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When choosing to remodel more than one room or space at the same time, you can reach a point where your entire world feels upside down. I know this because after more than two years of living with most of our first floor under construction, my life (and often my mind) was one big mess. [...]

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When doing a major remodel (see Remodeling on A Budget Part 1) there is one thing you can be certain of. Your project is going to take longer than you expected! Especially if you’re doing the work yourself.  Once you really get going, there will be surprises that you couldn’t have planned for and there [...]

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Today is the day the busy family finally pulled the trigger and ordered a new pendant light fixture for our breakfast nook style update.  Wanna see it? For me, there is just something about the history of objects that fascinate me.  Found around farms and within early American factories, this shade design is nearly 100 [...]

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Six years ago, my husband and I decided to sell our little two bedroom house in search of a bigger and better home to raise our kids in. It didn’t take us long to decide on a location, but the house was another story. There were very little homes in our price range to choose [...]

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I’ve talked a little about the kitchen, hitting the low-lights, but let me dig a little deeper and tell you the oh-so-frustrating story of my refrigerator. On a warm summer day (yes, we do have those in Minnesota), I moved in to my little piece of Urban heaven.  My furniture was in place, boxes were [...]

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