tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771401675289893252024-03-12T23:28:00.413-07:00small house, great loveTeresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642487411799900925noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477140167528989325.post-30118443862055523542016-09-27T13:49:00.001-07:002016-09-28T05:19:40.809-07:00pergola<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have got another really great back yard project to share with you. </div>
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This started like so many of our projects:</div>
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Hero: We should build a pergola on the back patio.</div>
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Me: Absolutely!</div>
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And we were off.</div>
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Hero is all about working designs out in his head, followed up with Google searches to confirm and solidify the plans and then off to Lowe's for supplies.</div>
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And then drilling holes into our freshly painted garage walls.</div>
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But not to worry! I know Hero has this all figured out. And if not, he is pretty handy at fixing things.</div>
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This is a common occurrence - Hero dangling off a ladder or something.</div>
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It seems like he knows all the good tricks - Like how to get a post attached to a cement patio. And then making it look pretty spiffy.</div>
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With just a few posts and boards, we really had a good idea of how this was going to feel. </div>
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This patio was pretty much useless in the summer from 2-7pm - It is on the west side of our house and there is absolutely no shade at all. It was so unfortunate that we couldn't use this area for anything.</div>
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Hence the pergola.</div>
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We stained all the boards ahead of time so we could just throw them up as needed.</div>
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We set up shop in the garage for that. Even around the latest car project.</div>
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If you ever have to stain anything, you should use latex/non-latex gloves. Stain is such a pain in the butt to get off.</div>
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And you should use old rags - Just do your staining and then toss them out. I am not a fan of complicated clean-up.</div>
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We wanted to add something that looked like wrought iron for an industrial kind of vibe. These poles are electrical conduit. </div>
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Cue the black spray paint.</div>
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Not sure what is happening here, but it looks like Alex was helping to get the poles up in where they belong.</div>
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We used canvas drop cloths cut into long strips and all hemmed up as "sails" between the slats to offer tons of shade. We ended up hand sewing them around the end pole to get them all consistently taught. I of course tried a few other things first thinking they would be easier (snaps and velcro), but both of those ideas turned out to be the worst ideas ever. Picture wanting to throw the snap setter and the sewing machine out the window. </div>
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And then all the pieces became a pergola.</div>
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And here it is:</div>
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It's like a resort - We are in love!</div>
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Instead of making the patio feel smaller, it feels so much more useful and cozy. Like an outdoor room.</div>
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When the sun is setting, we just close those curtains and they flutter in the wind while giving us just the right amount of shade.</div>
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Do you see those little twinkles?</div>
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Yep - Party lights. It looks amazing at night:</div>
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Oh. My. Goodness. We could not happier with how this turned out. </div>
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Hero has the best ideas.</div>
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How about a quick where-we-started photo:</div>
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We loved all the great comments on our exterior paint job - Thank you!</div>
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Today I'm sharing a little tricky thing we did to give the outside a little more personality. </div>
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And it was super easy and practically free. Practically free because I had most of the supplies already. But even purchasing the few things needed would be pretty darn inexpensive.</div>
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In love. This is a million times better than the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=477140167528989325#editor/target=post;postID=3650595483247144299;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" target="_blank">beige and brown</a>.</div>
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As much as we love all the white, sometimes you need a little something to break things up. So we decided we needed windows.</div>
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With painters tape I taped off the top row of rectangles on the garage door. I didn't measure - I just eyeballed them with the existing lines. Piece of cake.</div>
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Already looks a little more interesting, right?</div>
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Once those were done, I pulled out the black paint. </div>
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And colored inside the lines.</div>
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Pretty spiffy, huh? </div>
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Tape removal is the best part.</div>
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They look pretty real, don't they?</div>
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Seriously, this project took about an hour. And it was super easy.</div>
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While Alex and her cute boys were here visiting, we put her to work. She painted some faux windows for us at the back door. It definitely needed a little something interesting.</div>
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Seriously, she was a trooper and we had tons of fun getting these things all buttoned up for the previously mentioned <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=477140167528989325#editor/target=post;postID=7443650510002274780;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=4;src=link" target="_blank">graduation party</a>.</div>
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After repairing the front porch rotting wood and gutter situation, we were so ready to get our game on with finalllllllly painting the outside of our house.</div>
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Really, when I look back at these photos, I cannot believe how unloved this place used to look. We have spent the last four years in our small house loving the inside, taking on all kinds of projects and getting it to where we want it. We have sort of putzed around with the outside and got a few things done that really needed to happen (like losing the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=477140167528989325#editor/target=post;postID=2804663532617451582;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=3;src=postname" target="_blank">shed</a>, and sprucing up the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=477140167528989325#editor/target=post;postID=6637289200085796135;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname" target="_blank">back yard</a>), but this next project was a game changer.</div>
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Here is where we left off after fixing the front. So awkward with the white and the brown and the beige. All kinds of "what in the world is happening here?"</div>
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Ugh. Just not a fan of all this brown.</div>
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Oh my goodness. This photo was taken before it got to even be much of a spring, and nobody's yard is looking like much. But this is just too much. This has to go.<br />
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This space has so much potential to be amazing, but it just sits there being un-amazing. We have big plans for getting more use out of this space, too.<br />
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Per usual, we started this project one evening with the intention of "just seeing how it looks". But once we got going, we were in LOVE! Even more than we thought we would be.</div>
