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    Easy DIY Roman Shade

    Lately I have been seeing roman shades in a lot of design articles.  I wanted to attempt one for our kitchen door to increase the privacy if we want it (especially because the kitchen door is right outside the bathroom door).  This is a short tutorial to DIY a roman shade for a door. You…

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    Easy DIY Nest Box

      Our little chickies have been laying eggs like crazy!  I was told not to expect much this winter because the days are short, and hens typically don’t lay as much in the winter.  Well, our hens didn’t get the message.  Today 11 of our 15 hens laid eggs.  That’s nearly 7 dozen a week…

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    How to Reglaze Old Windows

      I absolutely love our porch windows, but they are in rough shape.  Right now they are quite the eyesore next to our new siding.  They are great windows because they open up all of the way.  We looked for new windows to replace them, but you can’t get windows that open up like these.…

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    Shut the Front Door

    I was going to give you an awesome tutorial on how to paint your front door.  Instead, I’m going to share my failure with you.  Today is just one of those days. I wanted to pick a bright, bold color for our exterior doors.  I decided on a blue that was labeled as a “2013…

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    Building a Chicken Coop: Part 2

    **This is part 2 of a 4 part series.  Click here to read part 1**   Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was our chicken coop…it took 2 days.  That’s right! It only took us 2 days to get our coop into a functional state.  It may not be pretty on the…

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    Building a Chicken Coop: Part 1

    We worked very hard this weekend building our chicken coop!  I spent a lot of time designing this coop and wanted it to be perfect.  I did a lot of research and drew up my plans for a coop that could be used as a garden shed if we/future owners didn’t have chickens. We did…

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    Preparing for Chickens

    Today we are getting ready to build a coop for our chickens.  Although I recommend building a coop before your chickens arrive, we have done just fine until now by keeping them in a large outdoor dog kennel.  However, we live in town and do not have many chicken predators around.  Since we need a…

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    Guest Room Accessories

    I have had the itch to do a ton of little decor projects lately.  All of the ideas have been saved away for a rainy day, but never really get done.  Yesterday I just went for it, and crossed a ton of projects off my list.  Most of the projects I did belong in the…

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    Easy DIY Headboard

      Ryan and I have been hard at work today making this super easy headboard.  It takes a lot of time, but anyone can do it!  We had most of the supplies we needed, so we only ended up spending about $35 (for 1″ foam and fabric). First we traced out the pattern we wanted…

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    $40 DIY Chicken Coop

    We are having quite an adventure with our meat chickens.  They are already 4 weeks old and only have a couple weeks to go.  They are growing fast and running out of room in their brooder.  Thankfully, it has been beautiful out and they can start living outside. I drew up some plans for a coop…

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