The Great Appliance Clean-up: How to Clean Your Oven and Stove

The Great Appliance Clean-up: How to Clean Your Oven and Stove

Whether you have a stand alone range or a cooktop and wall ovens, there is no other appliance in the home that gets as dirty as the oven and stove. Unless you eat fast food for every meal, or live off of cereal, you've no doubt dealt with dirty burners and drips between your oven glass. Luckily, the internet is full of tips and tricks to get your oven and stove looking great again. 

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The Great Appliance Clean-Up: How to Clean Your Washer and Dryer

The Great Appliance Clean-Up: How to Clean Your Washer and Dryer

Like the dishwasher, the washer and dryer are one of the most used appliances in our homes. They take those nasty workout clothes and food-covered kid's clothes and turn them back into the sparkling gems we bought at the store. After time, though, they begin to stink (washer) or take longer to dry our clothes. With a bit of cleaning, you can have them back in working order in no time. 

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The Great Appliance Clean-Up: How to Clean Your Dishwasher

The Great Appliance Clean-Up: How to Clean Your Dishwasher

Now that you have settled back into your regular routine it's time to focus on getting the rest of your home back in order. If you are like me, one of the things you tend to overlook are appliances. Sure, you wipe them down and keep the outside clean, but what about the inside? When you open your fridge are there still memories of meals past? Is your dishwasher giving you dishes not much cleaner than they went in? In this weekly feature, I will share the web's best tips to get your appliances in their best working order. I challenge each of you to tackle each week's project and systematically work your way to a cleaner home.

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DIY Restoration Hardware Trestle Door Coffee Table

DIY Restoration Hardware Trestle Door Coffee Table

It all started with a dream... a dream to find the perfect coffee table for our living room. For the last six months or so I have been scouring the web, Craigslist and local shops searching for it. You know, that piece of furniture that speaks to you and says "buy me. I'm perfect for you."  And then it happened. I stumbled over to Restoration Hardware and found the one.

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Reclaimed Entry Closet

Reclaimed Entry Closet

The last week (or so) I've been working on a super easy project - fixing up my entry way closet. It may not seem like a big project - and it wasn't - but it was time consuming. So why fix up your entry closet you ask? Because I'm tired of the daily "Where are your shoes? Where is your backpack?" as we are heading out the door for school. And, to be honest with you, it kind of became a place to put stuff. There was no thought behind what went in there. It was basically a catch-all for anything I couldn't find a place for. I had heard once that if your entry is cluttered, your home is cluttered. Who knows the logic behind it, but I decided to see if organizing it would make other things move smoothly (it was worth a try, right?)

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Updated: Making Your Own Window Grids (Grilles, Mullions)

Updated: Making Your Own Window Grids (Grilles, Mullions)

Hi everyone! I wanted to list this as another dining room update, but I know most people are wanting to know about the window grids, grilles, mullions - whatever you call them. This project is the result of a little OCD and a lot of "there still is something missing in the dining room." Luckily, the latter and the former came into perfect harmony yesterday when I had my ah ha moment. I realized that I wanted to do grids on the window. Every window on the front of the house (even the little windows) have grids. In contrast, every window on the back and side did not. At first I thought they went this route because they wanted to enjoy the view. I mean, the view is why we bought the house. 

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Dining Room Update

Dining Room Update

What's up everyone?!? You know me... the harder I'm working, the less I blog. Hey, it takes time to sit here and put all of this together - time I could spend with the kiddos or (gasp) cleaning the house! :-) So, first things first - lets talk dining room. Although the dining room isn't 100% complete, it is close enough that I thought I'd show you the other projects.

One of the things I wanted to do was frame out the windows so I could enjoy the beautiful views. I wanted really chunky moulding, so I had to do something about the stool with it's little bitty hang over. I opted to take it out and cut the lip off.

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