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Awesome and Easy Drill Press Projects

To you have a drill press? I have to say, I’m kinda crushing on this tool right now. After Chris and I took over my dad’s workshop in the garage I decided that I wanted to try and use every tool it contained…and that ended up being a lot of tools. There were two that

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Kitchen Renovation Reveal and Sources

This post contains affiliate links, you can find my full disclosure statement here. I am so excited to finally share our completed kitchen renovation! We managed to get everything finished in time for our big family Christmas and I’ve just taken my time taking photos and getting my notes organized. Do you remember what our

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My Word of the Year: Make

Hello 2016 – My Word of the Year is Make

Okay, So I know I’m a little late welcoming the new year, but I’ll be completely honest, 2015 was a hard one for me. My father went into hospital in March for surgery and almost a year later he hasn’t left while that was happening, change and layoffs at my full-time job seemed to add

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Gifts for Quilters

Amazing gift ideas that quilters will love

Do you have a quilter on your shopping list this year? Here are some amazing gift ideas that any quilter will love! These are all either products I use (and love) myself or are on my wish list! This post contains affiliate links, you can find my full disclosure statement here. Sew Steady Table A

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DIY Gift Ideas

Easy gift ideas for do-it-yourself enthusiasts

Looking for some gift ideas for the do-it-yourself enthusiast on your shopping list? I’ve rounded up some of my favourite tools and items on my wishlist to help you out! These are all either products I use (and love) myself or are on my own wish list! This post contains affiliate links, you can find my full

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DIY Distressed Wood Shelves

Our kitchen is ALMOST completely done, I’m just waiting for the last of the painted cabinet doors to cure so I can put them back up (hopefully this weekend). While I was posting about our One Room Challenge kitchen I got a lot of compliments about the distressed wood shelves I built. I thought I’d share

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ORC Week 6: Kitchen Makeover Reveal (-ish)

It’s finally here! Week six of our kitchen makeover One Room Challenge. If you haven’t visited us before you can catch up on all our progress here: Week One     Week Two     Week Three     Week Four     Week Five What a crazy six weeks! This was our first One Room Challenge

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ORC Week 5: Install All the Shelves!

I can’t believe we’re already in week 5 of the One Room Challenge! Where has the time gone? I can tell that we’re coming into the home stretch as I can feel our enthusiasm for renovations (and our energy levels) dropping – it’s a good thing there isn’t that much left to do – ha

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ORC Week 4: Lighting & Tiles

Okay, this has been a huge week for us and the One Room Challenge. Things are starting to feel less like chaos and more like a kitchen. But first, there was chaos. While Chris was getting all the new wiring roughed in for our under shelf lighting we definitely hit what I think will be

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