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Isn't it lovely?</div>
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We were so surprised at how great the white covered the brown. We thought for sure we would have to take a second pass at it, but not so. Perfect coverage on round one.</div>
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Using this sprayer was super easy. The sprayer is the red motor with the handle on the top of the paint bucket. The tube from the sprayer just pops into the paint. The super long spraying hose makes it easy to go a long way without having to move everything over every time you make a little progress. And you don't "carry" any paint, so it's light weight and easy.</div>
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It was actually fun - The transformation was amazing!</div>
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Seriously, the setup took longer than the actual painting. We blocked the roof line with boards to keep the shingles from getting sprayed. The few spots we missed, Hero touched up with dark brown paint - Piece of cake.</div>
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Let's talk about over-spray for a minute. Man, that paint can sure get away from you in a hurry. Before you even realize what has happened, you have paint somewhere you didn't intend. </div>
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Oops. (We actually got a fine mist on almost every window, which I scraped off with a razor blade when we finished the whole project. But still easier to clean off than to cover every window.)</div>
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Except for one tiny piece that fell out of the handle that we absolutely could not find to save our lives.</div>
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Until several weeks later after we had already bought a new handle. Dang. </div>
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We turned the corner of the house and moved right along. There were a few little spraying mishaps (Hero was sporting a leopard type pattern for a while), but mostly we moved along at a great pace.</div>
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You can see what a difference this is making on the freshness of the house. It's pretty obvious where we left off.</div>
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Backing up a bit - What a difference! It looks like a different house. LOVE.</div>
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(You can sort of see the front of Hero's shirt - It was covered.)</div>
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Painting the garage doors finally. I have been wanting this done since the day we moved in.</div>
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Annnnd, turning the final corner. This is the last wall.</div>
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Hero got caught climbing up onto the shed roof by our neighbor looking out the window. She was giving him some friendly grief :)</div>
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I think we spent about 8 hours total spraying the house. Not bad!</div>
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This house was built in 1958. The original color of the trim and everything we painted was white. Bringing it all back to the original made this home so much more charming, probably just like in the 50's. </div>
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Those garage doors look amazing, right?</div>
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Okay, they look just a tiny bit uninspiring.</div>
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We've got some cleaning up to do, a few little odds and ends to wrap up and another project or two and we will call this exterior makeover done.</div>
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We were really looking forward to painting every inch of the exterior of our house - minus the bricks and doors and windows. We had a plan to buy a super nifty sprayer from Harbor Freight and go to town.</div>
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But like most projects where I tend to see only the finished result, there was so. much. prep. work.</div>
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Some things just have to happen first if you are going to have a great ending. It is so tempting to go right for the end result steps, but if you skip the beginning prep stuff, you will never have that awesome end result. Really.</div>
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Here is what I am talking about outside:</div>
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This is right up front and center - over the front porch. This gutter leaked every time it rained right onto anyone's head that happened to be coming or going in the front door. And it dripped in the winter time, creating a super little ice rink on the step.</div>
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It's the little things that make us crazy.</div>
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But this actually turned out to be a bigger little thing than we anticipated.</div>
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Once Hero got all up in there, there were many secrets to be discovered.</div>
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Not the "Come see - I found treasure!" kind of secrets.</div>
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The "Ummm, this is bad" kind of secrets.</div>
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We knew the boards had to be rotting - the whole gutter thing was all wrong. But we were hoping it was just the facing boards:</div>
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But when those were pulled off, more rotting boards were hiding underneath. And ants. The big carpenter ants that love rotting wood.</div>
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(No photos of the ants - take my word for it please. As soon as we discovered them, the camera went out the window. We were all about getting those things DEAD.)</div>
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All of this had to come off. </div>
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Hero took everything off that was gross. And then replaced it all with nice new wood.</div>
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So much better knowing it's all fresh and clean under there. Hero threw some new gutters up and fixed that whole leaking problem.</div>
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I have so many updates to share. We've been working on the outside of our house like crazies. We had a graduation party for Liam recently. Nothing like having a party to get the project list moving along.</div>
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First, here is the graduate:</div>
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What a great young man we have on our hands! It was super fun to celebrate with him. </div>
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To start off things, we got our front landscaping under control. </div>
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Here's where we started when we first moved in:</div>
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Lots of not-that-thrilling stuff going on here. Except for the eagles above the garage doors. Those had the most personality out of anything. But not sure we were that personality.</div>
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I pulled out some low growing bushy ground cover stuff, painted the front door and painted some of the rim around the front white to see how that might look. We had a feeling it would be pretty great and it was.</div>
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We cut new curvy borders. We added a stepping stone path. We replanted the day lilies in the middle. Added some ornamental grass along the back. And some box woods up in front. Also sprinkled in a few red impatients to work with our<a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2016/06/front-door.html" target="_blank"> new red front door</a>.</div>
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We spruced up the other side as well. Cut the new border, moved a few day lilies to balance things out, and some more impatients. </div>
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The back yard did not get neglected. We cut new borders along all three sides of the yard under the bushes, filled in more mulch and did some trimming. Liam was a pro at using the hedge trimmer.</div>
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Liam graduated this year (What??!!) and it's time for a party. So it's time to get back to our yard. There are a few things we want to give our attention to, and actually made quite a list, but we had to pick just a few - We have way more dreams and ideas than money and time at the moment.</div>
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We have done a few things - We updated the landscaping big time (Post on that soon.)<br />
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I really cannot tell you how much of a difference this door has made to the look of the house. I am just so in love with the rectangle window instead of the half circle.<br />
