Laundry Room Re-do

1950’s homes usually all have the similar basement laundry situation.  Ugly pipes, a cold floor and a rusty smelly old sink. We wanted to soften ours up and make for a nicer, cleaner “laundry room” experience.  So without further introduction, here is the progression of how we re-did our laundry room for a only couple…

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My New Office

“Communicator by day. Upcycler by night.”  The phrase I use in my bio couldn’t be any more true, that’s my life in a nut-shell (minus my awesome husband, family, friends, and of course dog) for the year of 2013.  It’s been a very exciting 1st year of launching haus2home, and all the meanwhile, I’ve been…

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Preparing for a New Bathroom

Picture this: Our home is a 1950’s build and most of the bathroom is ORIGINAL (or slightly updated) to the home.  That means, Pepto Bismol colored shower tile, tile that  goes practically from the floor to the ceiling , really beat up fixtures and furniture, and to top it off 2 or three layers of …

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Creating Storage in Unexpected Places

While doing our basement renovation, we realized we wanted to make the best use out of the entire space. Our basement is going to be used in many different ways in the years to come; a laundry room, a gym, a craft room, a stockpile, an entertainment space, a playroom (someday), oh and a 3-piece…

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Decorating for Fall: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Sorry Andy Williams, you are mistaken. Fall is seriously the “most wonderful time of the year!”  Lets break it down.  The weather is beautiful, the landscape looks more and more georgeous each day and the food is to die for.  Pumpkin and apple flavored everything…it is heaven! We did a little decorating for the season…

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DIY haus numbers

If you read our landscaping post, you know that we’re all about finishing the outside of our home right now. Now the landscaping is complete, we have shimmied over a couple of feet to the front door area. The house number and mailbox we currently have are probably original to the house. Considering the house…

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Our Home Lanscaping Adventure

We bought our first home in July of 2011 and as much as we absolutely LOVED the inside of the house, we knew the landscaping had to go.  I mean, just look at it! The bushes were practically swallowing the house. (Spring and winter photos for your viewing pleasure.) Landscaping isn’t the easiest thing in…

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DIY Keepsake Ornament

Ever want to give something a little extra special for a gift? Something personalized that they can keep forever to remember a special event like a birthday, shower, wedding, anniversary?  In this blog post I will teach you how to make a DIY Keepsake Ornament that has proven itself to please!  This is an EASY…

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$1 DIY Cork Wine Charm Set

If you love wine and DIY projects, this is literally the perfect project for you.  This is very easy and I would say for all ages but it involves using a knife.  So as long as you can be trusted with a sharp object, you can handle this project! 🙂 For this project you will…

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Mother’s Day Specialties

It’s always tough to find that perfect present for mother’s day, so this year I decided to make all the mother’s in my life their presents.  It seemed to be the right thing to do to give them all gifts made with an extra sprinkle of love. 🙂 I decided to make the mothers my…

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Solving the Plastic Bag Dilemma

Do you have a wadded up cluster of plastic bags from grocery and clothing stores that look like a mess in your house or apartment? haus2home is not a place to judge, so I will be the first to say that I do. Well, at least I did until this past weekend when I decided…

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