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Recycled Kitchen Renovation

April 26, 2010 by 82 Comments
DIY: Home Renovation - A New Kitchen on a Budget

Last week I showed you a sneak peek of some home renovation projects that FringeMan and I are working on.  So today I thought I'd show you our DIY Kitchen Renovation, budget style with recycled cabinets. Please understand we are not professional home renovators and we are working with no money.  I don't say that flippantly.  We are really working with very little.  Keep that in mind. Thankfully recycling is in style. We also are NOT finished with this project.  This is only an update.     When we purchased our home, this was the kitchen.  These were the … [Read more...]

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Freaky House Photo Friday – the evolution of my living room

April 1, 2010 by 33 Comments
Living Room As Purchased

This post has been edited to take part in Thrifty Decor Chick's Before and After and My Frugal Family.  Go visit HERE and HERE. When I learned that Julia from Hooked on Houses was hosting a Freaky House Photo Friday, I knew I found my destiny.  Finally an opportunity for the un-styled and ugly to shine!  We all have our place in this world and frankly, I get worn out looking at all of your perfect homes and rooms.  Blogland is filled with some of the best decorators and housekeepers on earth, but we can't all be Martha.  I've tried. As most of you know, the FringeFamily moved into a … [Read more...]

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My Dream House, Part 2

June 24, 2009 by 18 Comments
the house for blog 1

This story is more than the saga of our first home.  It is the record of young love and the realization of a dream.  If you missed part one, you can read it HERE, otherwise enjoy My Dream House, Part 2. February1998 We arrived in Maine with a Canadian cold front.  I hadn't seen snow so deep since a bad New York winter in my early childhood and I had never witnessed snow banks that rose into the overcast sky with the pride of pyramids.  They lined curbsides, driveways, and doorsteps. This wasn't the Maine I knew.  The Maine of my vacation memories was an August Maine overflowing … [Read more...]

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