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You know there is something really satisfying about taking a hammer to a wall. It's not fun every minute, but I have to tell you on the whole, I LIKE it. Now if you are planning to take hammer to wall, let me give you some advice: 1. Remember that there are things like wires and pipes behind walls. You could find yourself in quite a costly mess if you are not careful when you break into a wall.

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We have a winner! After a considerable amount of time and some tweaking here and there, we will be transforming the  house from this: To this: And here it is with the yard detail. Now the REAL fun begins. Happy Fixing!

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Here are the before pictures to the house we are going to flip. As you can see, this house is in need of some serious TLC. This is the current layout of the house, and here are two of the options we are tossing around. ...And this is what we have to work with. I think the previous owners liked green.

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     Ok, so I finally finished Fix-up house #1. I always think I can finish things faster than I actually can. Of course I didn't expect to have to scrape dog poop off of the baseboards or clean dried puddles of dog urine off of the floors either. I thought I could finish in two or three weeks, but it ended up taking me about six. Here are the before and after pictures.     And just a final

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I have this shower that I swear was designed for munchkins. Sorry, if I have offended short people, but I have a 6 ft son and the shower head hits him about the neck. It was fine while they were children, but it’s time for it to fit big people. So you guessed it, we are going to change it. It is a fairly simple procedure. This is what we are replacing it with. First thing you have to do is

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Now that December is done... We can return to life as normal or abnormal as it may be. I didn't get much accomplished during the last month, but I did have a good time. So I thought that it might be fun to share some of our activities this month, and then I have an announcement for future projects. My children are to the age that buying Christmas presents has become extremely difficult. All an

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In this time where money is tight, it doesn’t make any sense to throw away things just because they don’t look brand new. These chairs were made by my father-in-law. Since he is no longer with us, the thought of getting rid of them would break my heart. So I want to show you how to make them look as good as new. The first thing you need to do is sand it. You have to remove the loose

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If you live in an older house like I do, one of the biggest eye sores can be your electrical outlet and switches. These are not very hard to replace as long as you take a few simple safety precautions. Today we will attack the outlet. I was moving some furniture around the other day and found one little lone plug that did not get replaced in the remodel. This is lucky for you because you can

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Little things can make all the difference. You can prevent a lot of larger problems from happening if we take care of little things along the way. Today I'm going to show you how to do that with your vacuum. For some reason we are afraid of removing screws. I don't know why that is but we see screws and freeze. Don't be so afraid. The only time you should NEVER remove the screws in something,

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I needed a new lock set for my garage, so you get to watch me put it in. Yay! First things first. Here is a little info about lock sets….I think they are really about personal preference. There isn’t a certain brand I like better than the other. (Unless they want to pay me to tell you that there is, but they don’t. If they did, I would tell you that they are paying me.) If it’s exposed to the

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Have you ever hung a piece of art and then decided that you don’t like it where it is hanging? Now you have nail holes in the wall. Or you might be like me, living with a bunch of boys, and find that there are strange things protruding from the wall or mysterious holes that appear out of nowhere. “I didn’t do it!” Let’s just fix it. Here is what you need. That putty knife from your tool box,

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Ok ladies here it is. You can do so many things with just these few tools. As we take on different projects, there might be some other tools that you might want to get, but this will take care of so many things. Let’s go over them. From left to right: Always keep some foam brushes. They are great for touching up paint. I always keep the left over paint I use plus a paint sample card. I write on

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Welcome to the girls guide to taking care of things around the house! It doesn't matter if you are renting or own your home. Over the coming weeks, I will show you how to take care of all the little things that seem so go wrong on a daily basis around the house. We will tackle everything from maintenance on your household appliances to switching out broken plugs and light switches to patching

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