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DIY Concrete Patio Planters
Who says it never snows in Georgia? Northern Georgia has three seasons: winter, pollen and hot. Even though everything outside (and inside) is covered with a layer of yellow pollen, it’s not hot. And that is cause for bring outside … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, The Great Outdoors
Tagged bobvila, CONCRETE, DIY, Patio, Planter, POTS
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Dueling Divas: Horizontal Wainscoting:
I often get asked why I do so much work to a house I will eventually sell – a home I live in for a while instead of a forever home. Why take the time to do projects that will … Continue reading
DIY Horizontal Wainscoting: Cutting the Strips
After the first failure of cutting plywood into strips for the horizontal wainscoting, we went big. Four by eight feet kind of big. Two by fours support the plywood. The strips on the left form a track for the jig … Continue reading
Horizontal Wainscoting Take 2
This weekend, there was a lot of this: And did some of this: Until we had a bunch of these: Boom! Straight 8 foot long, 3 inch wide strips cut from sheets of plywood. The wood was then glued using … Continue reading
Cheap Light and a Faux Post
In Georgia, the window between warm and gross sticky is smaller than the apartment in New York city. This means we spend all winter dreaming about the warm months, while dreading the cross into the humidity. So far my porch … Continue reading
Finishing the Stair Treads
Lately, working on the stairs has been as much fun as watching paint stain dry. The staining took forever. That part of the instructions where you are supposed to wipe off the excess is very important. If that isn’t done, … Continue reading
Staining the steps
Saturday morning, I woke up to snow. There was not a lot of snow, nor was it on the ground – just a light dusting on the roofs of nearby houses and the top of the car. Had I not … Continue reading
Clean the Slate With White Trim
This past week was a put one foot in front of another until you can breathe again kind of week. Between the failures of last week, my man being out of town for work (leaving me with three insanely needy … Continue reading
Horizontal Wainscoting Fail
Hi. So this past week was a total bust. We started with good intentions..(I’m talking to you light)…. And ended on an equally bad note. It began with the simple idea of horizontal plank wainscoting, the lines of the wainscoting … Continue reading
Finishing the maps: aka Act Like a Crazy Person
It is official! The maps have been, cut, pasted and sealed to the wall. But wait?!? What were they sealed with? Modgepodge? Poly something or other? Fairy dust? Those are all sane choices made by sane people. I think we’re past … Continue reading
Posted in Going Green, Living Room, Misc.
Tagged bobvila, DIY, Dueling Divas, Stairwell
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