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Even though it looked like this at first.</div>
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Definitely one of the best moments in a paint job.</div>
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Plus a ton of other things.</div>
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We finished the house!<br />
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It went on the market and was sold in about 3 days for full asking price!<br />
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We have such a terrific realtor who is the best - truly! - Please ask if you need a kind, honest, friendly, hardworking real estate agent.<br />
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Anyway - These photos are from the official listing on Marie Riley's Keller Williams website</div>
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The front was repainted - It was the same color as the roof. It is so much more cohesive - The front now matches the rest of the house. We did a little landscaping as well, but we had nothing to do with that tree - So pretty! </div>
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Ah. The kitchen. We are so pleased with the way this room turned out! New paint, lighting (and centered in the room), cabinets, counter, sink, faucet, appliances and floor. Ready to be loved.</div>
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View from the living room.</div>
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And the dining area.</div>
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Living room. Nice and big, with a vaulted ceiling.</div>
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From the living room looking up to two bedrooms, two linen closets and a bath. And looking down to the family room, 3rd bedroom, bath, laundry room and crawl space access.</div>
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Here's the up. Bathroom at the end of the hall, with a linen closet on each side of the hall.</div>
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Great bathroom! Newly refinished bathtub, new vanity, sink, faucet, new mirror and new medicine cabinet. This bathroom had a few plumbing issues, too, but that is all good now.</div>
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One of the upstairs bedrooms. Like I mentioned, they all look pretty much the same - All freshly painted and carpeted, new windows and door knobs.</div>
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From the family room looking at the stairs. You can see the bathroom there, too.</div>
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And the awesome crawl space! So much storage here - I don't think anyone would miss a basement.</div>
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This house was really fun to work on. I have to say though, I am a little disappointed not to decorate it. It has such a great foundation to work with lots of different styles. I'm sure the new owners will love the opportunity to put their own stamp on it.</div>
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If you are interested, here is Marie's contact information:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The house project is coming along swimmingly. We are trying to get a bunch of little things buttoned up to get this baby on the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let me show you the lower level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Starting with the bathroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also got a new vanity, sink, faucet, mirror and toilet seat . And a thorough cleaning :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is not the exact same room, but I figure it's close enough. They all looked like this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh - We replaced all the door handles. Aren't they great?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See that? This room is pretty well designed to get lots of use out of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So that's the lower level. We can pretty much say everything on the lower level list is checked off.</span></div>
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We have been painting and painting and painting over one of the worst colors to paint an entire house. White is one of my favorite colors to use in decorating, but I'm telling you, white never looked so good. </div>
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I'll post some before and after photos soon.</div>
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I thought I would start with what's happening in the kitchen. Who doesn't love a good kitchen renovation?</div>
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Let's look at where we started:</div>
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Are you loving that light? Among other things?</div>
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Demo is one of the really fun parts of any job - All the excitement you are feeling about a project gets converted into energy to rip things out and smash them to pieces. Of course, the next day all the muscles you don't normally use on a regular basis are really upset with you, but in the moment, run with the power.</div>
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And, Snap! The walls are white! And smooth.</div>
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Starting in the corner on the uppers, Hero and crew (Elder Slack and Elder Bennett, the missionaries serving in our ward. They get to help out people as part of their responsibilities) got this part of the project done in about a half a day.</div>
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What a difference already.</div>
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Next for the kitchen, counter top and sink installed, new floor, new lighting, finish up the painting, get the appliances installed.</div>
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The holidays were super busy.</div>
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Seminary is kicking my butt.</div>
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We haven't really done much around the small house.</div>
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Most of the above are excuses. </div>
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But we really have not done much around the small house.</div>
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You know how when you put something off for a while and then it gets to be an awkward situation? Sorry for the awkwardness.</div>
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Can we put that behind us?</div>
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We have done one or two little things for the small house, and I will get those posted at some point. But today I have a feature!</div>
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I am really excited to share this house that Hero and I have been working on pretty much every weekend since Christmas.</div>
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Our good friends Stephanie and Larry moved from Michigan about 10 years ago and were not able to sell their home here due to the really icky housing market at the time. They have been renting it through a manager and have not been back until recently as they are ready to sell it in this much better market. The last of the renters have moved out and they are ready to roll. But they were having some twitchy feelings about how things were going and found out the person they were trusting was kind of taking advantage of them. When the showed up a few months ago to check on things, they were far from happy.</div>
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The kitchen had it's own special issues - Lighting, cabinets, counters, peeling floor. </div>
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Upstairs bathroom - A little dated and the wallpaper must go.</div>
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Walls, a few ceilings even!, doors, trim, closets, hand rails.</div>
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Our friends asked us to take over - manage the house, do any of the work we wanted to take on, work with a new realtor that they hired and to be the eyes and ears for them.</div>
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Here is what we have planned:</div>
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Tear out the old kitchen.</div>
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Install a new kitchen, including cabinets, counter, sink, faucet, lighting and appliances.</div>
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This place is going to be terrific - Watch for updates on this home!</div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642487411799900925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477140167528989325.post-84539417517677730422015-11-03T10:53:00.002-08:002016-06-14T10:07:12.282-07:00finished bathroom!<div style="text-align: center;">
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The bathroom is about 94 1/2% done and we are so dang happy with how it turned out.</div>
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It is a completely different room. And that is a good thing.</div>
