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How To Install A Stair Runner
I have had a runner rolled up in the closet for 11 months. This implies a sad backstory, and it is true, there is a sad backstory. Here is a picture of the grim day, 1 year ago, when my project failed: I wanted a runner on my stairs, but did not want to spend the…
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The Sweatshop
I’ve dusted off the sewing machine and brought it out again after a 5-year hiatus. Sewing curtains for my house in Lynchburg was a job worthy of a sweatshop, and I got a bit burned out. I once spent three days making the cutest school uniform jumper for my daughter, only to have her come…
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Me and My Drill
I had a summer goal of re-doing the screened porch. It was even written on a post-it note, which is as good as set in stone. It didn’t happen. I know summer isn’t over yet, but I feel the end barreling down on me like an oncoming train. School starts early this year, and August…
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The Perfect Tool
No, it is not my husband. Milwaukee M12 12-Volt Drill I have to report that I have found the perfect tool. I am unstoppable with this little, cute and lightweight drill. It was a gift for my husband, but I think I may run off with it. Portrait of the tools. Secondo and I put…
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The Floor…. Reveal!
Never question the motives of a (mad) genius. Not to say that I am a genius, or even a mad genius. However, if I had paused along the way to reflect and answer the question of why I was painting the floor, I would not be able to show you the following results. The floor…
Simply Turquoise.
Simply Turquoise 