Tag Archives: DIY

Scraping Paint – DIY – Video

In a few of our posts, we’ve mentioned our multi-year battle with painting our crazy old house. When we drop the fact that we’ve been painting the exterior of our house for two years into light conversation, people usually give … Continue reading

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Buy Mulch in Bulk – It’s Cheaper and Easier

After we moved to the south side of Atlanta, Christy and I discovered the wonderful place that is the Georgia Farmer’s Market in Forrest Park, GA. It’s just south of the airport on I-75 and has fresh produce direct from … Continue reading

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Fixing Up an Old Cigar Table – Part 3 – Staining

For the last few days, I’ve been working on cleaning up this old cigar table for a coworker of mine. She had asked that I replace the wood screws and tighten up the wobble in the legs, but I thought … Continue reading

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