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Here is where we started:</div>
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Truly - there are no words.</div>
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I don't mean to sound ungrateful. We, of course, are all super grateful for having a bathroom. This was very functional and it totally did the job. But honestly, when the <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2015/09/bathroom.html" target="_blank">soap dish started going loose</a>, I was cheering on the inside. </div>
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Oh my goodness. We are over the moon with this bathroom. </div>
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Great view of the floor and the new toilet. Love these.</div>
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The shower and tub are a piece of cake to clean. Love that.</div>
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We have a new shower head, faucet and handles that are not hiding decades of who knows what kind of nastiness. Love that.</div>
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We used little tiny planks on the edge of the little tiny wall that houses the water pipes. Love this little tiny detail.</div>
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Hero built new shelves for the closet. They fit the space, unlike the previous ones. After some paint they look awesome. Hero also put a plug in there so we can keep our toothbrush charging without having it hanging out on the sink. Love this.</div>
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Cute basket to hold extra toilet paper, place for extra towels. Open shelving can totally work and be great looking. Love this.</div>
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As much as we were ready to move our bathroom into a non-1958 blue existence, we just felt like we could honor it's heritage in this small way. </div>
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The one thing that was never blue is now painted blue.</div>
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That we love it.</div>
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I am super excited to share this part of the project, because this is where we start moving past destruction and hauling and messy, and move into installing and adjusting and finished!</div>
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But first let me show off the floor a little bit better. I knew I had taken a crappy photo of the floor, but there is really just no good way to show off this floor pattern. </div>
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But here is another attempt:</div>
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It's pretty simple (what we wanted) with just a little bit of sparkle (which we didn't know we wanted but now kind of like). I know - You cannot see the super fine glitter. Trust me - It's there. Just enough to be a little sassy.</div>
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Because we were planking the walls and planning to space the boards with a tiny gap, we first painted the drywall (original!) white, just in case there was some show-through. Plus, it felt good to get everything on the same page (meaning white).</div>
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A really icky finish on the walls - not sure what happened with them over the years, but the paint we painted just a few years ago was already flaking off. </div>
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So to add some charm and solve so many issues, we are planking!</div>
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Hero got his level out and we had lots of fun getting these boards up. We used dimes to put between the planks as spacers (nickles were too chubby) and we developed quite an efficient system. </div>
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I just love working with that guy.</div>
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At every stage as we install something, I think to myself - "This is my favorite thing!". Seriously, this bathroom has so many great elements now!</div>
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Oh - So in love.</div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642487411799900925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477140167528989325.post-83522937801254332302015-10-12T12:09:00.002-07:002016-06-14T10:09:57.133-07:00day 2 - part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have I mentioned how much we are loving the new look that our bathroom is sporting?</div>
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So. Much.</div>
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The floors and walls were next to go in. </div>
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Remember the vinyl flooring we have had leftover forever from the big house (and made our budget lower)? It would have been perfect - Except all those years rolled up had left it with major dents that were unsmoothable.</div>
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Then I went to a fancy flooring shop and told my salesperson the size I needed and that I had to walk out of the store with something right now. He took me to the warehouse to the remnant section (lucky we have a small bathroom!) and I found a really great piece for just $50. </div>
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So, back to the template. Here is where Liam helped the most. He gave us some old math homework pages to tape together to make the exact cut-out for the floor.</div>
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After this fun art project we taped it to the vinyl piece and cut it out.</div>
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This floor is a little challenging to see (especially this photo - I will try to get something better). It is a speckle-y gray, white, gray-green color kind of thing with very fine glitter. </div>
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We had a heck of a time finding a tub that would fit into this tiny spot that did not cost a million dollars. Hero found this one from <a href="https://www.menards.com/main/bath/bathtubs-showers/tub-showers/gallery-60-x-30-fiberglass-2-piece-tub-shower-right-drain/p-2189194-c-5884.htm?tid=8234681062612484429" target="_blank">Menards</a>:</div>
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Hero put took that tub in and out about 24 times to make sure where it would sit and that the drain would line up. He also measured at least 13 times to cut the hole for the faucet. </div>
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Hero took himself to the gym to take a shower and then we dropped into bed after about a million hours working that day.</div>
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The next morning Hero popped this thing in and out about 24 times, also, to make sure how it would fit onto the tub and measured where the handles would line up 13 times. </div>
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Hero was up at the crack of dawn and worked until about 9:30 that night. It would take you that long to read this if I didn't break it up.</div>
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This soap dish that was letting loose from the wall that should never have let go, the way this bathroom was built like a tank. </div>
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Probably some kid stood on it at some point in the last 60 years. I know I used to do that when I was a kid.</div>
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Hero popped that thing off like nobody's business.</div>
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This is what was lurking back behind there. Yuck.</div>
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That blue tile, so innocent looking, was covering this up. </div>
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Once Hero got all the tile down, we could really see the extent of this nastiness.</div>
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Holy Cow. So gross.</div>
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Fortunately, the mold from the water damage was mostly limited to the drywall. Once that was removed, and we got a good look at what was back behind that, there really was minimal mold.</div>
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Um, That thing weighs about a million pounds.</div>
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Hero had it strapped to the dolly and out the door before I got home. He later hauled it off to the scrap yard and got eight bucks for this bad boy. </div>
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What a stinkin' mess back there. All that 60 year old insulation and yuck got sucked up and things looked soooo much better. </div>
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This little strip of tile was all that was left of the blue after that tub was out. We joked about leaving it as a shrine to the bathroom that was (since it was in pretty good shape), but then we popped those off the wall in about 3 minutes.</div>
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Hi there - Happy Back to School!</div>
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Boy have we been busy.</div>
