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The Curbly House Quest for Color Continues

In my first post about choosing colors for the Curbly House, I found all kinds of beautiful color inspiration using the Sherwin-Williams’ Chip It! tool. This little button led me to some great color combos and palettes, and helped me select wall and trim colors for nearly every room in the house! But the ChipIt! tool […]

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Eye Candy: 11 Droolworthy Tubs and Showers

Kitchens and bathrooms are typically the most important rooms of the house when it comes to buying and selling a home. Have you ever heard that? It was something our realtor explained to us years ago and it has stuck with me since then. If you’re working on beautifying your home, you’re going to need […]

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Roundup:12 DIY Pot Holder and Hot Pad Projects

Let’s just ignore the fact that it is still 113 degrees where I live and pretend that I am gearing up for heavy use of my oven and stove in the cooler months ahead (please, please say there are cooler months ahead…).  It would stand to reason that with all that baking and pot-stirring, I’ll […]

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Roundup: 10 Inspiring Kitchen Cabinet Makeovers

When I was assigned the task of rounding up ten kitchen cabinet makeovers, I decided to give myself some parameters. Actually, one parameter: No bright white kitchen cabinets. It’s not that I don’t love white kitchen cabinets, it’s just that they’re everywhere these days, aren’t they? So here they are; some of the best not-all-white […]

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Before & After: 10 Inspiring Bathroom Makeovers

From incredible small space makeovers to the best of the best, we’ve shared quite a few amazing bathroom re-dos. But wouldn’t you know it? People just seem to keep renovating! If you’re on the edge, looking down at your own bathroom remodel, we’ve got ten new makeovers that are sure to inspire that leap of […]

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How to: Make a DIY Wood Veneer Pendant Lamp

This beautiful pendant lamp may look expensive, but it’s incredibly thrifty to make. A roll of 2″ x 8′ veneer wrapped around two 10″ embroidery hoops give it its shape. How, you may ask, does it get its telescoping effect? The upper section

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How to: Paint like a Pro

Hello! I’m Rebekah from Potholes and Pantyhose where I share and photograph detailed tutorials of my DIY projects, recipes, photography tips and remodeling endeavors. I am in the middle of remodeling both our living and dining rooms. My husband an I own a few rental properties along with our own home, so I have learned […]

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Roundup: 10 Rope Projects

Have you noticed an influx of projects using rope these days? I have. So many, in fact, I felt I need to cull through them and put together a roundup of some that caught my eye. The cool thing is most require very little to make. For some, rope (or twine), a glue gun and […]

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How to: Build an Extra Large DIY Picnic Table

Hello! I’m Rebekah from Potholes and Pantyhose where I share and photograph detailed tutorials of my DIY projects, recipes, photography tips and remodeling endeavors. I am in the middle of remodeling both our living and dining rooms. We inherited a rather large and very wobbly picnic table when we purchased one of our rental properties. […]

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How to: Install Picture Frame Molding

Hello! I’m Rebekah from Potholes and Pantyhose where I share and photograph detailed tutorials of my DIY projects, recipes, photography tips and remodeling endeavors. I am in the middle of remodeling both our living and dining rooms. I was inspired by this professionally designed living room and wanted to make changes similar in mine. Molding […]

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How To: Make Soda Can Flower Lights

Last week I showed you how to make a mini window Japanese garden using 3M’s Command Brand Medium Caddy. Today we’re going to reach back into the 3M goodie bag and make soda can flower lights, which we’ll install using their oh-so-handy Clear Decorating Clips. To start our project, we’ll need to gather up

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6 Salad Recipes for the Summer Swim Season

It’s summer and that means you have a far greater chance of ending up in a bathing suit. Naturally, you look awesome, no matter what your size, but if you are especially conscience of your diet when you are headed to the beach (or pool), these salad recipes are for you. Bonus: They actually taste good!   

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How To: 12 Olympic Crafts and Edibles

The opening games for London Summer Olympics are this Friday. The competition may be taking place thousands of miles away from where we live (or not) but, we can get in the spirit with these super cute crafts and edibles.  Did you know that the Olympic rings were first used at the 1920 Games in […]

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Eye Candy: Soda Pop Tab Projects

Last week, my sweetie and I were spending some leisurely time in one of our favorite little towns on the Lake Superior’s North Shore. Between climbing rocks and skipping stones, we visited a variety of shops. One of which had some of the best soda pop tab jewelry I’ve seen to date. They got me […]

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How To: Make a Mini Window Japanese Garden

The good people over at 3M sent along some of their handy, new Command clear products for me to use to make some quick crafts. In this how-to, I used their Medium Caddy, which is among their organization line and is great for stashing spices and nail polishes and such. Of course, we’re using it […]

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