I never really thought about the carpeting in my house except for vacuuming dog fur tumbleweeds when Lacey's coat changes for the season and spot cleaning coffee spills because I am a klutz.
Th Great Water Damage Room Renovations is forcing me to think about replacing my bedroom floor covering. The question is with what? And am I stuck with horrible wood laminate flooring if we don't go with carpet?
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wood Laminate Floors: Yay or Nay?
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
How to Make a Mini Top Hat
I made a super simple fluffy tutu (read my no sew tutu tutorial here) for a costume. I’m going for a kooky Dresden Dolls, Steampunk, Katy Perry, retro, vaudeville kind of vibe. I need one more thing so I can pull off the look: a little top hat fascinator.
Instead of running to the store to buy top hat making supplies, I bought the materials by treating myself to a cup of take out coffee. That’s right! I made my ring leader’s hat from a disposable cup.
The steps in this tutorial are very forgiving. You don’t necessarily need to do the steps in the order I have them listed in this tutorial with the exception of assembling the hat pieces.
Tiny top hats make Halloween costumes more fun!
The steps in this tutorial are very forgiving. You don’t necessarily need to do the steps in the order I have them listed in this tutorial with the exception of assembling the hat pieces.
How to Make a Top Hat Out of a Paper Cup
Thursday, October 9, 2014
How to Make a Fluffy No Sew Tutu
I need a costume for a performance. I came up with a costume idea with a kooky Dresden Dolls, Steampunk, Katy Perry, vaudeville kind of vibe. Best of all I my costume includes a tutu!
I have always wanted to dance in a tutu as a kid but unfortunately modern dancers don't do the tutu. Sorry Martha Graham, this gal is making her long denied tutu dreams come true!
I have always wanted to dance in a tutu as a kid but unfortunately modern dancers don't do the tutu. Sorry Martha Graham, this gal is making her long denied tutu dreams come true!
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
How to Cover Popcorn and Textured Ceilings
One of the first things Husband wanted to change when we bought in our condo are the textured ceilings. I told Husband if he wanted to soak the texture with water so it is loose enough to scrape off off with a hand scraper while standing on a ladder in. every. room. of. the. house. the project is all his.
10 years later we still have textured ceilings we don't like.
We learned to deal with the fifth wall in every room we aren't crazy about. We didn't think about changing our ceilings until I flooded the house and damaged the kitchen ceiling.
10 years later we still have textured ceilings we don't like.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
9 Things to Do When Your Bathroom Floods
This was supposed to be a post about how I fixed the leaking faucet I found during my grout the bathroom tile project.
Instead it turned into a how to dry out a flooded bathroom and kitchen post.
Instead it turned into a how to dry out a flooded bathroom and kitchen post.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
How to Remove Grout and Regrout Tile
The grout in the Master bathroom shower is chipping. The other grout patches I did as a quick fix are discoloring. I’ve been putting this job off forever. When Husband went out of town on business, I figured it was time to do remove the bathroom grout and add new grout to the tile.
This job isn’t hard. However is probably messier and takes longer than you might originally think. At least it did for me.
This job isn’t hard. However is probably messier and takes longer than you might originally think. At least it did for me.
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