tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56020313492611252942024-03-05T08:37:26.034-06:00My Home Life StoryMy Home Life Story touches on everything that goes on around my busy house, from DIY upgrades to our home, to putting up Custom DIY Exposed Post Fence, DIY Outside Projects, organization and storage ideas. Everything is on a Budget and done DIY around here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-8033432633190481362016-01-08T15:00:00.001-06:002016-01-08T15:00:40.764-06:00Settling in our new home...Room Remodel, gated entry, chicken Coop!.....Hello Everyone!<br />
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I first want to apologize for such a delay in posts. We have had a very busy past 8 months. We have packed up and moved towns, into our dream home about 30 minutes from our previous home that is posted in this blog. We could not be any happier with our decision! We moved to a very small town of around 600 people. This is a big change from the 120,000+ population we moved from!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>We bought a 2980 sqft Craftsman on almost 4 acres. The house has tons of charm and character. I will post a few pictures at the end of this post for a seek peek! We have already done some painting, a total floor to ceiling remodel of the guest room. A bathroom update. Added a gated entry to the property, plus some other things. We are currently building a chicken coop and I will have a complete and separate post on it soon! Backyard Flocks are becoming very popular and since we now live in the country we too decided to add chickens to our little family.<br />
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<li>Butlers Pantry</li>
<li>Horse Facilities. Fencing and barn</li>
<li>Equipment shed</li>
<li>Another, larger scale, backsplash</li>
<li>Chicken Coop and Run</li>
<li>Outdoor BBQ Area</li>
<li>Deck and Pergola </li>
<li>Gated Entry with Cedar Fencing</li>
<li>Room Organizations</li>
<li>Closet remodel</li>
<li>Plus much, much, more!!</li>
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I look forward to sharing all the DIY projects with you guys in the future! I will post a few pictures of our new place for a little sneak peek! </div>
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And a few of our "Outside Friends" We have tons of wildlife here.. Deer, Turkeys, and Foxes to name a few.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is my last post on this house :( It's a little sad. I have more pictures and how to's on the board and batton if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. We have truly loved and enjoyed every single minute of this home. This house is so hard to left but I feel confident that the new owners of our house will love and cherish it as we have. I will be off for a few months until we settle into our new home and I will post some pictures of it as soon as I am able. </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-49456051819648504352015-04-24T13:51:00.001-05:002015-04-24T13:51:46.458-05:00Starting a New Chapter....<b>Well our family is starting a new chapter in a few weeks. This is such a bitter sweet moment. We are moving! We have always wanted some acreage to spread out. We have looked for a few years and there was nothing that jumped out to us, until a few weeks ago. We found the house and property that we have always dreamed of!</b><br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>So with that we made an offer and after a multiple offer situation we came out on top and are now under contract on our dream home! We listed our home that all of you have watched for years in this blog, and within a few short days it was under contract as well. This is such a bitter sweet moment for us as we have so much love, time, and memories in this house. It is going to be so hard to leave this place! This has been home for over 6 years. We have poured everything into this home and it is going to be so very hard and emotional leave it. We can only hope the new owners of our home will love, cherish, and make some wonderful memories here just as we have over the years. It is truly a great house! </b><br />
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<b>So with that said I will be taking a break for a few months to allow us time to get packed, and moved into our new home. As soon as we are settled I will get back to work. We will have some new projects to do in our new home. So get ready for many more posts in the new house. It is a Craftsman style home and I look forward to the projects we will be doing there. </b><br />
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<b>Selena </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-78619597625390353452014-10-25T16:44:00.001-05:002014-10-25T16:44:28.961-05:00Homemade Laundry Soap<b>Laundry soap is so expensive! Here is my recipe to make your own. It is very cheap to make and lasts a long time. (Depending on how big your family is and how many loads of laundry you do a week) It smells great and cleans so very well! Use 2-4 tablespoons per load. This does not suds up so I am told it is safe in HE washers. I however do not have the front loader washers but have been told by people that do that it works great. They just add it to the drum with the clothes. </b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-23741092216679983182014-07-15T17:00:00.001-05:002014-07-15T17:00:05.408-05:00Updating Our Home Office<b>So our home office was in need of an update. Our large executive desk just took up too much room in our office. Nothing was easily accessible. </b><br />
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<b>Luckily, my iMac only has one cord, the power cord. In the near cuter I will be adding a hook to the underside of the desk to run the power cord for the iMac under neath so the cord will not be just hanging there. </b></div>
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<b>Heres the book shelves I added for storage. While replacing my large L shape desk for a smaller one was exactly what I wanted to do, I had to come up with some storage solutions. </b></div>
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<b>The desk I found at a yard sale for a steal! It is an older wood desk with a leather inlay. I had searched for desks everywhere! I wanted something smaller with some character. It's amazing sometimes the jewels you can find at yard sales! </b></div>
