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Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets

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Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets

We have a storage problem in our house.  We have a nice big house, with lots of open space but we do not have very big closets.  Our pantry is small and we don’t even have a coat closet.  So we have to come up with storage solutions all the time.  Since we redid our floors this past year, it has opened up some more options in our dining room.  Before we did the floors, there was a transition in between the living room and dining room, so the space in there was limited.  I didn’t want to put anything on the dining room wall because it would make the area feel crowded, especially since we have a big table. Now that there is no transition, we could add something along the wall.  For extra storage and counter space we decided to add some extra kitchen cabinets.  I never thought about having dining room cabinets before now, but I am so glad that we did because it makes a HUGE difference in our kitchen.  The extra cabinets really adds lot of storage space and the counter is great for serving.

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No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet

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No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet

Three days before Christmas last year I had a crazy idea, I decided that I wanted to rip out the carpet in my son’s bedroom and replace it with laminate flooring.  I’m not sure why I decided to do this 3 days before Christmas, maybe a cat had just peed on the floor or I was sick of the way it never looked clean or I was just ready for a project on my house.  What I didn’t realize at the time was that that room would make me want to replace ALL THE CARPET in our house.  But it did, I wanted to replace all of it because of how gross carpet it is.  The more rooms we did, the more I wanted to redo another room.  After a year, I’m happy to say that there is NO MORE CARPET IN THE HOUSE! And I cannot be happier about it.  Never again will I  have carpet in my house and I’m here to tell you why in this post.

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Christmas Neighbor Gift Idea- Christmas Monogram Mug

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Christmas Neighbor Gift Idea- Christmas Monogram Mug

Christmas neighbor gifts are so fun to make.  I seriously love making them for my friends, neighbors and co-workers.  Since this year has been so crazy, I wanted to make a super simple and easy gift that didn’t take much time or money.  So I came up with this idea- personalized Christmas monogram mugs with hot chocolate.  They only cost about $2 to make and they were super easy to do, all I had to do was cut the vinyl and stick it onto the mug. I love making gifts that you can’t just go to the store and buy, it is my way of saying that I care for them.

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Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover

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Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover

For the past couple weeks, I have been redoing my daughter’s room.  She is now 10, so she is gradually moving out of the little girl stage, into the tween stage.  So we painted over the rainbows and unicorns in her room and are adding more “grown-up” pieces.  She choose colors for her new room, blush, cyan and gold.  As we were redoing everything, I went looking for nightstands to replace her little white one because it wasn’t looking too great.  I thought a cute little pink one would look great in there.  As I did some looking around, I found that nightstands with drawers were usually more than $100! No way I was going to pay that much for a little nightstand. So I went back to her white nightstand and gave it a much needed makeover.  All I had to buy for it was a can of spray paint, everything else I had on hand.  So instead of $100, this nightstand only cost me about $5 and a couple hours of my time.  Definitely worth it, especially since we could make it exactly how we wanted it.

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How to Put Laminate Floors on Top of an Existing Floor

How to Put Laminate Floors on Top of an Existing Floor Did you know that you can put a floating floor on top of an existing floor? Yup, it is true!  You can put a floating floor on top of an existing floor, as long as it is a level and solid surface.  You can…

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How to Install Gray Laminate Stairs with White Risers

How to Install Gray Laminate Stairs with White Risers We have been in our house for almost 7 years and we have been wanting to replace the carpet that is on our stairs.  Our cats ruined it the first year of living here, so we have been talking about replacing it since then. We thought…

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Among Us Valentines with Printable

Among Us Valentines with Printable Valentine’s Day is coming up and I knew exactly what kind of valentines my kids would want to make this year- Among Us valentines. Both my son and daughter requested them this year, so I got to work and made up several different Among Us valentines for them.  I personally…

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Master Suite Renovation with Gray and White Color Scheme

Master Suite Renovation with Gray and White Color Scheme The master suite, it’s my favorite please in my house.  It’s my sanctuary, my place to escape the world and relax. So when it comes to renovating, it’s the first place I want to change.  It’s the place that starts it all, I redo it and…

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Parks and Recreations Shirts with SVG Cut Files

Parks and Recreations Shirts with SVG Cut Files Parks and Recreations is one of our favorite shows.  There are so many things that we love about it too.  When I’m making shirts for my husband or me, I like to make shirts that only make sense to people who have watched the show.  There are…

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Tie Dye Pancakes {Best Pancake Recipe Ever}

Tie Dye Pancakes {Best Pancake Recipe Ever} Pancakes are a favorite at our house.  We love having them at our house, especially during the holidays.  We love having colorful pancakes and making them in fun shapes. One day I wanted to make fun, colorful pancakes and I decided that it would be fun to make…

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