DIY citronella candles are easy to make with mostly Dollar Tree materials, and they’ll help keep the mosquitoes at bay this summer. I don’t need citronella candles! Well, not when my wife is around, anyway. She is cursed with a smell or pheromone or chemical in her bloodstream that wafts from her pores and is pure ambrosia to mosquitoes. And…
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We installed two smart garage door openers before starting our garage makeover. Wow, what a difference they’ve made! Let me start by saying this is not a sponsored post. Chamberlain has no idea we exist and likely wouldn’t give a fig if they found out. Sometimes a product is just so good, you gotta give a shout-out. As you know,…
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These easy DIY throw pillows were inspired by an expensive designer pillow we saw online. The technique is simple, and you can make any design you like! It is more rare than the white peacock that haunts the grasslands of southeastern Australia. It has been seen less often than Hailey’s comet. And it is more elusive than the fabled white…
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In this garage makeover plan, we’ll outline our ideas for transforming our bare & messy garage into a neat & organized space using mostly on-hand materials! Look, I’ve seen worse, okay? And not only have I seen worse, I’ve created worse. There are two key elements required to transform an ordinary empty garage into an overcrowded and filthy car-hole. The…
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Cricut Maker 3 is the new, next-generation smart cutting machine in the Cricut cutting ecosystem. Let’s have a look at what it is and what it does! Introducing Cricut Maker 3 You know, I’m getting a little tired of saying, “The Big Brains at Cricut have done it again!” But they’ve gone and done it, and now I’m here saying…
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Okay, so it’s been about 13 months since we moved into our new Georgia home. Yeah yeah, I know, it’s not technically “new” anymore, but it still feels new to me! Back in May 2020, I wrote a post outlining our short-term goals for the house. That list has kept me busier than a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest,…
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There’s only one sure-fire way to remove tough stains from enameled cast iron, but it’s not the one parroted by most people online. Nobody tells me nuthin‘! How was I supposed to know that enameled cast iron shouldn’t go in the dishwasher? And how on earth would I know that I should be giving my enameled cast iron Dutch oven…
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This DIY Indian bone inlay cabinet is perfect for our new living room. It’s an easy effect to create on any furniture, and we have free bone inlay stencils for you in the VIP Patch! I wish I knew then what I know now. As some of you know from the collected stories of Our Adventures, we lived in India…
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We used IKEA BRIMNES bookshelves to create our own custom master closet system for a lot less than it would have cost if we’d used their PAX system. With the closet freshly painted (please see the Master Closet Makeover Plan, if you haven’t done so already), we were ready to install the components of our DIY closet system – five…
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