In my last post I explained how I went about painting these two wonderful, but old, pieces of furniture. Here they are!! These are the same two pieces?! Haha, I love seeing before and after pictures so if you want to skip all the text to see the pictures, go ahead. For now, I will explain how we…
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I love seeing before and after photos! I believe it is because of these pictures that we now have a DIY community. Furniture that looks worn and dated would usually be tossed, no one stopping to think about what potential that piece had. I will admit, I have probably tossed a couple of pieces that I now regret. I have…
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Welcome to my stairway remodel adventure! Make sure to take a look at part one and part two to see how we ripped out our old carpet and went about staining the new stair treads. So… We meet again! Are you excited?! I mean, I am excited because every time I write a post about our stairway remodel I know we are one step…
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Welcome to part 2 of our stairway remodel! If you have not already, please check out part one. Now, after seeing all the dust everywhere you might be thinking “good thing that dirty work is out of the way.” Wrong! If our treads had been hardwood, we would have sanded them down and moved onto staining and painting. However, because of…
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I don’t know about you, but when we were out hunting for our first house we saw a lot of interesting things. Keep in mind that every house we looked at was over 5 years old; no new build houses. However, we walked into one house and they had no flooring… the stairs were bare, dust was everywhere. We asked…
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Beginning in early spring, right up until the end of summer, people around us are working in their gardens. My neighbours to the right of us have remarkable patience when it comes to gardening. I swear she could charge people to come into her yard to see the various flowers she has. I am not the flowery type but I…
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It is scary to think that over two years ago I gave birth to my daughter. I went from having a sack of skin who slept most of the day (my dad’s terms) to a now active and typical two year old. There are good days and not so great days but in the end she is definitely a well…
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With the DIY craze all over the Internet, many people have embarked onto this journey to save money and create something unique. I personally find DIY projects relaxing. In the end you come out with a great product (hopefully!) and feel great about what you have accomplished and how much you have saved. Now while you may save money, time…
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A classic recipe found at many Canadian Chinese restaurants, these dry garlic ribs are anything but dry! Photos and recipes have been updated as of January 1, 2016! With Dan having so many weeks off, we found ourselves living off whatever food we had in the house. I am not complaining; it makes sense to use up everything in the…
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Roasted garlic adds so much to a recipe! This tutorial shows you how to make roasted garlic in bulk (but you can definitely use it to make one single bulb.) While this post is not sponsored per-say, I did receive products from Cookina to try out (by requesting them myself.) Though products were received, all opinions are my own and…
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Not your traditional mushroom soup recipe! This copycat recipe of Milestones’ roasted mushroom soup is super delicious and easily made vegan by omitting the cream! The photos and recipe for this Milestone’s roasted mushroom soup recipe has been updated as of February 26th, 2016! I have made my original recipe for Milestone’s Roasted Mushroom Soup a handful of times, and…
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