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Simple Steps to a Front Door Upgrade
You know what color always always always looks good no matter the house? A black door. Classic. Elegant. Grown up. There’s something deliciously perfect about a black door. If color is more your thing,...
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How to Paint Your Home’s Exterior
Hiring a company to paint your home can be expensive. But is this a DIY task? Absolutely! With the right preparation and a good plan, you can get the same results for a lot less so you can spend the...
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DIY Doggie Door Deck (Free Plans)
We believe in spoiled puppies around here. Because, let’s be honest, it is really fun to build for kids and dogs. So when we were presented with the problem of a random hole drilled into some siding...
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Working with DIY Concrete Counter and Table Tops
Before we get started I feel the need to clearly state that I am no expert. What I can offer is my humble experience creating three projects: 1. A small countertop using a basic bag of inexpensive...
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How to work with reclaimed wood
For many of us, reclaimed wood is our gateway to the world of woodworking. Be it wood from the side of the road, pallets collected from the back of businesses, or 2x4s ripped out during a remodel,...
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DIY Modern Doll House Furniture
When I was a kid my best friend and I would regularly tote our Barbie collections back and forth between our houses…that is until I got the Barbie Dream House. And then, well, you know. Later, as an...
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Box Joint Dog Murphy Bed
Once upon a time I had this brilliant idea to build a dog murphy bed. Genius! Brilliance! Surely this was something the world had NEVER SEEN! Nope, turns out it’s been done before. So much for that....
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How to Remodel a Bathroom
Hello! We are the Milnes, and we like long walks down the tool section of Home Depot, the smell of sawdust, and knocking down walls. We are remodeling this bathroom, which is kind of an understatement...
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A DIY guide to waterproofing your bathroom
We are currently in the middle of renovating our master bathroom due to a water leak that caused mold growth and wood rot to the walls and floor. That’s not a pleasant thing to happen by any means,...
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How to tile a floor or wall: A beginner’s Guide
I’ve thought long and hard about what kind of tiling tutorial to bring you in this, the third week of the One Room Challenge. And here’s what I think I know about you, person reading this. I think you...
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How to Grout Tile: A Beginner’s Guide
This is the second in a two part tutorial teaching you how to DIY tiling. In this part I’m going to show you how to grout your tile work. It’s not glamorous. Actually, it can be pretty dang messy work....
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Mexican Train Dominoes on the X-Carve
When my family gets together there will inevitably be a round or two of Mexican Train Dominoes. There’s just something about sitting around the table with your loved ones. The right game can make that...
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Service Spoons
Service Spoons: A Project to Help Kids (and Parents!) Remember the True Meaning of Christmas (Or any time of year!) The idea for service spoons comes from the desire to find ways to help our kids...
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Hallway Bathroom to En Suite Retreat: A DIY Bathroom Renovation
Reveal posts are weird for me as a DIY blogger. I want to show you stunning before and after photos of our bathroom renovation, but with the intent that you say, “Sweet, I can totally do that!” rather...
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Weekend Project: Creating a Guest Bedroom
Need a guest bedroom fast? The holidays are here. And if you have guests coming into town, they will need somewhere to stay. Here’s how we quickly transformed a room of our home into a welcoming guest...
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The Cascadia Vanity: A DIY Turned Leg Double Vanity
Bathroom vanities can cost a LOT Of money. And, honesty, many of them really are not built that well. So when we recently remodeled our master bathroom I designed and built my own vanity. I call it the...
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Super Simple Marble Inlays Using the X-Carve
Quick, it’s almost Christmas…or your wife’s birthday…or that wedding you forgot about is this weekend! A cutting board? Nice, but it’s been done a thousand times before, right? Well, yeah. But that’s...
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Valentine’s Heart Boxes on the X-Carve
Confession: I kind of want to be a Pinterest mom. But without actually doing a ton of work. Now, I will freely admit that not every mom has a CNC in their garage. But that’s the secret weapon, now...
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How to Create a DIY Sensory Playroom
Right off the top let me point out that this particular post was not supposed to come out yet. I intended it for after I completed an art area that will go next to the cabin. However, with the recent...
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Fun Low Sugar Easter Basket Ideas
Look, I generally stick with home improvement and woodworking, but can we just talk about Easter crafts for a moment? I love a fluffy bunny butt as much as the next person, but Easter decor…not so...
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