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So from there, it wasn't too much to putting it together. I used card stock and cut out squares and labeled them with our family's favorite dishes. This board is fast and easy to make. It looks nice hanging in my kitchen and now we always have a weekly dinner plan and the cork board side can be used to keep reminders and other things you need to remember in plain view.</div>
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We first changed the Master bathroom Fixtures, handles, faucets, shower curtain rods, and shower head.<br />
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<b>We changed out faucets, lightning, cabinet pulls, added a rain head shower head, and added a curved shower curtain bar. We painted the bathroom as the finishing touch to get rid of the builder's grey. (We also later framed the mirror in the bathroom. See my other post on how we did it without buying an expensive framed mirror)</b></div>
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<b>Up Close of new faucets. We purchased these from a Local Discount Building Supply store at a fraction of the cost they are sold at the big box home improvement stores. These faucets swivel which is the main reason we bought them. </b></div>
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<b>We changed out the cabinet pulls to something a little more modern. We also used these same pulls in our kitchen. These were purchased at Lowes. </b></div>
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<b>When we put up new curved shower curtain rod we went up higher with the bar than the normal length. This draws your eye up and makes the master bathroom feel much larger. We also bought two decorative trim moulding blocks and secured them to the wall and then attached the curved shower rod to them for added "Looks" and to keep the rod from being flush up against the wall. </b></div>
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<b>New rain head shower head, bought from Bed Bath and Beyond. I will tell you this shower head is amazing and its a low flow shower head!</b></div>
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We did add a tile and slate backsplash in our kitchen also. You can look at my post specifically about how to DIY your backsplash. We will one day add granite counter tops but thats a large expense and not something we will do ourselves. </div>
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I hope you enjoyed this post and that it is helpful and inspiring to do these simple upgrades yourself. We did not get it done over night. We have done many upgrades to our builder's grade home over the last four years of owning it. Just take your time and plan to do this on the weekends at your own pace and budget. We have some "Big Projects" we want to do, hardwood floors, tile in bathrooms, and an office re-do. As we get them done I will add posts about them. </div>
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Thanks, Selena</div>
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My walk in closet was a disaster! So I figured it was time to do something about it. I had thought about the best route to go with it and decided to buy a cube storage system for floor storage and bins on the top self. I removed everything but my clothes. I left them hanging up and removed everything else from my closet. <div>
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This is where everything from my closet ended up in my bedroom!!! </div>
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I went to Lowes and bought a six cube storage system and three of the fabric bins to fill the cubes. I only bought three bins to leave the other three open as I had items that would find in there. I also bought white bins and command strips to organize my husband's never ending hat collection. I have a purse collection and struggled to figure out a solution to them instead of putting them in bins at the top out of reach. I solved it by buying shower curtain rings from the Dollar Store and hanging them on my wire shelving.</div>
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I even bought kids hangers to hang the dog's clothes! I already had the storage container that I put onto of the cube system. I used it for scarfs, gloves, and other Winter items. Everything that came out of my closet all went back in, but much more organized! </div>
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It was not that difficult to do. I did it by myself in one day while my husband was at work. I even put the cube storage together. This also did not cost a lot for me to do. The cube systems are available at many places. The best deal I found was from Lowes. The six cube I bought was $40.00. The storage cube bins were $7.00 and the white bins for the top shelf varied between $6.00 to $10.00. The Shower rings were $1.00 at the Dollar Store. So if you are ready to tackle your walk in closet, Go for it! I'm very pleased to walk into mine every day and have everything in it's place, organized, and easy to find! </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We knew we did not like the plain builder's grade mirrors that were in our bathrooms. We debated whether to bust the mirrors off the walls or just frame them up ourselves. Taking the mirrors down and replacing them with nice framed mirrors proved expensive and time consuming. </span></h2>
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Here's how our Master bathroom mirrors looked before we framed them.</div>
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Now, we chose to use two different kinds of trim. In our Master bathroom we chose the trim and used trim blocks so there was no angles to cut. This mirror was much easier to do because of the lack of angles. </div>
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All you need is your trim pieces, liquid nails (Clear), and a saw or something to cut the trim pieces with. All you have to do is get your measurements, cut your pieces, paint the trim the color of your choice, put liquid nails on the trim pieces and stick them to the mirror. If you do angle cuts you will have to fill in the edges with caulk. If you use trim like my master bathroom there's no caulk needed. </div>
