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Blank wall to fireplace wall
The back of our house gets tons of sunshine. That sun can heat up the main floor to a pretty high temperature. Even in the winter, it...
Handymeg
Mar 8, 20215 min read
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Dice Trays
More game table fun! Are you tired of this stuff yet? I hope not because there's plenty more work to do. For now, this is the last...
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Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Game Room Lighting
The room we are using for our game room is right inside the front door. It's meant to be a formal living room/dining room. We have no...
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Feb 6, 20214 min read
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Gaming Table Part 2
I finally made some time to work on the gaming table again! This project is a difficult one, with lots of moving parts. There are a lot...
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Jan 31, 20214 min read
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Barn Door Redo
So, I have a confession to make. When I put the barn doors up in one of the alcoves in the front room, I was in a hurry for a weekend...
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Jan 17, 20213 min read
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Room Decor
Well, it only took me 10 months to hang something on a wall in our new house. Every time I walked past the boxes of pictures and...
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Jan 10, 20213 min read
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Door Flip!
Doors that open into things or into other doors is one of my pet peeves. I suppose it's a flow issue for me but it's just so frustrating....
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Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Closet Built-ins Phase 1
I have a friend who has a big need for storage. His master bedroom closet is oversized, so we thought adding shelving in there would be...
Handymeg
Dec 27, 20202 min read
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Bifold to French Doors
I hate bifold doors. They certainly have their place and there are times when they are necessary. When they're not necessary, I'd...
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Dec 20, 20204 min read
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Pot Lights to Pendant Lights
Pot lights are awesome lighting for the kitchen. I always thought the more, the better. Then we moved into our current house and I...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Alcoves to Cabinets
There's something about alcoves that just screams 90s to me. Add in the rounded corners and it's obvious the space was designed decades...
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Dec 6, 20203 min read
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New Mantle
For 8 and a half months, I've been staring at the strange alcoves and mantle in the living room knowing I needed to do something to...
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Nov 22, 20202 min read
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Grandma needs a door
The living space, or mother-in-law suite, that we created for grandma is just the rear portion of the finished basement. To give her a...
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Nov 15, 20202 min read
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Sofa Table and bench
We have a very large loft area in our home, just outside of the bedrooms upstairs, that is the perfect spot for a projector. The whole...
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Nov 7, 20202 min read
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Washer and Dryer Pedestal
I was very excited to find a second washer/dryer hookup in the new house that we bought this year. It's in the utility room in our...
Handymeg
Nov 1, 20204 min read
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Kitchen from nothing
When searching for a new home, I had my eyes peeled for a space for my mother-in-law. Five years ago, we built a suite above the garage...
Handymeg
Oct 25, 20207 min read
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Kitchen Island makeover
Our kitchen cabinets are solid wood and, though the color is not my style, they are beautiful. I've toyed with the idea of painting them....
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Oct 18, 20202 min read
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Window Trim!
I know I keep saying this but our new house is so vanilla. All the walls are white. The trim is white. The carpets are beige. ...
Handymeg
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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Gaming Table Part 1
Some projects take me months to complete. Sometimes that's because I start something and quickly become disinterested. Other times it's...
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Oct 3, 20203 min read
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Barn door sliders!
Moving into this new house, we had two giant alcoves in the front room. They definitely needed to be filled with cool things. Last...
Handymeg
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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