Yesterday, I made really good progress towards my goal of creating my own DIY faux stone facade for the skirting area of the front porch. I still haven’t actually poured any of the concrete stones (more on that later in the post), but I did get some of the silicone molds finished and ready for...

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I’ve made a decision on what I want to do to cover the skirting area on my concrete front porch. After going through several different ideas last week, I finally decided to go back to my original original idea and cover the skirting area with Austin stone to match the stone portion of our house....

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Tomorrow begins a new chapter for Matt, and it’s one that he and I are both very excited about. I’m not even sure where to begin with this story, so I’ll start at the beginning. A while back, one of my dear friends, Lisa, suffered from a spinal stroke (which I had never even heard...

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I so appreciate your input on yesterday’s post about how to get the look I want for the skirting on the front porch! My mind is now spinning with ideas, and at this point, I’m not quite sure which direction to go. Fortunately, I have a little more time to think about it because right...

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Now that the steps to the side door of my studio are finished, I’m going to start working on the front porch skirting again. I had started working on the porch skirting first, and then when my original idea for that fell through, I turned my attention to the studio steps. (I shared about the...

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The steps to the side door of my studio are finally finished! I got the final step done yesterday — painting the concrete steps. I’m so relieved to have this project done. It took me a while to figure out exactly how I wanted to finish the concrete steps. I knew I probably wanted to...

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Over the weekend, I continued on with my outdoor projects, focusing mainly on finishing the steps outside of my studio side door. I finished building these steps (for the most part) last week. I made the steps out of retaining wall blocks, which were used as the risers, and concrete pavers, which were used as...

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I spent yesterday working outside again, and I got a couple of projects finished and a couple more underway. First, let’s start with the most satisfying one. A couple of days ago, I showed y’all the 30-minute garage door makeover on the workshop, but someone in the comments suggested that I add the magnetic “window”...

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Years ago, I chose a color for our exterior doors from Benjamin Moore called Bird of Paradise. I originally intended to use it only on our front door. But then when I built the little portico over the side studio door, I thought it was too cute for a white door, so I painted that...

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I’ve decided to create my own pattern for the new dining room draperies, so last night, I started looking for possibilities for the elements I want to use to create my pattern. And oh my goodness, there are so many good ones available! Let me back up a bit a do a little explaining for...

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I worked on about three different outdoor projects yesterday, but one that I did took me less than an hour (probably closer to 30 minutes), and I think it made such a difference. I added a little flourish to the plain garage door on my workshop. This has been the view of my workshop from...

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I finished building by DIY concrete steps at the studio side door! Well, let me clarify. They’re not completely finished. I was so determined to get this project done over the weekend, and I was on track to do just that. So when I was outside yesterday evening working on the top step, and all...

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