Our Simple Spray Paint Porch Makeover (Part 1)
This month, Krylon is sponsoring a series of thrifty, creative DIY projects: I often say our porch is my favorite room in the house. It was horrendous when we moved in; floors covered in green a...
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Yes, You Can Use a Paint Sprayer Indoors: Our Spare Room Makeover Proves It
Painting a room with an indoor paint sprayer saves time and results in a more consistent finish. Here's how we used one to transform a spare bedroom. Sponsored by Wagner and Trimaco One o...
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A Quick, Colorful Patio Makeover Just in Time for Summer
This post is sponsored by Wagner We are in the season of outdoor lounging. Here in the upper Midwest, summer is at a premium and we live outside as much as possible. There's no better way to...
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Full House Tour: Our 2017 Curbly House Renovation is Complete!
The 2017 Curbly House is done! It went on the market last weekend, and (to my surprise and delight), we've already had several showings. After two-and-a-half months of intense renovation work, ...
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Revealed! The New Curbly House Boy's Bedroom (+ Room Painting 101)
We've been painting rooms at Curbly for over a decade. And, we've gotten pretty good at it. We've done straight-forward walls and we've done full-scale murals - and almost everything in between. Th...
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A Big Bold Front Door Makeover with Sherwin-Williams® 2018 Color of the Year
Sponsored by Sherwin-Williams We recently celebrated our 5th anniversary in the Curbly House, and along with the pomp and circumstance (I'm kidding; as much as we love our house, we don't ce...
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Our National Painting Week Project: A Kids' Art Crawl Extravaganza
This year for Sherwin-Williams National Painting Week, we tackled a community-based art project that exceeded all our expectations. We combined our favorite paint colors, our favorite comm...
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Take a Look Inside this Clean, Modern Living Room Makeover
The carpet is down. The furniture is in. The original Curbly House is officially on the market! We spent the last few weeks putting in long hours to get the living room (and the rest of the hou...
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Supporting Art in the Schools: Our National Painting Week Project is a Kids' Art Crawl
We say it every year – National Painting Week is our favorite week of the year, because the power of paint is never ending. Each year, Sherwin-Williams puts out the call to bloggers all over th...
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The 50 Best Ways to Dye and Decorate Easter Eggs
Spring has sprung and Easter egg season is here! Gone are the days of simply dropping tablets into water and vinegar and plastic-wrapping your eggs. Though there's nothing wrong with the classi...
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Check Out What a Difference a Fresh Coat of Paint Made on this Boring Old House
Do you remember the original Curbly House? It's probably inaccurate to call it that. Because we rarely wrote about it, and even more rarely posted photos of it. It was our first home, the one B...
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The Fastest Way to Refresh Your Patio Furniture is with a Paint Sprayer
Porch and patio season is officially open, and it should be our modus operandi for the next three months. If you haven't dusted off your outdoor furniture, swept out the porch cobwebs, and fire...
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Let the Children Play: A Nursery School Makeover for National Painting Week
Our neighborhood preschool is a goldmine of childhood magic. It's a special place that brings families together; an emblem of our community's commitment to children. This year, for N...
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Curbly Headquarters Grows Up: Our New Office and Studio Space
Working from home is the greatest thing in the world, except when it's not. Our little Curbly unit had a great thing going for a long time, but then Bruno and I had children, and they made working ...
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David's DIY Kitchen Upgrade: The Big Reveal
After a few weeks of hard work and creative DIYs, David is finally ready to share his completed kitchen with us. In case you missed the earlier parts of this series, here's the before post, and h...
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How to: Make a Faux Wood Hanging Christmas Tree + A GIVEAWAY!
Photo: Bruno Bornsztein With Christmas about a month away, it's not too early to begin planning the decking of your halls. The undisputed queen of beautiful holiday decor is Martha Stewart,...
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It's Finished! A Complete Tour of The Curbly House
This house tour is a long time coming. We've officially been in our "finished" house for one year, and we thought we'd celebrate with a big old fashioned house tour. So we're going to show you ...
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The Curbly House: Our Dream Mudroom and Laundry Room is Finished!
Not long ago, when we shared our kitchen renovation with you, we left a little something out. When we began planning our new addition, we decided to add a laundry and mud room off the kitchen to ...
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The Curbly House: Our Dining Room Makeover with Emily Henderson
Last week we told you all about the magic that's happening in our master bedroom, thanks to Ms. Emily Henderson and the lovely folks at Sherwin-Williams! This week, we're back to give you a lit...
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The Curbly House: Designing Our Master Bedroom with Emily Henderson
Welcome to our master bedroom ... almost. Two weeks ago we announced that Emily Henderson is coming to the Curbly House to make it beautiful. Just reading that last sentence makes me w...