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It has been a crazy last few weeks since I last checked in (and showed off the <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2015/09/bathroom.html" target="_blank">non-blue wal</a>l in our bathroom). Here is the update on that room:</div>
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While waiting on Hero, I got busy with the planks Hero had cut at Lowe's. Did you know Lowe's will cut any wood you purchase there? It is free for the first 5 cuts, and 25 cents each after that. So worth it.</div>
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Did I tell you what we are going to do with these planks? (Remember we used planks for our <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2013/08/kitchen-floor-part-four.html" target="_blank">kitchen floor</a>.) This time around we are going to use them on the walls!</div>
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Here they are stacked up in the garage ready to go.</div>
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That is our toilet back there. I'll give you one guess as to what color it is :)</div>
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I primed these before we brought them in the house. Even though there are primers that are labeled "interior", you have to have a ton of ventilation using it. (We learned that the hard way - what a stink it makes.) Outside is a ton of ventilation.</div>
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I just love our Sesame Street paint sheets. These are from when our boys were little. So many memories of snuggling with books, toys and blankets with those little ones. Now it's great to paint every now and then and go down memory lane.</div>
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Hero had waited long enough to get going on this project and as soon as he got home we got right to work. The plan was something like this:</div>
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Day One after work - prep the planks, rip out walls, floor, vanity and toilet.</div>
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Day Two (Hero had the day off) - rip out tub and shower walls and install the new ones.</div>
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Day Three - install walls, floor, vanity and toilet.</div>
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Day Four (Which happened to be a Sunday) - take a break. (We love the Sabbath - What a great blessing it has been in our lives to obey this commandment. Sometimes it may seem counterproductive, but we have always had faith that when we give the Lord His day, all the rest of the days go much better.)</div>
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Day Five and Six (a few more days off) - finish up with lights, mirror, trim, etc.</div>
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So this is what Day One looked like at our house:</div>
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The walls under the tile had a double layer of drywall. Hero was able to salvage the first layer and not have to replace it. It's the little things that make projects go better, right?</div>
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See Hero sitting down, looking like he is doing something with the water lines? You will note from above, that fiddling with the water lines is not on the Day One plan.</div>
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Add to Day One: Turned off the water to the house, run to Lowe's to get a replacement line, repair the water line, turn the water back on.</div>
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As most projects have their unexpected moments. we should not have been surprised that just when things seemed to have been going along swimmingly, this little hiccup happened.</div>
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Look at those walls and that floor! Not the final look we are going for, but so not blue. </div>
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Right on schedule for Day One, even after the water line side project.</div>
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We are so excited to finally renovate this bathroom - It is a long time coming bringing this room out of the 1950s.</div>
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Is it time?</div>
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Yes. It's time.</div>
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It's time - as in it is finally time to get this bathroom updated for real.</div>
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Finally.</div>
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We bought this bathroom:</div>
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So much blue. All the improvements that have been made over the years are past their prime, too. And they are not really improvements.</div>
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Then we <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2012/09/whole-lot-of-blue.html" target="_blank">ditched the wall paper</a>, the extra layer of molding around the window and door and traded out the light fixture.</div>
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Next the <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2013/02/just-could-not-take-it-any-longer.html" target="_blank">sink faucet</a> had to be replaced - The old one was just so, so awful.</div>
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Then Hero harvested tiles from <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2014/02/bathroom-update.html" target="_blank">behind the vanity</a> and took out the soap dish, tooth brush holder and towel bar - all blue and built into the wall to last forever.</div>
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And we ended up here after I painted the vanity white. Not the worst looking bathroom ever, which is why we were not rushing to do the big renovation, but we sure don't love it.</div>
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This is the soap dish in the shower. It is supposed to be attached to the wall forever like the others, but it has rebelled and broke loose. It has happened before guessing by the amount of caulk that is smooshed on there like bubble gum. (sorry about the fuzzy photo.)</div>
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We measured and figured and came up with a budget ($1000!) and made our plans. We were on our way.</div>
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Which is better than lots of other things. Like critters. Or mold.</div>
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The floor was a little more challenging. Apparently these little tiles are set into about a foot of cement. Since the tub we ordered was a little wider that this one, Hero took the opportunity to get a new cement cutting saw blade and take out a section.</div>
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Fortunately, Hero determined we should be able to pop the rest of those tiles off the cement. After prepping the cement the plan is to lay the new floor right down.</div>
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But what a difference in our lovely floor with all the dust. After the first swipe cleaning, the white dust settled into the icky gray (probably used to be white) grout. I always knew white grout would be a huge improvement for this floor.</div>
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Thank you for the kind comments about the blog. I love that we can talk about decorating and organizing!</div>
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I know I have been MIA lately - I have no great reason except I just have a bunch going on. Like everyone else.</div>
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So, I thought I would share a fun little project we finished recently. Recently meaning more than a few months ago. But definitely 2015.</div>
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I have had this piece for years. Let me give you a little bit of back story:</div>
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I found this window frame a million years ago at a garage sale. It did not have a price on it, so when I asked the woman at the sale, she asked her husband who said, "That old thing? It's free" Yes please and thank you! Isn't it great how one man's junk is another frugal person's treasure?</div>
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Granted, it was pretty grimy when I found it, but I just scrubbed it down and sealed it with a water-based clear coat.</div>
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And then I filled it with "live life joyfully" - a piece of artwork that a talented friend made for me.</div>
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This came from the big house and we've had it up at the small house for the last three years. </div>
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But I was ready for a little change-out. Does that ever happen to you? </div>
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You can see the frame didn't even have glass. But I had a piece from a large picture frame that I gave to a friend. </div>
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Usually I would never hang onto something like that, but I've had this idea for a while.</div>
