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  • Chelsea Sitting on Sofa in New Living Room Project Decor
    Indoor Projects

    Adding Function and Style to Our Family Room

    January 11, 2022 /

    Modern Updates to a 1950s Living Room How we took our blah, blah, bland family room and transformed it over a few days into a bright, modern and functional place to hang out with friends, watch TV or play games as a family! Before It’s funny that in less than a year of living here, the function and the way we used this room changed. Not by leaps and bounds, mind you, but enough that we now desperately need toy storage in here instead of the playroom. So I’m glad we waited to live here a bit before making any changes to one of the most-used rooms in our home.

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    Chelsea Lipford Wolf 7 Comments

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    Indoor Projects

    Updating Our 1950s Bathroom with Style

    September 27, 2021 /

    Light, Bright and Fun Bathroom Updates All of the sources we used to renovate our hall bathroom to make it lighter, brighter, and a lot more fun for our kids and guests! You can’t have a post about a bathroom remodel without including what it looked like before! This is how it looked when we closed on the house. Then we stripped the wallpaper, changed out the sconces and mirror and switched out the curtains for frosted windows. And she looked a lot more like this.

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  • Completed $200 Front Porch Makeover
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    $200 Front Porch Makeover

    July 23, 2021 /

    You don’t need a large budget to make huge improvements to your front porch or improve your curb appeal. A little paint can go a long way plus a few fun accessories to liven it up! Big, full-blown renovations are fun and exciting! They are also expensive. But there is still a lot of satisfaction and joy that can be found in the small, inexpensive changes around your house. While you may not notice something at first, the longer you live somewhere the more a certain aspect of your home might bother you. My friends have lived in this house for close to 6 years. And the lady of the…

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  • Baby Toddler Helping Paint Iron Handrails on 1950s Ranch Home
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    How to Update Rusty Iron Handrails

    May 21, 2021 /

    Just because your iron handrails are old, rusty, or peeling doesn’t mean you need to replace them! Easily update rusty iron handrails with a little elbow grease, spray paint, and painter’s tape! While iron handrails aren’t as popular as they used to be, there are still plenty of them around! Including on the front and back of our house! If yours are starting to peel or there are spots that are starting to rust, you’ll want to take care of them right away to avoid further decay. It’s not a complicated process, but it can take a little time depending on how ‘out of shape’ your iron handrails are currently.

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  • Tips for Selling Your Stuff Online
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    How to Make Big Money Decluttering Your Home

    April 27, 2021 /

    Between selling our old house and moving into our new house, I’ve sold a lot of household items, furniture, kids clothing and other random paraphernalia through online marketplaces. At the highest point, I made over $1000 in 6 months. All without leaving my house! These are my tried-and-true tips to selling online through Facebook Marketplace and local buy/sell groups.

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  • Moodboard for Calm and Cozy Family Room Den
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    Creating a Calm and Cozy Family Room

    March 2, 2021 /

    Whether you just moved into a new house or you’re tired of the same old, same old in a house you’ve lived in a while, here are some ideas to create a calm and cozy family room or living room. Or den as we call them in the south. We are taking on a family room makeover for Today’s Homeowner for Judy, a single mom of 3 boys. They spend a lot of time together in this room so we want it to be a place they can really relax, enjoy and unwind.

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  • Frosted Windows in Blue Tiled Bathroom
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    How To Install Beautiful Privacy Window Film

    October 19, 2020 /

    Quickly Add Privacy to Your Bathroom A quick way to add privacy to bathroom windows is with frosted privacy window film. You still get natural light streaming in without dust-collecting curtains. Each of our bathrooms had shear curtains in the windows from the previous owners when we bought it. They were not my style and added to the dated style of the bathroom, but they provided much needed privacy. Our master bathroom is on the side of our house and standing at the vanity you can see straight out to the street. Which means the reverse is also true.😳 The hall bathroom was less-pressed for privacy from passersby. But you…

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  • Completed Lattice Trellis to Cover HVAC Unit
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    Hide Your AC Unit with a Trellis

    September 25, 2020 /

    How To Build Panels to Cover your AC Unit Call it a trellis or call it lattice, hide your AC unit with these easy DIY panels! Take it a step further and plant climbing vines to cover your HVAC even more!

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  • Dining Room View from Living Room Ready to Sell
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    How to Sell Your House Fast and Cheap

    September 14, 2020 /

    What I Did to Sell Our House in 2 Days Use these tips to get your house ready to sell whether you’re selling it by owner or using a Realtor. Just a little time, effort, and sometimes money will get your house looking its best. I spent 9.5 years improving, beautifying, and tweaking our home. I know our house may be more updated, renovated, or ‘prettier’ than your house. But I believe these tips will help any house look better and sell faster. Heck, you may even want to follow these tips even if you aren’t planning to sell. I know I loved how our house looked after I staged…

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    Chelsea Lipford Wolf 6 Comments

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