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  • Entertaining Essentials For Hosting At Home

    We all want to host well in our homes but it is difficult to do anything well when you don’t have the proper tools.  The more I entertain the more thankful I am that I’ve invested my money wisely in useful, multi-functional entertaining essentials for hosting in my home.  Recently I’ve found myself in the…

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  • DIY Small Luxury Shoe Closet

    DIY Custom Closet for Shoes – $0 Makeover!

    Sometimes the best projects aren’t the ones you expect.  This closet makeover proved that point to me (again) when I gave myself the challenge to use only what I had to bring style and function to our shoe closet.  See how far $0 went on this DIY custom closet! I went to grab my shoes…

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  • How to get rid of popcorn ceilings as easy and clean as possible diy tutorial

    HOW TO GET RID OF POPCORN CEILINGS

    Sure you can live with a popcorn ceiling, but if it’s driving you crazy this easy, step-by-step guide for how to get rid of popcorn ceilings is for you! For many of us living in the midwest popcorn ceilings are something we’ve inherited with our homes.  I know it’s just a ceiling but I hated…

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  • How to hang curtains with hooks

    Off the rack curtains often fit the budget, but not the quality or look that many of us are wanting.  When you learn these simple tweaks for how to hang curtains with hooks your curtains will instantly look better.  Paired with the addition of drapery weights curtains will hang straighter too!   Y’all have been…

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  • How to use WD-40 to makeover your plastic outdoor furniture

    Use WD-40 on Plastic Furniture to Make it Look New!

    This may be a post where everyone thinks I’m crazy.  That’s ok, I might be.  I tend to absorb weird information and somewhere along the way I read that there are like a million uses for WD-40.  Click here to explore all the ways you can use WD-40 for yourself. Did you know you can…

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  • How to display photo strips from a photo booth

    Easy DIY for displaying photo strips

    If you’ve clicked over to my About Me page you may have read that I have been a wedding photographer for several years.  (Click here to check out our photography site.)  There are a lot of fun things about being a wedding photographer. One thing I never would have thought of is ending up with…

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  • Best ways to make white walls work in an outdated house

    How to decorate with white walls

    This is a funny post for me to write because several years ago, in our old house, I dreamed of having an all white house.  (Yes, the whole house.)  My husband wasn’t on board (and ultimately I love color too much to make that commitment) but I did have an all white room that I…

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  • How to naturally kill weeds without harsh chemicals diy weed killer

    DIY All Natural Weed Killer

    Oh my word, y’all.  This summer I’ve had the worst time with weeds sprouting up on our brick patio!  The past few years we’ve had them here and there but this year they were everywhere and they were driving me crazy.  I didn’t want to use harsh chemicals on a space so close to our house,…

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