I mentioned recently that we’re in a bit of a redecorating mode (Ha ha. Aren’t we always?)… We have one year left before our youngest starts college, so this could be a very narrow financial …
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DIY Treatment for Emerald Ash Borers
As frugalistas, we’ve been spending some time over the last year or so seeking a DIY treatment for Emerald Ash Borers (EAB). We’ve been hearing over the past several years that the Ash Borer epidemic was on it’s …
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Turning Gold into Silver and a Tip Share: “Free Hardware Fridays”
Today’s post is a quick fix to turn gold into silver…or to be specific, brass into nickel. (I also have a tip share below for scoring free cabinet hardware for my fellow DIYers.) I mentioned last …
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8 Tips to Attract Orioles to Your Yard
I’m not sure if it was seeing goldfinches, bluejays, or cardinals that turned me into a recreational bird geek, but I LOVE welcoming and inviting the many different species of birds that return to our …
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“Uncle!” (Using a Professional to Help with Decisions)
I had ZERO idea when I woke up today that I would be writing this post. If you’ve spent any time in my archives (when I was all alone here), you’d know about my frequent …
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Use Your Computer to “Try It Before You Buy It!”
Did you ever have a project in mind, but wished you could see it first? Lately, I’ve been using my computer to make mock-ups of my project ideas and I have to say, it’s been …
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Ten Things to Teach Your Kids (Besides “Please and Thank You”)
A little courtesy goes a long way…such a long way, in fact, that it eventually finds it’s way back to you in the way that you’re treated by others. If it’s true that something that makes …
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Ready, set…….STOP!
When I originally began drafting this post, the first sentence read: “I am VERY excited to say I am finally back to my overmantel project!” Ironically, I didn’t find the overmantel decision difficult to make…which means …
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DIY Decorative File Folders
I have a new quickie craft! Yes, I’m still cleaning…AND organizing…and talking about OHIO (more on that later). I can’t wait to get back to my bigger projects (and the list that keeps forming in …
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Overmantel Progress: All Play and No Work Makes Em…
…a bad homemaker! Would that I could get started on that fireplace project! But a week that included school holidays, and snow and sick days for the fam meant it turned out to be a …
