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Recently in Home Improvement
A Disastrous Kitchen Demo Day
So far all you’ve heard from me on the kitchen renovation are dreams, plans, and small projects, so I’d understand if you’re a little skeptical about whether I’m serious about getting it done. Well, we recently took ourselves past the point-of-no-return and demoed our kitchen! Okay, not all of it. Just the parts that we plan on replacing entirely, so it is still functional (if
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Recently in Furniture
(Even More) Craigslist Finds: Awesome or Terrible?
Welcome to another Craigslist: Awesome or Terrible post! This is when we invite you in one of our favorite games: deciding whether what we see for sale on craigslist is amazing or horrible. Long-time readers know the drill by now. In the same way that our favorite stories take familiar elements and make them exciting again with new twists or ideas, we look for things
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Recently in DIY & Crafts
Discharge Dyeing Part 1 of 2: The Disaster Part
I’m not really that into fashion or clothes, but every once in a while something sneaks into my pinterest feed of home decor that catches my attention. That happened recently with a few images of clothes made with shibori designs or cool patterns made by discharge dyeing, and I went down a bit of a rabbit hole. Cool right? Discharge dyeing is basically removing (i.e.
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