Category: DIY

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Michelle Kowalski

Attaching a wood fence to a chainlink fence

As I mentioned in my last fence/gate update post, I helped Erika attach a wood fence to the chainlink fence in her backyard. The process was similar to when I converted a chainlink fence to a wood fence, except in this case, we left the chainlink fence intact. This method is a good option if you want to add a little more privacy to your yard or camouflage a chainlink fence while you wait to save up for a completely new fence. 

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Michelle Kowalski

Fence Updates and Two-Panel Wood Driveway Gate Plans

Hellooooo, I’m thinking about fences again! You all had the pleasure of following along as I moved and rebuilt the fence in my backyard and then converted a chainlink fence into a wood fence along my driveway, and now it’s finally time to build that driveway gate. Of course, I can’t just build a driveway gate and leave it at that, I’ve also decided to cap the entire fence to cover up the dogear pickets and give everything a cleaner and more finished look. HOORAY!

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DIY Fireplace Mantle Planning
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Michelle Kowalski

DIY Fireplace Mantle Inspiration

As an incredibly thoughtful gift to me, my sister bought me a new house to play with. She literally got the keys last night and I’m already going full-steam ahead on planning the DIY updates. Since the rest of the house just needs some new paint and light fixtures, I’m focusing all of my attention on gathering inspiration for a DIY fireplace mantle. 

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DIY embroidered denim jacket, GIRL GANG jacket
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Hannah Gierosky

DIY Embroidered Denim Jacket

Remember a few months back when I was on the hunt for the perfect denim jacket? Well, I couldn’t leave well enough alone and decided that I need to just create my own. Here’s how I went about making my DIY embroidered denim jacket.

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Michelle Kowalski

DIY Faux Hardwood Floors on Plywood Subfloor

Okay, so I’m a little late on this kitchen progress update, like 1.5 years late, oops. Around November 2016, I started removing the gross green and white plaid vinyl flooring and to create DIY hardwood floors on the plywood subfloor that was underneath. To be totally honest, I started ripping the vinyl off a while before that and just lived with weird half floors for a while. Classic move. Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY hardwood floors on your plywood subfloor.

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Tiling a backsplash with tile mat, a SimpleMat review
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Hannah Gierosky

Tiling a Backsplash with Tile Mat: A SimpleMat Review

One last kitchen post before we never have to talk about this project again. Since this was our first attempt at tiling, I wanted to share our process for tiling a backsplash with tile mat and give you our SimpleMat review. There were pros and cons for using tile mat instead of traditional mortar, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

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Hannah Gierosky

One Room Challenge Week Six: DIY Kitchen Makeover Reveal

Pop the pink wine, fam! The DIY kitchen makeover reveal is finally here! If you remember where we left off last week, a LOT of things still needed to happen. The lower boxes needed to be primed and painted, the lower door hardware needed to be installed (including jury-rigging a few of the latches), the island needed to be assembled, a light needed to be installed, and we needed to install the backsplash. Just a few things! But, we did it!

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Hannah Gierosky

One Room Challenge Week Five: Cleaning Original Hinges and Installing New Hardware

TBH guys, Week Five has me a little crazed! Turns out when you only work on a project of this size like three days a week for a month, the last week is pretty hectic! COOL! Today’s update is all about cleaning original hinges and installing our new knobs, pulls, and latches. Let’s start with the activity that led to my biggest misstep of the project: cleaning original hinges.

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Hannah Gierosky

One Room Challenge Week Four: How to Paint Cabinets

Today I want to walk you through the most time-consuming part of this kitchen refresh: painting the cabinets. In fact, I’m not even done with it, that’s how much time it takes! I mean, potentially, I could have been done by now if I hadn’t decided to rewatch all of season one of Westworld, but who can really say? Anyways, here’s a step-by-step look at how to paint cabinets featuring some subpar iPhone photos.

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one room challenge kitchen moodboard
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Hannah Gierosky

One Room Challenge Week Two: Making Choices

Well, I can definitively say there’s nothing like posting before pictures and committing publicly to a tight timeline to light a fire under me! This past week saw some great progress on my kitchen One Room Challenge project and I think we’ve finally nailed down most of the decisions. Let’s get into the details. 

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