Susan and her husband not only totally transformed an old lady couch by reupholstering the whole thing themselves – but they even took a time lapse video of the action!
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An Amazing $1000 Kitchen Makeover
Jordan and her husband totally transformed their kitchen from dark and traditional to light and cottage to the tune of just over a thousand dollars. Amazing!
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Fab Freebie: Bamboo-tiful
We’re giving away $100 towards anything on Smock Paper’s website full of sustainably printed letterpress cards, invites, notepads, gift boxes and wrapping paper. Enter through Sept 1, 2010.
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Take It Back: Returning Things That Don’t Work
Among other things, one quirk I inherited from my mom was my aversion to return lines. Sure, there’s really nothing to fear about going to customer service and returning a purchase that just didn’t work out, but somehow it made me uncomfortable. In most cases I’d rather just suck it up, consider it my bad for buying it, and call it a loss. Maybe I just felt wrong making the retailers deal with my poorly repackaged item or just preferred to avoid any debate over whether it met their policy. But then I met Sherry, the self-proclaimed Queen Of Returns, and my relationship with those once dreaded lines completely changed. Sherry has the exact opposite
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Tuning Empty Glass Bottles Into Glassware
I found instructions for making your own party glassware from old bottles – too bad they didn’t work! Here’s what I learned in the process of trying it out. Maybe you can see where I went wrong.
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Do It Yourself & ReadyMade
You may recall that back in April when Sherry’s belly was still full of baby we had some visitors stop by Clara’s nursery, including one wielding a big camera. Well the pics from that double-duty photo shoot for Do It Yourself magazine and Kitchen + Bath Makeovers have finally seen the light of day. At least the ones for Do It Yourself have (the others will be popping up later this year). In fact, a bunch of you have already mentioned seeing them in the Fall 2010 issue that’s out now. Our usual “He Said, She Said” advice column took a one-issue hiatus in order to share those photos of Clara’s DIY-riddled nursery. There’s even
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Turning A Dresser Into A Changing Table
It’s about time that we featured some projects from our über-productive pregnant Twitter friend Jen Woodhouse (who also happens to have moved recently from Nashville to the Richmond area). Jen’s been furiously nesting ever since landing here in Virginia and we thought you guys would love to see some of her projects (all of which you can learn more about on her blog The House of Wood). Here’s her letter: Inspired by your awesome Craigslist dresser project, I refinished an old dresser and will use it as a changing table/dresser for our little Eggroll. You can read more about the project here. And since I find myself wanting to show-and-tell all my DIY stuff with
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Fab Freebie: Bird Play
We’re giving a personalized art piece from Modern Bird Studios, who takes your photo and transforms it into a piece of hand-painted modern art. Enter through 8/25/10.
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Turning Izze Soda Bottles Into Vases
We took three colorful soda bottles, paired with some simple white flowers and created a $9 flower arrangement that adds some pop to our kitchen.
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7 Tips For Getting A Greener Organic Lawn
I devoured “The Organic Lawn Care Manual” looking for info on how to make our lawn lush but stay chemical free. Here’s what I learned.
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Making A Pendant Light With Cross Stitching Hoops & Burlap
Ashley needed to conceal an old dining room light fixture so she DIYed her very own drum shade for less than $20. Check out the results and the link to a tutorial.
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Fab Freebie: Market Fresh
Fresh Home magazine has teamed up with Cost Plus World Market this week to dish out a $100 gift card to Cost Plus World Market. Enter through Aug 18th.
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