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Chalky Finish Paint With Baking Soda

Chalky finished paint gives your surface an aged,

matte look that is easily distressed. For me, this is one of my favorite types of paint that matches my home decor. However, chalk paint can get super pricy. I’ve got the perfect 3 ingredient hack for turning any house paint into chalk paint in 5 minutes!

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Make A Kitchen Fan Hood

About one month after we moved into our ten-year-old home,

our stove fan went out. We looked at a new fancy one and didn’t like the price one bit. We decided to buy a good but plain fan and then to cover it with a DIY hood. We love the final result, and it saved us about half the price of a fancy hood.

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Beautiful Lampshade Spittin Creativity

Just a boring white lampshade from Walmart turned

into a beautiful piece of art for my livingroom.

Mixed a few squirts of Blue Thunder (or any other shade) US with about 1/2″ of water in a large bowl.

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Build A Faux Fireplace

When we first moved into our home 3 years ago

there was no focal point to our long narrow bowling alley of a living room. I was longing for a place to hang stockings and display art so I decided to build my own faux fireplace, here’s how……
“Before” The space between the French doors and hallway entrance seemed like a natural spot for a fireplace.

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Easy Way to Make Birthday Wreath

As my three children were growing up,

I always desired a birthday wreath to match my banner that I always put out on the porch. I never had time to ponder making it but I finally was able to do so. Now we enjoy it for their birthdays as well as ours and the grandbabies’!