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Young House Love » Archives for March 2009

Archives for March 2009

| By Sherry Petersik | March 31, 2009 | 53 Comments

A Tutorial For Painting A Garage Door

We painted our garage doors in an afternoon for nearly no money. Here’s how we pulled of our garage makeover in a snap with some good old exterior black semi-gloss latex paint.

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Filed Under: Home Improvement, Our First House, Painting

| By Sherry Petersik | March 31, 2009 | 50 Comments

A Peaceful Blue And White Living Room

We whipped up a custom mood board for Chantel a few months back. Now she’s back to show us how her living room transformation turned out. You won’t believe these fabulous before and after pictures!

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By John Petersik | March 30, 2009 | 727 Comments

Fab Freebie: Behr With Me

Paint’s the easiest way to makeover a room, and we’re making it even easier by giving away three gallons of Behr paint in our latest giveaway. Enter here through April 1, 2009.

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Filed Under: Giveaways

| By Sherry Petersik | March 30, 2009 | 57 Comments

Decorating With Ceramic Garden Stools

We took home a white ceramic garden stool for one heck of a deal. Check out all the delicious details right here.

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Filed Under: Decorating, Our First House

| By Sherry Petersik | March 28, 2009 | 26 Comments

A Living Room With Painted Paneling And Wood Beams

Liz majorly made over her ranch home with stunning success. Here are the fabulous results of her renovation!

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By John Petersik | March 27, 2009 | 54 Comments

Why We Decided To Refinance Our Home

We bought into the refinance hype recent and lowered our rate, cut down our monthly payment and saved ourselves over $30,000 in interest. Learn about our long term home loan strategy here.

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Filed Under: Saving Money

| By Sherry Petersik | March 26, 2009 | 55 Comments

How To Decorate A Small Bookshelf

More than a few readers have asked for some bookcase-styling tips & tricks. Of course there’s more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to this subject, but this is our take on an often agonizing task. In terms of placing items on a bookshelf, there’s no cut and dry formula. You just have to play around with things and keep an eye on the overall composition. Do you have too many small items that look cluttered and busy? Try switching them out for a few bigger pieces. Do you have one heavy item that makes the whole arrangement feel unbalanced? Place a similarly sized object on the other side of the

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Filed Under: Decorating, Our First House

| By John Petersik | March 25, 2009 | 67 Comments

How To Settle Design Disagreements With Your Partner

When you’re married and decorating like us, you’ll inevitably hit some disagreements when it comes to design. Here’s our tips for getting past those and headed towards a beautiful finished project.

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Filed Under: Decorating, Love & Marriage

| By Sherry Petersik | March 25, 2009 | 23 Comments

How To Make A Glass Terrarium

We made a simple & cheap terrarium with a dinner plate and a glass hurricane from Ikea. It took less than a minute and our fern is happy as can be. Here’s the terrarium tutorial.

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Filed Under: Decorating, Our First House

| By Sherry Petersik | March 24, 2009 | 47 Comments

A Family Room With A Brick Fireplace And Blue Curtains

Anna’s family room got a total overhaul and she sent us the before and afters to prove it. Oh happy day!

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By John Petersik | March 23, 2009 | 990 Comments

Fab Freebie: Tool Time

How does $200 toward Home Depot sound? Enter our “What’s Your Pro Project” giveaway courtesy of Home Depot Tool Rental Centers for your chance to win.

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Filed Under: Giveaways

| By Sherry Petersik | March 23, 2009 | 68 Comments

Some Faux Plants And A Wreath

Another year, another birthday present breakdown. Here’s what I ripped open on my 27th b-day!

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Filed Under: Decorating, Our First House

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