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Wife wanted 10" planking now we found this under the 80s vinyl tile ..??strip n wax or cover wit wood ..?idk .its neat .
11/06/2025

Wife wanted 10" planking now we found this under the 80s vinyl tile ..??strip n wax or cover wit wood ..?idk .its neat .

Building my house and the concreter just finished the driveway. This will bother me for the rest of my life....
11/06/2025

Building my house and the concreter just finished the driveway. This will bother me for the rest of my life....

Help, I can't decide
11/06/2025

Help, I can't decide

After watching quite a few American renovation shows, I’ve been wondering why theyput such ugly and old fashioned toilet...
11/06/2025

After watching quite a few American renovation shows, I’ve been wondering why theyput such ugly and old fashioned toilets in their renovated bathrooms. I see Trump has done a VERY EXPENSIVE White House bathroom renovation - with said ugly and old fashioned toilet.
Please tell me, are toilets where you come from old fashioned (showing the S bend and very hard to keep clean on the outside)? Or more streamlined like we have in Australia (see photo)?

All my life I have called it a cookie sheet and today I heard someone call it a cooking sheet. I'm questioning my whole ...
11/06/2025

All my life I have called it a cookie sheet and today I heard someone call it a cooking sheet. I'm questioning my whole life now.

Help! After 25 years the sun from our skylight faded our carpet. What carpet runner design would you recommend? I’m unab...
11/06/2025

Help! After 25 years the sun from our skylight faded our carpet.
What carpet runner design would you recommend?
I’m unable to decide.

We have a hidden well in the kitchen, the long term plan is to light it up and install glass over the top, for now I hav...
11/06/2025

We have a hidden well in the kitchen, the long term plan is to light it up and install glass over the top, for now I have had to remove the rotten wood frame and temporarily add new timbers to strengthen it up.

We have been walking over this for a few weeks, glad I had a closer look...
Adam Mutlow.

I stepped onto my deck this morning with coffee still steaming in my hand, and stopped dead in my tracks.The frost had d...
11/06/2025

I stepped onto my deck this morning with coffee still steaming in my hand, and stopped dead in my tracks.

The frost had done something I'd never seen before. It didn't just coat the wood—it created art. Actual, intricate art. Like someone had spent hours etching delicate ferns, flowers, and vines into every board. The patterns were so detailed, so deliberate, that I actually looked around to see if my neighbor had somehow done this as a prank.

But no. This was just nature, showing off.

I stood there in my bathrobe, barefoot and freezing, staring at my deck like it was a museum exhibit. The morning light caught the frost at just the right angle, making the dark patterns pop against the weathered white wood. Each plank had its own unique design—botanical illustrations that would've taken an artist days to create, and Mother Nature just… did it. Overnight. For free.

My daughter came out, took one look, and whispered, "Mom, it looks like a fairy garden."

She wasn't wrong. There were what looked like butterflies, trailing ivy, even what I swear was a perfect rose. All made from ice crystals that would be gone by noon.

I grabbed my phone and took about fifty pictures, knowing nobody would believe this without proof. Then I just sat down on my cold deck steps and watched it slowly start to disappear as the sun climbed higher. Within an hour, the botanical gallery on my porch would be nothing but wet wood.

But for those few morning minutes, my boring backyard deck was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

Sometimes the best art is the kind that doesn't ask permission or expect applause. It just shows up, takes your breath away, and reminds you that magic is real—even if it only lasts until breakfast.

Hi, would anyone like to suggest what we might do to this kitchen. Estate agent says the wood cabinets are so yesterday!...
11/06/2025

Hi, would anyone like to suggest what we might do to this kitchen. Estate agent says the wood cabinets are so yesterday! Granite counter tops and tiles have to stay. Thanks so much

I’ve been staging for 15 years and have come across many many challenges but I am stumped 🤔 What can I do to tame the “a...
11/04/2025

I’ve been staging for 15 years and have come across many many challenges but I am stumped 🤔
What can I do to tame the “all marble cold” feel to this bathroom. It can’t be changed and I’m tasked to source mirrors and lighting - any ideas for me - running away is not an option 😊
Thank you

I am replacing floors. I am hoping to pick a flooring that will go throughout the house. I narrowed it down to 3 colors ...
11/04/2025

I am replacing floors. I am hoping to pick a flooring that will go throughout the house. I narrowed it down to 3 colors and asking for opinions.

My trim is pictured here and is throughout the house. That’s not changing. The room is freshly painted with Benjamin Moore Wickham Gray.

What’s peoples suggestions about my hallway wallpaper? I don’t really like it.House built 1901 scared to take the paper ...
11/04/2025

What’s peoples suggestions about my hallway wallpaper? I don’t really like it.
House built 1901 scared to take the paper off incase the walls come down with it 😂
it’s vast too- goes up 3 stories!! The cost to repaper would be thousands! This is only half the downstairs hallway it has a bend and is as long as in the picture again, after the bottom of the stairs. Upstairs the wall walls are huge with high ceilings.

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