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So I grabbed a straight edge razor and scraped it off in about 2 seconds.</div>
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Back to the font drawing board. Cannot remember what this one is called, but after working with the other one, I knew that simple was going to be the way to go.</div>
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See how it has a drop shadow? I just painted the number in white and then shifted the paper underneath down and to the left a smidge and it created a "shadow". I painted that in black and was on my way.</div>
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Notice how the paper is crooked under the glass? Not sure how that worked out, but the final product is straight.</div>
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One thing I don't love is that I took the computer's word on the spacing between each number. If I were thinking this through a little better, I would have gotten that "1" and "4" a little more evenly spaced. Don't be like me. Get that right before being done with it. Just eyeball it - trust yourself.</div>
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I love how light and airy it looks up there. It reminds me of a transom window that would be over a front door with the address printed it on it. (I think it was actually a basement window - not nearly as romantic.)</div>
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It's our wedding date.</div>
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February 14, 1986.</div>
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I can imagine from your point of view that I am kind of a slacker. And you are so right. I'm sorry. I do have a hard time getting to update here. I totally admit that.</div>
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And I do not claim to be any busier than anyone else, but, holy cow, I have a lot going on. Let me share:</div>
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During the school year, I teach an early morning (meaning 6am) religion class to high school students every school day. It's a lot, but I really love it. (Boy do I have an even greater respect and admiration for full time teachers - they do so much!) And during the summer, that responsibility does not go away - I am reading the next book of study (Old Testament) every day, trying to finish it before school starts. Plus, training classes and reading materials, classroom prep, etc is happening, too. I had no idea how much I would do over the summer for a school year calling. Totally an awesome responsibility.</div>
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I am so excited for another project that will be happen in just a few weeks - Young Women's camp. (This is a camp for young women age 12-17 that is a super fun and spiritual 5 days. And very little sleeping happens.) I have been the camp director for the last two years and it is so, so great to serve in this way. I learned so much the first year and am happy to be a part of things again this year. I have been working with three awesome assistants since last winter - lots of delegating going on, but still a bunch of work to do and has been a giant priority since June, when daily Seminary teaching ended :). Camp will be finished up at the end of July - I am looking forward to the fun week.</div>
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Lauren, David and Max moved back to Michigan the beginning of June. Yay! - We are thrilled they live just about 45 minutes away. Lauren is not working since they are having a baby girl mid-August, so we have time to visit and play. Love it.</div>
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Alex, Lawson and their two cutie boys moved to Utah at the end of June. Not fun. I knew we would miss them so much, so we spent lots of extra time with them while they still lived in Michigan. And I was right - Saying goodbye was hard. I am excited for them for their next adventure - Hopefully they will feel at home there soon and flourish.</div>
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And, Colin is going to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a missionary in Salt Lake City and needs to be there August 12. We are so dang excited for him! And we are trying to help him get everything ready to go, which is kind of tricky since he is still living in East Lansing until July 25. And remember, I will be gone from home the last week of July? Ugh.</div>
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So, not a lot of projects going on for the small house. but lots of living and loving is, that's for sure. I love that our home is where we work and serve and plan and create and dream. Where sometimes we say "welcome back" and other times "we are going to miss you so much". And where we get ready for new adventures. Our home, like your home, is where it's at - Big or small, just how you want it or a mess of home improvement projects, owned or rented - there is nothing quite like the place we call home.</div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642487411799900925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477140167528989325.post-7950159440125611332015-06-10T09:29:00.001-07:002016-06-14T10:18:13.506-07:00small house bonus: bathrooms<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It could be just me, but it seems like there are lots of people on board with the whole idea of minimizing their lives in some way or another. I will admit that since it is something I am currently loving, I tend to seek out and identify with this new way of thinking. But I'm sure some of you have noticed it, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I thought I would start sharing some of the perks of living small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And what better place to start than the bathroom?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because don't you think sharing a small house could be interesting, but sharing a small bathroom in a small house just a tiny bit scary?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it actually is a good thing! Let me tell you why I think so (in no particular order) -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- When you share a bathroom, you have to get up on time in the morning. Here's what happens in my house every school day: I get up at 4:13am (I know) to get myself in the shower and ready for the day. Liam and I have to be at the same place at the same time, so I get in and out of the bathroom first. When Liam's alarm goes off at 5:15am, he has to get in there as soon as he wakes up so I can jump back in there to finish my hair and brush my teeth. If Liam had his own bathroom, he would NEVER get out of bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- We save money having a small bathroom. Space is a premium in a small bathroom (obviously). But for us, it's been good. There just isn't room for a bunch of unused beauty products hanging around. We keep things simple - None of us have 4 different shampoos or 29 face cleansers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- A small bathroom gets just as dirty as a big one, but it cleans up so much faster. There are not a lot of unused horizontal areas collecting dust and we just cannot fill the bathroom with a bunch of clutter-y stuff. And we use less cleanser. Although it seems like there are just as many hairballs floating around. What's up with that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- At some point, every bathroom needs some loving in the form of a makeover or a full-on remodel. Smaller (usually) means less money to take this on - Most likely fewer lights and accessories, less material for tiles and other building supplies, smaller cabinet and sink, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(We have a bathroom remodel coming up soon. The built-in blue soap dish is coming away from the wall and there is a very small amount of water getting back behind it. We could just re-silicone it to the wall (again), but it's time to fix it right before things get too water-logged under the tub.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- You cannot get lost in a small bathroom. Or get lost on the way to the bathroom. This is a real concern for some people. Not us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- People may be tempted to linger in a large bathroom - all that space to stretch out and enjoy. But in a small bathroom, you typically do what needs to be done and get on with your life. Life is too short to spend it hanging out in there. (Even though I am a huge fan of hanging out in a hot bath.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love our small house and the small bathroom that comes with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We
have been loving on this super terrific dinner lately - We have made it twice
in the last two weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">And
when I say "we've been loving...", I mean we all love it, but Liam
eats twice as much and then all the leftovers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Which
makes me sad when I've been dreaming about having leftovers for a snack. But I love that he loves it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Now,
I must warn you - This is not the most attractive thing you will ever make.
