Oh my gosh guys! I love my white picket fence! Is the yard done? NO. Do I still have more to do? Always! But the fence is done and is finally painted. I took advantage of some cooler weather in early June to really knock out the fence. It took the better part of three…
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Porch Posts Need Trim
It’s that time of the month…when the Power Tool Challenge Team gets together to share our projects with you. This month’s theme was patio and porch! Over the last year or so, I’ve been trying to update the curb appeal around the old homestead. This is the before. It’s been a year since cousin…
Replace Porch Posts Paint With Finish Max
My home has zero curb appeal. That’s okay, because a few years ago it was a –50. I’m making improvements slowly but surely. If I had all the time and the money in the world it would definitely be on the very top of my priority list. Who wouldn’t love to smile every time they…
Finish Max Paint Sprayer Storm Door
A few weeks ago, I decided to do a quickie project right before the holidays using my HomeRight Finish Max Paint Sprayer. You might not think painting a door would be a quickie project, but with the Finish Max it literally took me longer to prep this project than it did to paint it. Because…
Installing Real Carriage Barn Door
When you want to install a barn door between two rooms . . . where there isn’t a header . . . . . . you call your cousin Terry and build one. You may think that is a little overkill, but we knew this barn door was going to be very…
How to Stain Vintage Hardwood Floors
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve shown you how to Remove Carpet and Padding, and gave you tips for Sanding Vintage Hardwood Floors. You can see that the floor is now ready for stain. Looking at the before photo you will notice that the original floors were pretty dark, with so…
Tips for Sanding Vintage Hardwood Floors
The following is from my cousin’s son Doug—he volunteered to help me sand the hardwood floors, and he even wrote up the blog post for me. Take it away Doug! Doing hardwood floors was always something a little different to me. They’re by far the most visible feature of the room, when done right…
Ripping up carpet and padding 101
Have you ever wanted to rip up the carpet to expose your hardwood floors? I’ve done it a couple of times before. Once at Jamie’s house when she first moved to Nashville, and here at my own home when I got tired of the carpet. It’s always full of surprises and each of those experiences…
How to Patch and Paint Ceiling
I recently changed out my kitchen light fixture from a ceiling fixture to a hanging fixture. To do that, an electrician had to install a new box, leaving me with a hole in my ceiling. I know my limits when it comes to home DIY—electricity is one of them. However, I was not about to…
Tractor Supply Barn Door Hardware
I showed you in an earlier post How to: DIY Faux Barn Doors how I built my barn doors. This post will tell you how not to install a barn door. Just kidding-but I felt like these doors were never going to be up. These are the parts I bought from Tractor Supply. They are…
DIY Closet Doors Makeover
Hi-I’m Chris from Midwest Cottage and Finds….I’m a bit of a new DIY-er and am so inspired by Gail and all of her projects –I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to be guest posting over here at My Repurposed Life!! I decided to share one of my favorite projects that I have…
Review-Giani Granite Paint for Countertops
If you’re new around here, I should show you how my kitchen looked this time last year: I painted my oak cabinets white, and I even painted my vinyl floor. Did you notice the utensil holder and knife block? I painted them with Krylon Stainless Steel paint. I also added a board and batten back…
Jo’s Dining Room Board and Batten
Earlier this summer I helped my sister with some painting and such, well, mostly painting. I’ve gotten sidetracked and she’s having saw problems, so some of the project is on hold. (foyer). However she was able to finish up her living room and dining room. She chose two shades of green, one for the living…
Board & Batten Backsplash Reveal
You can see the tutorial of how I did this project in my post Board and Batten Back Splash Before Voila! It’s finished. (note to self, get a new paper towel holder) I used my Dutch Boy Refresh Paint (Sweetened White) semi-gloss on this project. Do you see that Ipod? A gift…
Preparing for my back splash
My kitchen makeover is dragging on a lot longer than I ever thought it would. I know that it always takes twice as much time and money as originally estimated. As far as the money goes, I’m way under budget. Budget? What budget? Mostly free and very cheap is more like it. I’ll just be…
How to paint oak cabinets
Because my kitchen makeover was so drawn out, I am writing a new post with my tips and tidbits for painting kitchen cabinets and cupboards. This is the before picture of my kitchen. *this post contains affiliate links* Step by step how to prep and paint oak cabinets: wash down all doors, drawers and facings…
Painting a Ceiling Fan
As most of you know, I’ve been working on my bedroom. It is a very large room, being that it was originally two bedrooms. Because there were two rooms, there were two ceiling fixtures. The ceiling fans have been in there for years! This is the ceiling fan that is used most for lighting. The…
My Favorite Project
Hi, my name is gail. I DIY. I love to repurpose and renew/reuse old things. You can click on my photo gallery for a very quick tour of my blog. Each picture will click open to the original post for lots of tutorials. I am revisiting my favorite project and linking to Chic Click Carnival….
Holiday weekend part II
Jamie loves to decorate and fix up her home, however she’s not much of a gardener. You can see that her landscaping has become a little out of hand. While half the crew worked on the deck, the other half worked on these overgrown flower beds. This lonely little plant (double impatiens) got a new…
Building a new deck
I went to Nashville at the end of last week to help Jamie do some fixin’ up. It was my birthday present to her. On Saturday, a bunch of Jamie’s friends came over to help rebuild her broken down, rotting deck. I’ll let the pictures tell the story. This is where Jamie…
