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One of the perks of my current job is getting a full week off from Christmas to New Year. This year I did spend part of the holiday in Ohio visiting my dad's family, but I still enjoyed several days at home working on projects that have been at a standstill. My home office is one of those projects. As I've mentioned before, the room basically became a storage area when I moved in. When I

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The finished product. A couple of years ago my dad bought me a utility sink for my birthday. This year as my birthday approaches, we finally got around to installing it. Attaching the faucet to the tub. It isn't large, but I needed a sink that I could use for messy projects like washing the dog or dying clothes. And it will be perfect for that. I can also temporarily hook up a hose to the

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A few weeks ago I got to try my hand at glass sculpting. I bought a coupon for a class at Tulsa Glassblowing Studio making glass flowers. After some minor delays in getting our class scheduled, my friend Amanda and I went and learned the basics of working with glass. My flower, loved the colors. Working with the liquid glass was interesting, you dip some out of a large kiln with a long metal

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I've shared before about the awesome fort I have in my backyard. Unfortunately there always seem to be weeds that grow underneath it in an area I can't get the mower. So I started brainstorming ways that I could utilize that space and prevent it from becoming overgrown. Since the whole area is shaded by trees and the fort only very hardy plants (like weeds) will grow, so it needed to be something

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This weekend I started out my Saturday (after sleeping in of course) with a trip to Lowe's. I shelled out big bucks to buy some weedkiller, post caps for my deck and landscape timbers. The timbers were the main reason for the excursion since the weekend project was a flowerbed! Carrying the timbers from the truck. We started out by deciding on the dimensions of the flowerbed, then had to dig

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Old faucet, leaking even after turning it off. You know what sucks? Unexpected problems like a leak in the water line or a drip in one of my faucets. A couple weeks ago I finished watering my plants and turned off the outdoor faucet. When I went inside I could still hear the sound of water running, for some reason the spigot was still running even after I tightened the handle all the way.

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A few months back I posted the first in the series on building a deck. Last May I had no idea this project would take over a year, but here's the next step... Decking: After the foundation is complete you have to lay the decking (basically the floor of the deck). Laying the decking is a fairly quick process that requires a lot of power tools and screws. Dad bought tan screws since they would

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I've been noticing turquoise lamps in a lot of the home magazines lately. They are generally the perfect accent piece for the room. And seeing how perfect they look made me want one--just not enough to shell out $50 (or more) to get one. Before So I started thinking about the lamp in my office. It's a great lamp, but the color/design doesn't necessarily mesh with the rest of the room (or my

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Over a month of 100+ degree weather might be too much even for me. I commented the other day that I'll admit it's too hot outside when walking from the building to my car results in my earrings getting so hot they burn my skin. So imagine my excitement when after five days in Colorado (with summery weather in the 80s and 90s) I return home to our 109 degree weather. And a broken air conditioner.

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One of the selling points of my house was the front door. It's gorgeous.  Solid wood with a beautiful design. There were only two problems with it. The design allows for some hairline cracks that let my heat and A/C escape and the outdoor weather in. There was no window or peep hole. Both are pretty easy fixes, but the peep hole was a priority for me. Not having a window is actually pretty

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Black spot that caught my attention. I've spent the last few days trying to decide what to post about next. Today my question was answered. I was in the kitchen when I noticed a black spot on the ceiling of my laundry room. My first thought was that a wasp had gotten in, not fun, but nothing to panic over either. A closer look, however, revealed that the spot was actually a crowd of small,

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Remember a few weeks ago when I talked about my bathroom upgrades? In that post I mentioned one project I wanted to do--adding more shelves to one of the cabinets. Well, I did! You all wanted to see what I put in my bathroom cabinet, right? Picture this tall cabinet without the second or fourth shelves. When I bought the house this cabinet had exactly three shelves (one of those being the

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When I bought my house there was only one room that I knew I couldn't stand. Check it out: Bland, huh? With that white color palette not only did the room feel like it belonged in a hospital, but check out that ugly magazine rack/toilet paper holder in the wall. I'm pretty sure it used to be a space heater (my grandma has them in the bathrooms at her house), but when I moved in it was just an

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You can see part of the garage on the left. Does anyone understand the purpose of a garage door that doesn't open automatically? Is anyone really going to take the time to park, open the garage door, pull in and shut the garage door? Or the reverse of that just to go anywhere? And what if it's raining? You might as well park in the drive and make a dash for it, you'd probably stay drier. One

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I mentioned in a previous post that I bought the lights for my bar area. Beautiful red glass globes, they will set off my kitchen perfectly! At that time, however, I was still looking for an electrician. Last week I got a couple of recommendations and took the first step to getting this project finished--I called them. Out of the three electricians I called only one returned my call and we met at

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Not my garden, but hopefully what will be growing next spring! I've said it before and I'll probably say it again. I am not a gardener. However, I love the look that pretty plants give a home and so I keep trying. I took advantage of the extra time my extended weekend gave me to plant the iris and daffodil bulbs that I've had for a few weeks now. I have no idea how they'll look when they bloom

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When I started this post it was May. And to be honest I expected my deck to be done in a month, maybe two. I thought I could cover the entire process in one post. Now that it's November we're finally reaching the final stages of building the actual structure of the deck, although it will probably be next year before the project is truly complete. Since building a deck is much more complicated

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The finished project. Trying to keep a garden alive in the 105 degree summer heat is nearly impossible, especially when neither you nor your husband have a green thumb. After a few months of coming home and seeing our pathetic weeds, we decided to do something to make our home have more ‘curbside appeal.’ That is when Ryan decided to build a pond. I was excited and all for it...until

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A few days ago I watered one of my kitchen plants. Apparently I over-watered it because suddenly I was waging a war against the colony of ants evacuating their "home." This wasn't the first problem that I've had with pests since moving in, so I decided to share some natural remedies I found for problems with insects. While my battle with the ants required a more immediate weapon (I relied on

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OK, so you know how to buy a house with no money for closing. You know how to make sure house payments will fit into your budget. Now, I'll talk about the process of finding your home and making it yours! First things first, you must get pre-qualified! Don't be afraid to talk with several mortgage companies, but wait until you're ready to buy to request an estimate because the companies will

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