Our kitchen remodel plan is finished and ready for action! From cabinets to cooktop, we’ll show you all the elements that we’ll be incorporating into my dream kitchen! I’ve come a long way, baby! When we moved into our first house back in late October of 2013, I couldn’t wait to get down and dirty in my new kitchen. At…
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It’s happening. It’s finally happening. Seven years after becoming homeowners and twenty five years after discovering the joy of cooking, I’m getting a new kitchen. The kind of kitchen of which chickens will cluck in hushed tones during long winter nights in the coop. The kind of kitchen that will chatter the cud-chewing chompers of beef cattle as they mark…
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Our home office makeover happened in a flash and a flurry, and now The Navage Patch has a beautiful new World Headquarters! A question has been tugging at my mind since we moved into our new house: Are sitting rooms still relevant in an age of 80-inch wall-mounted televisions and 8-inch handheld computers? Does your house have a sitting room?…
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Learn how to spray paint door knobs and handles the easiest way ever with this simple little trick! Best Part? NO sanding involved! Live and learn, right? When we bought our first house in Connecticut, Handan and I had yet to set sail on the wild and stormy seas of DIY. Instead, we nestled in the safe harbor of ignorance,…
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So what’s all this hubbub about radon? What the heck is it? Do you have it in your home? How do you get rid of it? Before we get to all that, let’s first make sure we’re all talking about the same thing. We’re talking about radon. The gas. We’re not talking about Rodan, the irradiated Kaiju monster who’s been known to…
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DIY Pantry Shelves are an inexpensive solution to maximize the storage space in your pantry, and they look so much better than wire shelving! This year’s Memorial Day weekend was a little different here at The Navage Patch. No, no, I’m not talking about some “New Normal” Coronacue (Bar-B-Covid?) where forlorn guests stand 6 feet apart in someone’s backyard while…
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A hardwood floor installation can be very affordable with the right wood and the right installer. We had new hardwood tied into the existing flooring for a seamless and beautiful first floor. We’ll show you how they did it, tell you what to watch out for and shed some light on the oil- vs water-based finish debate. An empty house…
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Thank you to all who wrote supportive comments on our Empty House Tour post! You gave… Okay, okay, just wait. I’m gonna just say it and get it over with, okay? Y’all1 gave us such a warm welcome to the South, and so many of you gave some great advice for helping with Handan’s allergies. So let’s jump right in…
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Okay, we’re now officially Southerners, so you know what that means, right? No, no, I’m not talking about painting my car like the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazard (but I did love that show when I was a little kid up North!) Nope, I’m talking of course about that quintessential Southern contraction—that quaint little word that drips from…
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