The Fall One Room Challenge (ORC) went by incredibly fast. I thought I would finish my mini project and have to wait to share the reveal. Ha! Joke’s on me. The fall challenge ended and I didn’t make the deadline. I am now 0 for 4 *weeps* . I am close to finishing, but life […]
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I have officially joined another One Room Challenge (ORC). This is my 3rd time entering and each time I fail to finish the project on time (and as of today, I haven’t finished it at all!). So it begs the question…am I a masochist or insane? lol. Regardless, we’re going to try this again, but
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If you’re looking into a Caribbean vacation and you’re considering Curacao, my advice is to do it! It is a small island and a part of the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao). I’m an island girl who compares other islands to my own and Curacao passed the test. I spent 11 nights there and I
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I joined Tik Tok recently and my sister asked me if I had uploaded the video of the bathroom’s progress from my other platforms. That’s when I had a light bulb moment. No such video existed. I had piecemeal videos of removing the wallpaper, tiling, redoing the vanity and the door. But I had subconsciously
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I’ve been wanting to paint and update all our 1970’s hollow core doors to a modern style for years. Unfortunately, it just kept getting deprioritized. It is one of the projects that will make a big impact on the look and the feel of a house. It would certainly de-escalate the Arnold and Helga love/hate
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We tiled our half bathroom and it was our first time. It was overwhelming. Why? First of all, I am an OVERTHINKER! I don’t like estimates/guesstimates or schemstimates. I need EXACT numbers. And there is a level of guesstimating that goes into mixing thinset for tiles. The water measurements are exact but if you’re not
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I’ve seen tutorials and Instagram reels about painting vanities, but none I came across had the exact one that I had. I doubted whether I could paint it and had resigned to putting it back in as is. Two guys at the hardware store told me it wasn’t worth the effort to stain this material.
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We moved into our 1970s house in 2021 and one of the rooms that was NOT one of the reasons we put in an offer, was our half bathroom. The fixtures were all builder grade and the 1970’s wallpaper was old, had obvious water damage to it and it had a granny feel that wasn’t
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