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My mom recently posted a picture of her home, and some people criticized the lace curtains, saying they're outdated or u...
07/14/2025

My mom recently posted a picture of her home, and some people criticized the lace curtains, saying they're outdated or ugly. Honestly, itā€™s unfairā€”sheā€™s doing her best with what she has. Right now, she canā€™t afford to install a built-in cabinet or expensive decor, so she added these curtains and soft lights to create a warm, cozy space. Not everything has to be perfect to be beautiful.

Thoughts? I think the wallpaper may be a little too much.
07/14/2025

Thoughts? I think the wallpaper may be a little too much.

I started this mural on the back of my garage, and now I'm wondering if I should just paint over the whole thing.My neig...
07/13/2025

I started this mural on the back of my garage, and now I'm wondering if I should just paint over the whole thing.

My neighbor has been complaining to the city about it for three weeks straight. She says it's "an eyesore that's bringing down property values" and keeps leaving nasty notes on my door about how I'm "ruining the neighborhood aesthetic." Yesterday she actually called the police to see if there were any ordinances against "loud, garish displays."

I thought I was doing something nice. My six-year-old son has autism, and bees are his special interest. He knows everything about them - their life cycles, their importance to ecosystems, how they communicate through dancing. When he has meltdowns, talking about bees is the only thing that calms him down.

He helped me plan every detail of this mural. We spent hours researching the exact colors of monarch butterflies and the anatomy of honeybees. He was so proud, telling everyone at school that his mom was painting his favorite creatures on our house.

But now I'm second-guessing everything. Maybe it is too bright, too childish, too much. Maybe I should have just left the wall boring and gray like everyone else's. I shared it in the DIY community on Tedooo where I sell custom tumblers, and everyone there loved it, but maybe they're just being supportive because we're all creators.

I keep thinking about painting over it with some neutral beige color. Make everyone happy. Keep the peace. But then I look at my son's face when he sees those bees, and I just don't know.

Is it really that ugly? Am I being selfish for wanting one wall in this whole bland subdivision to have some life in it?

I have seen lots of old house staircases, but not one like ours. Please be kind, it was a wreck and had to be painted.
07/13/2025

I have seen lots of old house staircases, but not one like ours. Please be kind, it was a wreck and had to be painted.

This space is underwhelming to me right now. I just donā€™t know what else to add.
07/13/2025

This space is underwhelming to me right now. I just donā€™t know what else to add.

Behold! Timā€™s arch. I forgot to share it! Took us a couple weeks but we love it! To get the exact arch shape, we printed...
07/02/2025

Behold! Timā€™s arch. I forgot to share it! Took us a couple weeks but we love it!
To get the exact arch shape, we printed out an Instagram photo suuuuuper big and then traced that onto cardboard to make a template!
Weā€™ve essentially split our long, weird dining room in half so Iā€™m calling this new room: The Lounge.
Not sure where to find me?
Iā€™m probably lounging in The Lounge. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

What do you think of this antique sink for a bathroom? I love the look...but I also need some storage under my sink. May...
07/02/2025

What do you think of this antique sink for a bathroom? I love the look...but I also need some storage under my sink. Maybe if I had a closet or some other storage in the room. I also love the antique mirror. I need to find a sink like this for my bathroom remodel...or in the laundry room.
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You have all inspired me to try a frog hotel. I scrounged the pvc piping from the Habitat for Humanity Restore Store. He...
07/02/2025

You have all inspired me to try a frog hotel. I scrounged the pvc piping from the Habitat for Humanity Restore Store. Hereā€™s how it went:

Me: hands stretching eagerly towards the bins of piping-arrests movement and whispers to husband, ā€œThese didnā€™t have p**p running through them, did they?ā€
Husband: laughing hysterically, points at the really large width tubing below, ā€œNo, but those probably did.ā€

$6 total for the piping, had the planter, had the stones and had the solar lights. Mosquito dunk thrown in the water. Iā€™ll add a water plant feature after the latest rounds of storms roll through.

This is placed next to the fighting octagon where our rescue pugs hang on nice days. The theory being more frogs, less mosquitos. Either way, I love frogs and will be lurking like a creeper, hoping to see some customers check in. šŸøšŸø

Iā€™m waiting for your amazing ideas to finally help me create something legendary in that empty high space at my place, p...
07/02/2025

Iā€™m waiting for your amazing ideas to finally help me create something legendary in that empty high space at my place, please.

Our neighbors built this massive two-story addition right up to the property line, and suddenly our backyard felt like w...
07/02/2025

Our neighbors built this massive two-story addition right up to the property line, and suddenly our backyard felt like we were living in a fishbowl. Every time we tried to have coffee on the deck or let the kids play outside, there were windows staring down at us.

I spent weeks researching fence options, but everything was either too expensive or looked like we were building a prison. Then my husband remembered his grandfather's old barn that got torn down last year. We'd saved some of the tin roofing and windows, thinking maybe we'd use them someday.

"What if we make our own fence?" he suggested one Saturday morning.

I thought he was crazy, but we started playing around with different layouts. The barn tin became the main panels, and we found some old house windows at a salvage yard to break up the solid sections. The door came from a farmhouse that was being demolished about twenty minutes from here.

The whole thing took us three weekends to build, working mostly with basic tools and a lot of trial and error. When we got stuck on the foundation, I found a tutorial from a guy on the Tedooo app who builds custom fencing. He walked me through anchoring everything properly so it wouldn't blow over in the first windstorm.

Now we have this little privacy section that feels like its own world. The kids set up their chairs there and pretend they're running a coffee shop. My husband hangs his work clothes on the little porch to air out. It's become everyone's favorite spot in the yard.

Sometimes the most beautiful solutions come from using what you already have instead of buying something new. Our "junk pile" turned into the coziest corner of our property.

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