Make Money Hosting Garage Sales Make money hosting a garage, yard or a pop up shop sale. So, what's the difference between these? Well, a garage sale is held in your garage, a yard sale is in your yard, and a pop up shop is basically a shop that you open up in your garage or home. I've never felt comfortable with strangers in my home, but I'm totally fine with hosting a sale in my garage. Over the past three years I've hosted a pop up shop sale in my garage, it's been a great way to make money from home. You can see how I transformed my garage into a shop HERE. I wanted to share my success with my garage sales, what worked and what didn't work, and how you can hold your own sale and make money from home. Let me share a little about why I started hosting sales in my ... View Post
HOW TO STENCIL A DECK
Stencil Painted Deck Floor Cutting Edge Stencils Stencil painted deck floor is a beautiful, and easy way to add style to an outdoor space. After looking at inspiration on Pinterest I decided to add a stencil to my wood deck floor in our screened in porch. Painting a deck and using Cutting Edge Stencils is a great way to customize your floor. (This is a sponsored post and contains affliate links, please read disclosure policy) Let's go back to a year a year ago, when I shared my screened in porch. When I revealed my room I also shared that I was unable to paint our deck floor, I was told the wood needed many months to dry out before painting them, and that turned into a year. If I didn't wait until the wood dried out, the paint wood have peeled off, so I waited and I waited. The ... View Post
HOW TO DECORATE WITH LESS
Home Decor Ideas Less Is More Home decor Ideas using less is more is the new way of thinking in my home. Not sure if it's the fact that I want to downsize in a few years, or that I'm getting lazy and don't feel like cleaning all the stuff in my oversized house. Several weeks ago I held my annual vintage sale at my home, and I sold most of my crap stuff. And when I say most of my stuff, I'm not talking about things I was holding on for the sale. But pieces that were actually in my home being used. Do you remember this photo of my over stuffed garage? ( Sponsored post, and may contain affiliate links please read disclosure policy) My plan in the next couple of years is to downsize, I'm hoping it's my husbands plan too. So, I've been slowly purging and getting rid of my ... View Post
HOW TO SELL A HOUSE FAST!
Selling A House How To Prepare Your Home We recently sold our home in 14 days which was really quick especially in the market were in. We still have not recovered from the market crash so homes don't sell fast around here unless you do the steps I'm going to share with you today. Just a little background on us. We moved several times in the years that we've been married as home owners. We've learned a lot about selling a house with each move. It's gotten much easier each time because we've learned from our mistakes. You have to remember that when you're selling your home it's no longer your home. It's time to clean it up and stage it to sell. If you're serious and want to get the most money for your home follow these tips on the checklist below. Get Ready To Purge When you're ready to ... View Post
Vinegar Cleans Paint Brushes
Vinegar Cleans Paint Brushes Yes it's true vinegar cleans paint brushes extremely well. I love using vinegar to clean my home. Vinegar and water is used to clean my windows, mirrors, bathrooms, counters and chandeliers. And you've probably seen my post on how to distress using vinegar.Vinegar is amazing isn't it. I bet if you looked in the ingredients in most foods you'll find vinegar. Vinegar is a disinfectant and it's edible! So why am I sharing this? Well, I've stupidly forgotten about paint brushes, left them out over night and found them the next morning all dry and hard. If this happens don't freak out I have a few solutions for you today. I usually use hot water to rinse and clean my paint brushes, but I heard about two techniques to clean paint brushes. One is using ... View Post
Creating An Aged French Patina Using A Sponge
Creating An Aged French Patina Using A Sponge Today I'm going to show you my new favorite painting tool. When you see this you're not going to believe it. Okay are you ready? My new favorite tool is my True Applicator Sponge. This sponge is amazing! Why is it so amazing? Because it will create a beautiful flawless, smooth finish. It's easy creating an aged French patina using this amazing new tool. For the full details and tutorial make sure you watch the video at the end of this post. It's much easier for me to demonstrate on a video than to try and take photos as I'm painting. But I will explain how this look was created. (Affiliate links used below please read disclosure policy) How To Start First before you start creating an aged French patina make sure that your piece has a ... View Post
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