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Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

inirv- bringing safety and simplicity to the kitchen

After experiencing a fire in her family’s home, Akshita Iyei set off to prevent the same thing from happening to other families.  As the rest…

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Posted on September 21, 2017September 21, 2017

DIY Shiplap Over Mantle

If I were a betting woman (I am not, I prefer to play roulette), then I'd predict that this will be my most popular post…

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Posted on September 10, 2017September 10, 2017

How to Save During Home Improvement

I am a big believer in sweat equity for a home. Yes, it's dirty and hard work but it's so worth it once you are…

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Posted on September 6, 2017September 6, 2017

DIY Updated Lighting

Updating Recessed Lighting Y'all, these are the coolest things.  They replace your old, outdated recessed lights with clean, white, insulated LED bulbs.   We had…

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Posted on August 22, 2017August 22, 2017

Old Chairs New

When we bought our house, it was an as is purchase.  This means that the owners were not going to do any clean up, repairs…

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Posted on August 9, 2017

DIY Emotions

Anxiety 😬 Which contractor should we hire? What unforeseen issues are going to come up? What's wrong with this house since no one else bought…

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Posted on August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

More Curb Appeal 

Last week, I shared about our efforts to clean up the front exterior of our new home by painting the front door and shutters.  Since…

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Posted on August 5, 2017August 5, 2017

Painting Shutters & My Front Door

Our new house has beautiful wooden shutters but man were they in need of a face lift!  I knew that I wanted to paint them…

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Posted on August 3, 2017August 3, 2017

Prepping to Move- Part 3

Last week was my final packing push before we bought the house.  As predicted, since we have closed, I have been spending long days at…

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Posted on July 31, 2017

Whitewashing a Fireplace

We have been working SO hard this weekend in our new house... painting cabinets, wacking shrubs back, erasing spiderwebs, and painting shutters.  It's been amazing…

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