Sunday, February 17, 2013
How to Install a Toilet
We have a little Water War waging in our otherwise happy
family. I bring up switching to a more water efficient toilet and Husband
shoots me down on principal. In his mind water efficient toilets don’t work. If
we had a toilet that flushed like one of those giant barrels at the water park
that tip over and drench everyone with a bazillion gallons of water that might
just satisfy him.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
10 More Ways to Use Orange Peels
I always look forward to the winter citrus season so I can
stuff my face with sweet juicy oranges. I always end up with many orange
peels. I can’t
compost orange peels but didn’t want to throw them away. Orange peels have
to be good for something.
That’s when I did some research and found out orange peels
are very useful. I posted about 10 Easy Ways to Use Orange Peels (you can read the
post here) and I started to put those orange peels to good
reuse. Since that post I experimented, researched, and found 10 more easy ways
to reuse orange peels.
If I don’t have enough orange peels for a project, I either
store orange peels in a container the freeze or let the orange peels dry on a
tray for a few days (no oven or dehydrator needed!) and store them in a jar in
my pantry until I have the amount I need.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Retro Mod Craft Room
One of the projects on my DIY list is do something with my craft room/guest room/furniture graveyard room. I want the room to function better as my sewing and craft room and be inviting or at least not horrendous for my guests who sleep there. I have friends coming to visit from Germany and would like to have the room done before they come.
My current design process for this room isn't working. I walk into the craft room, look at the jumble, think about rearranging the current furniture and take measurements. Then I get upset because everything can't move where I think I want it. Finally I run out of the room screaming and stuff my face with chocolate.
Rinse, and repeat several days a week.
My problem is I'm to married to the furniture that is in the room and most of it isn't working. I decided to take a different approach to decide how I want this room to function and look like. I did a virtual shopping spree for the entire room. What would I choose for my craft room if I didn't have to worry about budget or size or hefting furniture up a flight of stairs?
Since I use this room mostly for crafting and sewing, I focused on that function for my mood board. I'll make a guest room mood board later. Then I'll see if there are elements I can marry from the two boards to come up with a workable plan.
My current design process for this room isn't working. I walk into the craft room, look at the jumble, think about rearranging the current furniture and take measurements. Then I get upset because everything can't move where I think I want it. Finally I run out of the room screaming and stuff my face with chocolate.
Rinse, and repeat several days a week.
My problem is I'm to married to the furniture that is in the room and most of it isn't working. I decided to take a different approach to decide how I want this room to function and look like. I did a virtual shopping spree for the entire room. What would I choose for my craft room if I didn't have to worry about budget or size or hefting furniture up a flight of stairs?
Since I use this room mostly for crafting and sewing, I focused on that function for my mood board. I'll make a guest room mood board later. Then I'll see if there are elements I can marry from the two boards to come up with a workable plan.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Industrial Chalkboard Table
How I envy Lilyfield Life! She found a dining room table in
her neighbor’s garbage and snatched it up before the trash truck could take it
away to the land fill. She worked some magic with chalkboard and red paint (two of
my favorite things) and turned that trashy table into this industrial beauty.
I wish Husband would let me do the same to our dining
room table. It was his parent's table and has seen better days. He won't let me paint the beat up old thing time warn patina. We compromise with an small army of table cloths.
What do you think? Painted wood tables - yay or any?
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
I Marched in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Parade
My feet hurt. I was tired. My hands in their
it-was-supposed-to-be-colder-than-this fleece gloves were starting to overheat.
My frustration grew. I could not always hear the cadence from my band to stay
in step due to the drum corps in front of us, the echo from the buildings, and the parade announcers over the loudspeakers. Out all of the parades I have ever
marched or will ever march, this parade had to be perfect.
Then I saw it. I sucked in my breath like an excited child seeing
for the first time what Santa placed under the tree on Christmas morning.
The Presidential box.
I am marching as an ally in the Lesbian and Gay Band
Association (LGBA) marching band. Two hundred and fifteen people strong we are
the largest civilian marching band in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration
Parade.
Everything I was feeling vanished except patriotism, pride
in my band, and the profound responsibility that I am there for something
greater than myself.
Photo courtesy of MSN
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Painted Thrift Store Bathroom Mirror
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My upcycled mirror! |
True story.
With a little spray paint love, this pealing gold paint and
not in a good way mirror is going to add a little more fun and a lot more less
builder standard to my guest bathroom.
I bought the mirror last fall to replace the giant builder
mirror in the bathroom. Builders use these giant mirrors to make bathrooms look
bigger (with varying degrees of success) and to sometimes cover up quickly done
or not painted very well walls (as least this is what I am finding in my own
home. *sigh*)
I'm giving the new bathroom faucet a thumbs up in this photo NOT the enormous mirror.
Let’s paint this guy!
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