because of the description and posted pictures.  It looked great online and you were not disappointed when you first entered the massive great room.  The 10 foot ceilings and wall of windows and huge

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