Sure, you can cover it in cheese and then sprinkle on some green onions, but
underneath it all, it's kind of a mess. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">That's
because in order to make this goodness happen, rice, black beans, enchilada
sauce, sour cream, meat and veggies all get tossed in together. It's just going
to look a little uninspiring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But
you should totally make this anyway! It is super tasty. And you will dream of
leftovers. And hopefully yours will not have been eaten up by a teenage boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Something
else you should know about this recipe - It is so easy to tweak it with what
you have/don't have or like/don't like. I actually doubled the amount of rice
and black beans from the original recipe. For variety, I have used left over
steak (and another time chicken) instead of the ground beef, have left out the
sour cream (we love it and we had some, but it was a little furry - yuk). I
also usually top it with fresh tomatoes and cilantro. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I say, whatever you want
to throw in there, go for it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Want to use brown rice? Good idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Don't have a red pepper? Use green. Or orange. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Throw in some corn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Or black olives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">All out of black beans? Grab pinto beans.</span></div>
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Rice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 cups uncooked rice <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 pound ground beef<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 medium onion, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 red bell pepper, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1/2 tsp chili powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1/4 tsp cumin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1/4 cup sour cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 cups green enchilada sauce (about 1 1/2 cans)(I make my own gluten free version)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 can black beans, rinsed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1/2 cup sliced green onions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 tomatoes, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">fresh cilantro, washed and chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Cook rice according to package directions.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">While rice is cooking, brown beef in a large
skillet with onions and bell pepper.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">While beef is browning, stir together sour
cream, enchilada sauce, 1/2 cup shredded cheese and black beans.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">When beef is completely browned, drain the fat
and add chili powder and cumin;stir and heat one minute. Stir in enchilada
sauce mixture and cooked rice and stir and cook until warmed through. Season to
taste with salt. </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Top mixture with remaining 1/2 cup cheddar.
Cover skillet and heat until cheese has melted, about 1 minute. Top with green
onions, tomatoes and cilantro and serve.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Makes about 4-6 servings.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I really strongly (twisting your arm) encourage you to make this as soon as you can. And let me know how much you love it, too!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Original source for this recipe is <a href="http://www.heatovento350.com/2013/07/enchilada-rice.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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It's funny how you can put together a room with all kinds of charm and character, to make it feel all you and your family and fall in love with what you've created. You love it and love looking at it and love being in that room. You never want to change anything.</div>
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Except, maybe someday you do. If you are anything like me, that happens on a regular basis. I usually still like what I've got going on - it just might be time to perk things up a bit.</div>
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Or sometimes, it is time to do an overhaul. I've been there, too.</div>
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It's been three (!) years since we ditched the big house and embraced the downsize. So, I was really ready to make a few little, inexpensive changes </div>
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We have lots and lots of neutrals going on in our house, and I just love it. But I am a little tiny bit ready to bring in a smidge of color. Pillow cases are a great way to be a little adventurous without any huge commitment.</div>
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I found this <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2014/11/diy-bed-pillow-cases-3-sizes-and-3-different-styles-including-the-burrito-method.html" target="_blank">awesome tutorial</a> - Just what I was looking for. I've made pillow cases before, but I was ready to take it to the next level.</div>
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This tri-color cuff pillow case is just enough to be all like, "Yeah, I'm special, but not too showy". Not all pillow cases can get away with that kind of attitude.</div>
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Seriously, just follow the instructions on this one. I am the worst with figuring out these kind of projects with turns and strange "burrito methods" (go check the tutorial to see what I'm talking about on that one). But I followed the instructions step by step and it totally worked. Yay!</div>
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Oh my goodness. Piece of cake. And so good at looking special, without trying too hard. "No big deal. We're just pillow cases. Oh yeah, and we are <i>tri-colored</i>."</div>
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(But even in black and white, looking quite spiffy. I love the simple pattern)</div>
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Close-up. Looks so complicated, but it is so not. The tutorial tells you everything you need, including measurements for different size pillows.</div>
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I am really super happy about how these turned out. This is another kind of thing that really lends itself to variety (like <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2015/03/signs.html" target="_blank">these signs</a>). Just by using different colors and or patterns, you can create a whole different vibe.</div>
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It's time for another project post. Alex and I totally nailed this one (unlike this <a href="http://smallhousegreatlove.blogspot.com/2015/03/jars.html" target="_blank">project</a>).</div>
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I have been in love with these types of signs forever:</div>
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There are so many great elements to get behind - The black and white contrast, the letters (I love letters and all kinds of fonts), the patina of a well-worn, cherished antique and the simpleness of such a statement. </div>
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I just love it, love it, love it.</div>
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As charming as I think they are, lots of other people think the same thing. So, they can be pricey and hard to come by. But Alex and I finally decided to do something about getting one of these in our homes.</div>
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Of course, now we had to decide what they heck to put on the sign. This can put a lot of pressure on a girl.</div>
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Then I found this photo:</div>
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And I knew what I wanted my sign to say.</div>
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Did you know this is called a ghost sign? Old hand-painted advertising signs (painted by "wall dogs") on buildings are just so cool - What a great preservation of a different time. This building is in Topeka Kansas, but you can find them all over the country.</div>
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I just love the name of this store - SAGE GROCERY CO No 2. It's cool to think there was a No 1. I bet they were both super charming. I bet the grocer knew all his customers by name. What a neat thought.</div>
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Alex loved the simpleness of SUPERMARKET, so she went with that classic.</div>
