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All About Drill Bits and Drivers

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This post is brought to you by The Home Depot. When you become a homeowner, one of the first tools you buy for your homeowners toolbox is a power drill. It’s one of the simplest power tools to use. I guarantee that you’ll grab it for hanging curtain rods, adding or changing knobs on kitchen cabinets, putting furniture together, and… View Post

5 Reasons Why You Need a Reciprocating Saw in Your DIY Toolbox

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This post is sponsored by The Home Depot and is part of The Home Depot PROspective Tool Review Program. One of the very first tools that I ever owned was a reciprocating saw, but I’ll be honest with you: I didn’t know what it was, and I didn’t think I would ever need it. This was back in 2014 when… View Post

How to Make a Large Kitchen Sign

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are 100% mine. The kitchen is the supposed to be the heart of the home. It’s the gathering place where friends and family (pre-corona, that is….) would stop through and mill around, chit chatting. It’s supposed to be the happy place of the home. But that… View Post

10 Common Mistakes When Painting Wood Furniture

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  Imagine you’re painting wood furniture: an amazing, gorgeous dresser that belonged to your grandmother….and only minutes after painting it a beautiful soft white paint, it starts to turn yellow. Or you’re about to finish painting your oak dining room chairs and realize that you have messy paint drips down the backs (and even worse–they paint has already dried!)   Painting… View Post

How to Use a Paint Sprayer to Paint a Wood Fence

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This post on how to use a paint sprayer to paint a wood fence is sponsored by Wagner. Isn’t it funny how once you improve something, you can’t believe you lived with the uglier/plainer/older version for so long? Doesn’t matter if you fixed something up around your house, changed your hairstyle, lost weight, or suddenly became a nicer person (or…heck…… View Post

BEFORE and AFTER: Walkout Basement Makeover (In Progress!)

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This post is sponsored by The Home Depot as part of The Home Depot ProSpective Program in which I test out various tools and equipment while working on my projects.  The biggest reason that we never finish DIY projects is because we’re scared of something: scared it won’t turn out, scared that we won’t know how to fix it, scared… View Post

How to Make an Herb Garden Planter Using PVC Piping

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If you enjoy this tutorial on how to make an herb garden using PVC pipe, be sure to check out my tutorial on how to build DIY garden beds.   Watch This Herb Garden in Action This project is featured on my YouTube channel .   Click here to save this project on Pinterest. It’s only been in the past… View Post

10 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Fire This Summer

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This helpful post on fire safety is sponsored by We Love Fire. The first time I ever started a fire outside in the summer, it was a few years after moving in. I had bought one of those inexpensive little fire pits for about $50. I called myself trying to “roast marshmallows,” but it turned out to be an experience… View Post

How to Install Garage Door Screen: Assemble Tracks – PART 2

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This tutorial (PART 2) on how to install garage door screen is sponsored by Maryland Screens. In Part 1 of this series on how to install a garage door screen kit yourself, I showed you how to unbox and complete the prep work for installing the screen. In this PART 2, I’ll be sharing step-by-step how to assemble the tracks… View Post

How to Install a Garage Door Screen Step-by-Step – PART 1

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This tutorial (PART 1) on how to install a garage door screen is sponsored by Maryland Screens. Some time ago I made my own DIY garage door screen with a zipper to keep bugs out of my garage. Since my garage is my workshop and I spend a lot of time there, I wanted a higher quality of screen that… View Post

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