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<li>Home improvement stores have tons of trim designs and blocks to chose from. You can certainly add a custom look in one day</li>
<li>When putting the liquid nails on the trim, do not go all the way to the edge with it. If you do, you see it in the reflection of the mirror. Even clear liquid nails will be seen. We stayed about 1/2 inch from the inside edge of the trim and it worked out nicely. </li>
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<strong>We decided to be brave in our living room (and my son's room, by his choice) and went with my husband's choice, orange.</strong><br />
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<strong>In our Kitchen, bonus room, office, and breakfast room we used a green. Which I have to say is my absolute favorite color in the entire house!</strong><br />
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<strong>Both our Bathroom's are painted in a brown. Not Beige, but a deeper, lighter caramel brown. Preservation Line.</strong><br />
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<strong>We also used two paint colors in our Dining Room and Breakfast Room below the chair rail. Our Master Bedroom is also painted in this color. </strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That gives you a picture of every color we used in our home. Don't be afraid of color. I know a lot of people who are. I have countless friends come over and express how much they wish they were brave enough to use color on their walls. Just remember if you put up a color and do not like it you can always change it. It's the easiest thing in the world to do to your house to get rid of that "Builder's Grade" feel. It is a easy and cheap way to "Custom up" your house!</span></strong></div>
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<strong></strong><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-83447042680939599922013-03-06T13:51:00.000-06:002014-02-24T14:57:09.582-06:00How We Put Up Our DIY Exposed Post Privacy Fence<strong>From the day we bought this house we knew we wanted to put up a privacy fence in our back yard. We are on a corner lot and wanted some privacy. We also wanted to be able to let our dog, Dia, have a safe place to play!</strong> <br />
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<strong>First I got an estimate from a Fence Company...... Over $7,000 for a regular privacy fence! I think not! ..... So we got started. Since we did this fence on our own, working after work during the week and on weekends, I will say that I am sure when the neighbors were giving directions they often referred to us as "You know turn at that house on the corner that has been putting up that fence for years!" *Snicker* In reality, it took us about 4 months to get this project done.</strong></div>
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<strong>So we went to Home Depot and ordered our wood. We used White Cedar 6 ft planks and used all 6x6 YellaWood posts. We did not use any 4x4 like most people use as we wanted a strong and durable fence. </strong></div>
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<strong>Our wood was delivered on early Saturday morning. This was not all the wood we used in total on the fence this was just the first load to get us started. We used 44 eight ft 6x6 post, and approx 650 White Cedar Planks, 110 YellaWood 2x4's, and about 50 bags of concrete total on our fence.</strong></div>
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<strong>We staked out where we wanted the fence to go. We then spray painted the spots for where every 6x6 would go then rented an Auger and predrilled all 44 holes into the nastiest Tennessee clay you have EVER seen! After all the holes were drilled, which by the way even in the nastiest mud only took us one day with the Auger. I highly suggest you got this route if you put up a fence verses hand digging! (Below is the Auger we rented)</strong></div>
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<strong>So now it was time to start setting the posts. We started by setting the front two corner posts and running string to them and used a post level. The post level was such a wonderful tool! We put the 8ft 6x6 post in the ground 2 ft and used at least one bag of concrete on each post. Some posts got two bags depending on the hole. We made sure with the string that the posts were all the correct height as we did not want to have to cut them off to level them. Some people will cut them afterwards and not worry about them being level but we did not want to go that route. This way does take more time but worth it in the end. </strong></div>
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<strong><em><u>(Also, like to give a big thank you to my father in law, Wilder, (Pictured above in plaid jacket) for all his wonderful help, advice, and expertise in helping us with our fence!)</u></em></strong></div>
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<strong>We braced every 6x6 over night while the concrete set. </strong></div>
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<strong>This is my Very Happy Husband, Randy, after he got the last 6x6 in the ground! You can also see one of the "Templates" we made and used for the spacing of the 6x6 post. We also used wood on the bottom of the 6x6 post to keep them at the correct height. (See above pic) Our ground was so wet that the post would start to sink and throw off the height so this solved the problem. We learned a lot along the way. </strong></div>
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<strong>I then Stained all the 6x6 posts as I knew it would be easier to do now before the planks go up. We chose to stain our posts and our planks two different stains.</strong></div>
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<strong>So then it was time for the 2x4 runners to go up. We did four rows on each panel for extra stability and durability.</strong></div>
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<strong>After all the 2x4 runners were up it was now time to start putting up the planks. We used Screws not nails on our fence. It was much expensive to use screws over nails however we wanted strong and durable and nails will back out over time. (My husband's Porter Cable Battery powered Drill got extensive usage but it worked great and is still kicking today!! </strong></div>
