Category: Crooked Crowbar
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Yay Homebrew!
I have been homebrewing with a friend for a couple years now, but thanks to lovely brewing equipment gifts from my in-laws for Christmas, I now have my own setup. So far, I’ve done two batches: a hazelnut brown ale and an oatmeal stout. Gavin suggested making labels with fun pictures for the beer. I…
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DIY Home Maintenance Pro
I’ve never been much for home maintenance. This is likely because I totally suck at it. I am also a proponent of outsourcing everything. With Tara and I both working full time, the last thing we want to do in the evenings is more work. But I’m trying to come around. Call it a New…
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Painting an Accent Wall
This past weekend, Tara and I took on our very first home improvement project in our house. We painted an accent wall! We both have pretty limited experience when it comes to painting actual walls, so we were a little nervous, but it ended up being surprisingly easy and only really took a few hours.…
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Dresser Refurb
My coffee table refurb was so successful that we decided to paint our old dressers matching colors to get some more mileage out of them. It sort of counts as our first DIY project with the new house. Preparation Pictures! First coat! Yes, mine is the white one… The finished product!!…
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Coffee Table Refurb
Our college-era coffee table was a bit of an eye-sore in the living room. I was in a DIY mood, so I decided to paint it. Spray paint has always been my favorite medium when it comes to painting. This mostly likely comes from my days of painting skate ramps as a youngster. The thing…
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Nasty Carpet (Not an innuendo, I promise)
In the 8 months that Tara and I have lived in our rental house, we’ve been pleased with just about everything except the living/dining room carpet. The people that lived there before us evidently had a small dog that peed all over the carpet. Stains are one thing, but this stunk. It was this weird,…
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