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Our DIY Paver Stone Project: Part 2

By: Bruno Jun 20, 2011

Over the last two weeks, I've been making-over our mildly pathetic back yard with a brand new paver stone walkway and patio. In this part of the series, I'll show you how I planned the whole thing out (including a sweet 3D rendering), and how much I spent on materials in the first (of several) shopping trips. 

It's all over on the HouseLogic blog, and I think you'll be really surprised to hear how I my costs under control. Go check it out!

PLUS: HouseLogic is giving away a $100 gift card to a randomly selected person who leaves a comment on my guest post (hurry, you have until Thursday, June23rd at 11:59 pm… Continue Reading

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Our DIY Paver Stone Walkway: Part 1

By: Bruno Jun 10, 2011

Getting a little help with my DIY paver stone walkway project
This summer, I'm really excited because I'm getting a chance to completely re-do our back yard walkway. With sponsorship from the nice folks at HouseLogic.com, I'm going to tear out our old, cracked, incomplete concrete walk, and replace it with a brand new paver stone one. 

I'm chronicling my (mis)adventures in a series of guest posts over at the HouseLogic.com blog, and the first one went up today. In it, I walk you through what's wrong with our current walkway (um, everything?) and give you an idea how I plan to fix it. I hope you'll follow along with me as I attempt this not-so-simple DIY project; I'll be sharing all my experiences, costs, and lessons learned. 

PLUS: HouseLogic is giving away a $100 gift card to a randomly selected person who leaves a comment on my guest post (hurry, you have until Thursday, June 16th at 11:59 pm central time to… Continue Reading

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ManMade Giveaway: $100 AmEx Gift Card from HGTV

By: Bruno Jun 06, 2011

ManMade is pumped to be joining up with HGTV to giveaway a $100 American Express Gift Card so that you can buy the things you need to get creative. Tonight, June 6th, HGTV is premiering a new program, HGTV'd. Here's a sneak peak; keep reading to find out how to enter the giveaway:

In each episode, a different HGTV star will travel across America in an 18-wheeler, surprising fans with jaw-dropping makeovers… Continue Reading

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You Have Too Much Lawn, and It's Driving You Nuts

By: Bruno Jun 02, 2011

It sounds almost un-American ... is there such a thing as too much lawn in a culture that glorifies riding lawn mowers and robotic grass trimmers? The overwhelming feeling about lawns seems to be "the more the better". And if they're more uniform than your wall-to-wall carpeting, even better.

Well, Evelyn Hadden, an award-winning gardening author and speak, is on a quest to change that. I came across her Web site, LessLawn.com, a few… Continue Reading

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Giveaway: Win a $100 Gift Card to House 8810

By: Bruno May 31, 2011

UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

House8810 is a funky online shop with so much cool stuff it's hard to know where to start. Fortunately, Capree has posted a roundup of her favorite House8810 gear, so, um, that's where to start. 

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Anyway, this week we're thrilled to be giving away a $100 gift card you can use to get all the bi-plane fighters, wonderland tablecloths, or porcelain owls you can fit in your shopping… Continue Reading

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Thanks a Million! (and a Free Download)

By: Bruno May 31, 2011

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Hi friends, I just wanted to take a minute today to thank you for supporting Curbly and driving our incredible growth this year. This May, we surpassed 1,000,000 pageviews for the first time ever, and that's a pretty big deal for us. Our Facebook page has more than 4,000 fans, and our Twitter flock is, well, OK, still a little small but we're working on it (hint: go follow us on Twitter!). 

In fact, we're so thrilled you choose to visit us every day, we'd like to offer you a thank-you gift: a free copy of our Make It! Hardware Store Decor PDF (a $9.99) value. Yep. All you have to do is use the link below to download it (hurry, this link will expire at 3pm CST on May… Continue Reading

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Caldrea Countertop Cleaner: Herbs of Provence

By: Bruno May 26, 2011

Caldrea Herbs of Provence countertop cleanerMan, I can not tell you how much I never imagined I would write a blog post with that title. But last week Alicia brought home a bottle of Caldrea's Herbs of Provence countertop cleaner from Target, and after a quick wipe-down in the kitchen, I was in love.

Listen to me. I sound like an idiot. But honestly, this stuff smells so good that I don't care. I once took a tour of a soap making factory in Provence (imagine a field in the French… Continue Reading

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Reminder: SimpleHuman Recycler/Trash Can Giveaway ($180 Value)

By: Bruno May 19, 2011

Possibly you missed it earlier this week (because our server was passed out in a corner after a night of hard partying), but we've got a great giveaway going this week: SimpleHuman is letting us give away one of their awesome Fingerprint Proof Rectangular Recycler (with integrated trash can and recycling container). Here's the link to go enter. 

What are you waiting for?! It ends Sunday night (May 22). I took a minute to browse around SH's site, and found some really cool things. If you're looking for something to send me for my birthday (it already passed, but, whatever), here's a good… Continue Reading

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15 Incredible Sinks (and one lame one)

By: Bruno May 18, 2011

15 Incredible Bathroom Sinks (and one lame one)Two years ago we remodeled our bathroom (we have only one, and it's teeny-weeny ... like, you can wash your hands and use the toilet at the same time). So, due to space and budget constraints, we settled for a pretty bland pedestal sink, so here it is ... the one lame one. Read on to see all the cool ones I rounded up...

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Server Problems Yesterday

By: Bruno May 17, 2011

You probably noticed we had some ongoing server problems yesterday (still lingering today). I just wanted to apologize and explain; it's due to an outage with our hosting provider (Heroku), which apparently was experiencing a denial-of-service attack. 

In general things, should be back to normal today. If you get an error on any page, just try re-loading it, and make sure you add the 'www.' part to the front of the URL. Meanwhile, I'm… Continue Reading

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