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Scraping Paint From Decorative Moulding – DIY – Video

Is it molding or moulding? This is one of those words that has different spellings in American English and British English, much like colour/color and soccer/football. For this particular word, I prefer the British version because the American version makes … Continue reading

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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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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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