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We found our boards at Lowe's and had them cut to the size we wanted. Did you know they will do that for you? No charge - such a great service.</div>
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We started by painting the boards with a sample of a really terrific blue. We didn't want blue signs, but we wanted the effect of lots of layers painted over time. And since I knew we were going to be distressing these, this color would peek through without being too crazy different.</div>
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I love crazy different sometimes. Just not this time.</div>
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Once the blue was dry, we used a crackle medium before we painted the white. This stuff does some unpredictable things, but that is exactly what we wanted. </div>
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We wanted our new signs to look old, like they have some history, memories and been loved. Crackle helps give that look in a non-contrived way.</div>
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Although it still looks pretty new. We will take care of that soon.</div>
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Alex is a master at multitasking. Sweet baby Daxx needed some loving so he kept her company while she painted. She will have that memory every time she looks at her sign. How fun that a new sign to look like an old sign already has some good vibes and memories attached to it. </div>
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Alex chose a much more modern font for her sign - it feels more like the 60s than some of the examples we looked at. That's one of the great things about a project like this - You can totally make it your own! Change the wording, change the color, change the font and you have a whole different result.</div>
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By the way, in case you are thinking, "Man, those girls are champs at drawing letters by hand on those boards. I could never do that", you should know that there is a super easy way to transfer letters onto wood, which we totally did. We just printed the letters from the computer (after we chose the font and size), laid the paper on the board and traced the letters with a firm hand. The indent that remains is what we colored in. </div>
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Here you can see mine with the freshly painted letters. Looks good, but not old enough.</div>
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The next steps can be hard for those who might be worried that they will ruin their sign. You can go overboard with this, but it's hard to. We just went slow, a little at a time, stepped back and looked at it to see where else we needed a little more character.</div>
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So we took some sandpaper to the surface. And then we painted with a white dry brush (a regular paint brush with most of the paint wiped off so it feels almost dry - it gives a very light, airy look to the finish) over the letters and the color of the letters dry brushed over the sign. The trick is to not do it perfectly - just here and there, with less pressure in some areas, more pressure in others.</div>
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You can see on the "2" how the white dry brush picked up the texture of the paint strokes and really just helped it to overall look like it's been around for a while.</div>
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I thought I would share with you this super quick little project I did around the holidays - I know - A little late. </div>
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Okay, a lot late. Really, Christmas decorations in March?</div>
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But it was super cute, and I think maybe this could jump start some clever ideas of your own.</div>
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I am not doing a photo tutorial here - anyone can figure this one out.</div>
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I used a star paper punch (these stars are about 1 inch) on vellum paper, which you can totally get both at Hobby Lobby or Michael's or wherever. </div>
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All these stars came off one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper.</div>
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Once they were punched out, I used clear thread to string them up. I just used a little tiny piece of tape to hold them in place. Super easy.</div>
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One thing to be careful about - those stings may want to tangle with each other. You just have to keep an eye on them.</div>
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Fourth of July? Stars and or star bursts in red, white and blue.</div>
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Thanksgiving? Warm autumn color pumpkins. Or circles.</div>
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And who says they have to hang straight down? You could for sure make a bunting like this:</div>
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Bring on the creativity! This is a super easy but effective project that doesn't take a ton of time, and anyone can do it. It would be great for a family activity, too, if you want a bunch of it.</div>
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And did I mention how neat it was when the heat came on? Just a little flutter going on.</div>
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Here's how they looked at night. So fun!</div>
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Alex and I worked on a Pinterest project recently. We have been challenging ourselves to create something - anything! - we have pinned but never really got back to. </div>
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We both have hundreds of them. </div>
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She had these pinned and was really, really wanting to get on this:</div>
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I totally wanted to make some, too, but I just didn't have a need or place for them. </div>
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So I helped Alex with hers. (We worked on two projects that night. I'll show you the other one next time.)</div>
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Alex found her perfect jars at Target and we picked up these sticky foam letters from Hobby Lobby.</div>
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The instructions are pretty straight forward - five easy steps - stick the letters on, tape off what you don't want painted (we used painter's tape and plastic wrap), spray (using paint with primer), let it dry, pull off the tape, plastic and the letters, and bam - You have adorable jars.</div>
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Let's see how that worked out.</div>
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4. And letting them dry in between coats.</div>
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5. This is where the magic seems to happen. Nice straight lines - So lovely.</div>
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And pop off the letters. Surprisingly enough, they came off pretty darn easy. We thought for sure they were going to leave a sticky gooey mess.</div>
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Look at that!</div>
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So dang cute.</div>
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A great collection of fun, charming jars for the essentials. Alex is going to just love using these - She'll smile every time she bakes and sees her handy, creative work.</div>
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For about 1 day.</div>
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And then this happened:</div>
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Hey, um, what the heck?</div>
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So, apparently, this didn't work out so well for something that gets used. </div>
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The paint just flaked right off. It also rubbed off when it got touched or looked at. </div>
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Scrape all the paint off.</div>
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Dang.</div>
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If you ever need to scrape paint off glass, use a razor. Trust me when I tell you steel wool and plastic scrapers don't work nearly as well. Razors took that paint off like nobody's business.</div>
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Fortunately, Pinterest has lots of genius ideas to offer up for other labeling options. I'll let you know what we try next.</div>
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