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<strong>(Pic below is the screws we used. 1-5/8 on the planks and 3 inch on the 2x4's)</strong></div>
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<strong>We "eyeballed" the planks for the most part to get them level but you can set a 2x4 on the top of your 6x6 post to give you a "Level."</strong></div>
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<strong>Here's the Stain we used. It was on the expensive side but we went with a good quality stain. We bought it at Hoover Paint and Stain for around $46 a gallon. It took 10 gallons to stain entire fence. ( Have no clue what happened to the can! :)</strong></div>
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<strong>Here's the inside of the gates. We have one small gate on the side yard and a larger 9 foot gate on the street side of the yard.</strong></div>
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<strong>The cable was added to keep the gate from sagging. (Note: after two years our gates do not sag.)</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75;">The Copper Post caps were bought at Lowes for $16.00 each.</span></strong></div>
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<strong>We hung a holder for the water hose on the 6x6 on each side of the house.</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Ok Now here's the finished product. (With Before and after pictures)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">BREAKDOWN OF MATERIALS USED:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">44 (8 ft) Yellawood 6x6</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">110 (8 Ft) YellaWood 2x4</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">650 White Cedar Planks</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">50 bags of Concrete</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">2 gallons Behr Stain on 6x6 posts</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">10 gallon Sickkens SDR Stain for Planks</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">5,000 Screws</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">Total of entire fence project was around $4,600 and took us about 4 months to complete it at our own pace. </span></strong></div>
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<strong>I hope that if you are interested in building your own Exposed post fence this post will help you. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! </strong></div>
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<strong>Here are pictures of the corners of the fence per request. You can see in pictures that we stained the 2x4's the same color of the 6x6 posts so they would blend in and not stand out.</strong></div>
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<strong>2x4's at Gate Post</strong></div>
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<strong>Outside Corner Post. We notched out the cedar planks on the corners to allow for the 2x4's and the stained the part of the 2x4's that stuck out the same color as the 6x6 posts. </strong></div>
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For Valentine's Day this year, 2014, I had fence signs made like companies sometime put on their fences. I had a local business make them for me. They turned out well! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We found the wood planks at Home Depot. (Our Lowes did not carry this size wood) We used Yella Wood in 1x6 slants. (One tip I will give you is to stain the wood before you nail them together. It makes things a lot easier!) You can make these shutters fairly easy and without much "Handyman" experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used a air nail gun to secure them together. (I wish I would have taken step by step pics but did not) We used four wood slants and then two slants, one on the top and one on the bottom. You can use more than four if you have the space for that size of the shutter. Four boards worked perfectly for our house. We then bought standard gate hinges and took them apart and used one on the top and one on the bottom for decoration. The shutters turned out beautifully! We made four shutters for around $100. We stained the shutters to match our fence and also bought a new address plate and numbers and stained it the same color as well.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069391864747368262noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602031349261125294.post-8117433274370954802013-02-07T13:00:00.004-06:002013-04-24T14:37:39.725-05:00How We Got All this StartedHello everyone! My name is Selena. I started this Blog to show you how we have upgraded our "Builders Grade" home. I will also be sharing organization and storage ideas as well as some of my favorite recipes. <br />
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As you can see the house was kinda "Bleh." And the Lawn, well it was something that we knew needed major help!</div>
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Here's the lawn after some much needed TLC! You can also see we upgraded our roof to the 30 Year Roof, Thanks to a big Hail storm we had in October of 2011. We did pay an additional $500.00 to upgrade the roof which was money well spent! It now has a "3-D" look to it. We also changed the color of the roof from grey to brown to enhance the shutters we made. (I'll have more on our DIY Shutters Later)</div>
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Here is a current picture of our front yard. All it takes is some good Seed, fertilizer, and care. We have found great success with Scotts Products. Their seed has very few weed seeds. Their website has has a lot of information to help you with your lawn. If you follow a good schedule of fertilizing, overseeding, and aerating you lawn, you will have nice results with in a few seasons. </div>
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Here is an after pic of our Side Yard.</div>
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I will be posting on our DIY projects we have done. A few of those will be, lawn care, painting, kitchen back splash, bathroom upgrades, lighting and fixture upgrades, and lots of storage and organization tips and ideas. Any comments are welcome! </div>
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Thanks, Selena </div>
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