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Make, Build, Sew, Paint, Dig, Dog, DIY … (and if all else fails, hide it with fairy lights)

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Category: Homepage Projects

Crystal Beach DIY wallpaper bathroom makeover with balack vanity and wainscoting

It’s finally powder room reveal day!

On December 12, 2024 By Em D In Homepage Projects, Interior Projects, Other, Window Treatments

Today IS the day! The reveal of my powder room project that became an homage to a place I loved as a kid, Crystal Beach Park. If you’ve read the last several posts (here, here, …

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DIY Stacked Stone Retaining Wall – Part 2

On July 19, 2016 By Em D In Garden, Homepage Projects, Outside Projects, Uncategorized

Yeesh!  Nothing will make you appreciate a Buffalo winter like building a two-layer DIY stacked stone retaining wall in July! It’s been hot, hard, heavy work; but we’re really happy we did it. 🙂  A bonus: …

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ballon topiaries, easy balloon decorations

Easy Balloon Topiaries

On January 27, 2016 By Em D In Holidays, Homepage Projects, Uncategorized

Need some easy peasy party decorations? Give me 15 minutes and 12 balloons and you’re in business with quick, inexpensive DIY balloon topairies! Last year at this time, I was pretty occupied with creating decorations …

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DIY photo ledges, DIY photo shelves, $8 dollar ledges, gallery wall, decorating a long hallway, Valspar Seine

Gallery Wall for a Long Hallway

On August 9, 2015 By Em D In Homepage Projects, Interior Projects

Hey!  Let’s not ask someone (i.e., me) who can’t follow a straight line to build a beautifully composed gallery wall. 🤣 Remember my original mish mosh attempt at a gallery wall?  Not very impressive. A few …

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Welcome, fellow kids!

Hi! I’m Em.

Let’s hang out while I DIY (and occasionally procrastinate) my way through home decor, gardening, and home improvement projects… or share a few thoughts on the topic du jour.

The nest is empty, but I live with
Mr. D & D and two-and-a-half spoiled dogs in a house filled with visiting kiddos, lots of love, occasional bickering, and a little bit of… dust and dog hair.

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The nest is empty, but I live with
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