Old Home Love

Fall One Room Challenge: Week 5!

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Hi guys! Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge! If you haven’t heard, the Challenge was extended by one week and THANK GOODNESS because I am soooo behind. We have our painters working on our giveaway house and they were supposed to be here yesterday, but that did NOT happen. We did get it all primed ourselves, so that’s good :) The last little bit we have been

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My Conversion to Old Home Love….Baptism by Lath and Plaster Dust.

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I’m not sure when it happened. It may have been the day I was standing on the top of our ladder, on the label that clearly reads “this is not a step”, while tearing down lath and plaster ceilings with a crowbar. It might have been the frosty Saturday morning last winter, as I paused in the squatting position next to our dumpster, mentally preparing to throw what I can

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  • DIY Tip: Replicating Historic Molding

    Having historic molding recreated can be expensive...although there is certainly a time and place to spend that kind of money, you can usually make a very similar look from off-the-shelf molding!

  • DIY Tip: Refinishing Floors

    Make sure to use the right kind of sander when refinishing your floors! It takes a little bit of practice, but a large belt sander works much better than a random orbital!

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