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Our Small Suburban Backyard Overhaul with a Deck and Patio Combo and Low-Maintenance Grassless Landscaping
Living in a suburban neighborhood in the Pacific Northwest area means having a small yard that can quickly become a year-round mud pit thanks to the generous amount of rainfall we receive. To create more usable space in our small…
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What to Expect When Installing a Curved Stamped Concrete Patio – A Light Grey Ashlar Slate Patio Design
Stamped concrete is a beautiful and affordable option when designing a large outdoor patio for your backyard. We have been overhauling our backyard for sometime, working to create a backyard oasis in our small suburban backyard. After doing tons of…
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How to Make a DIY Middle School Survival Kit Grad Gift with Free Printable Gift Tags
When your kid graduates from elementary school and is ready to make the big leap to middle school, it can seem a little scary. New school, new friends, a bigger schedule and a lot more responsibility. It is important to…
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How to Paint Fireplace Brick White with Primer and Regular Paint
Our DIY brick fireplace makeover began with building a brick hearth from scratch and ended with a wood beam mantle and a shiplap accent wall. The final step in this complete fireplace makeover project, however, is the paint! We knew…
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How to Build a DIY Brick Fireplace Hearth with a Shiplap Accent Wall & Rustic Wood Beam Mantle
A brick fireplace hearth has always been on the top of my wish list for our home. There is something about the hand built nature of a large brick fireplace hearth that holds that old time farmhouse charm that you…
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DIY Hawaiian “Aloha” Themed Kid’s Backyard Birthday Party
ALOHA! That means hello in Hawaiian if you didn’t know – and hello to this cute Hawaiian “Aloha” themed kids backyard birthday party that was thrown by my cousins this past year for their daughter. This party theme was so…
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A Simple DIY Sweet 13th Birthday Party in Blush and Gold
Throwing my thirteen year old a party has been the highlight of my year. I love celebrating big milestones! However, since shes a teen and not really interested in an overly themed birthday party, we had to put our heads…
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How to Stain a Cedar Fence the Fast & Easy Way
After we completed our DIY horizontal privacy fence and after selecting the perfect neutral stain color we finally began staining our fence. We have stained and painted many things over the years but this was our first attempt at staining…
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