Before grabbing off-the-rack entertaining supplies, take a look in your cupboards. We bet you’ve got lots of old stuff begging to be DIY’d into a new life. Try these ideas for upcycling kitchen wares into party goods: Tart Pan Photo courtesy of Sweet Paul A few dabs of super glue transform vintage tart […]
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This kitchen staple is handy around the house — just not in these spots. We’re huge fans of having vinegar in our cleaning arsenal. It’s great at lifting stains, freshening laundry, cleaning windows, and much more. Plus, it’s inexpensive and all-natural. But vinegar is also acidic, which means that you can’t quite use it everywhere.
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Say hello to your new favorite kitchen decorating ideas. Mason Jar Chandelier Let this Mason jar chandelier illuminate your workspace, while adding country style to your kitchen. Tissue Holder Keep tissues at the ready with these cute tissue dispensers. Add the colors of your kitchen to the jars’ exteriors to maintain your color scheme. Feeling
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A helpful glossary of tile types for remodeling projects, including marble, granite, travertine, and slate Natural Stone: Granite Granite is a natural stone created from magma that has cooled beneath the earth’s surface. It’s available in a wide array of colors and textures, and it’s harder than other natural stones, making granite countertops a popular
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Transform your kitchen with one of these stylish backsplash ideas. Think Green Exercise your earth-friendly mindset while expressing great style with a backsplash of recycled glass tiles. In this kitchen, the matte recycled glass tiles inspired the color scheme of warm grays, creams, and brown, which also repeat in the recycled glass countertop. Hardworking Wall
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If you have the luxury of a built-in or freestanding fireplace, it makes sense to turn this into an attractive focal point in a home. Winter or summer, a fireplace can be a feature in any room. During the colder months of the year people naturally gravitate to rooms with fireplaces for warmth. Given
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Who wants to go to a cold, monotonous home? Here are five ways to make your home worth coming back to every day. Winter – it’s dull. Grey. Boring. But should it be? We spend most of our time cuddled up in our beds, staring at the dark clouds waiting for a glimmer of sun
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Instead of hunting around for scrap paper we put together some ideas for making a DIY brown paper grocery list. All these ideas are quick and easy to make with a few supplies that are easily available. Using a roll of brown paper is an inexpensive and creative way to make your own grocery or
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Two places where you might be most likely to encounter granite are kitchens and cemeteries. But the material’s importance goes far beyond its uses, because it forms the foundation of our continents. Definition Granite is an igneous rock composed mostly of two minerals: quartz and feldspar. It is an intrusive rock, meaning that it crystallized from magma that
There are so many ways to get creative with paint effects and techniques and sometimes, a little out-of-the-box thinking can bring about surprising results. Like wrapping wool around a paint roller to paint on walls, wallpaper, fabric, or even furniture. Here’s a new way to apply texture to any wall: Simply wrap wool around the
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