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DIY, Fix It, Gardening, Home Maintenance, Landscaping & Gardening

How to Easily Fix a Leaky Hose

How to Easily Fix a Leaky Hose A garden hose is a valuable tool around my yard in the summertime. It's vital to keep my yard looking beautiful, keeping plants watered, and occasionally for a fun water fight with my kids. But what happens when…

social media image 26 ways to decorate with red white and blue

decor, Decorating, Home Decor, inspiration, July 4th, Uncategorized

26 Creative Ways to Decorate with Red, White, and Blue

Creative Ways to Decorate with Red, White, and Blue July 4th is right around the corner. If you like to decorate for the 4th, try using red, white, and blue primary colors to give a patriotic vibe to your home. Red, white, and blue are also…

About Me

Are you Going to Haven? Let’s Meet!

Are you Going to Haven? Let's Meet! Hey y'all! I'm going to Haven again this year, and I hope we get to meet each other! If you're just coming over from Debbie's at Refresh Restyle, welcome! If you stumbled here by accident you may be wondering.…

Build It

Build Your Own Coat Rack

Build Your Own Coat Rack Hi I'm Toni from Girl, Just DIY and I'm happy to be here with you today as a guest blogger for Pretty Handy Girl. Today I'm going to share with you how to build your own coat rack. I've been saving the old wood shelves…

bathroom, Home Decor, Saving Etta

Downstairs Bathroom Plans at Saving Etta

Downstairs Bathroom Plans at Saving Etta Thank you so much for your feedback and comments on the master bathroom mood board for Saving Etta. While preparing for the plumbing, I had to start picking out all the fixtures. If you've been following…

copper, DIY, Do It Yourself, Home Office

DIY Concrete Desk Organizer

DIY Concrete Desk Organizer Hi! It's Sheri from Hazel + Gold, and I'm excited to share this DIY Concrete Desk Organizer tutorial with you! This organizer was born from necessity. Do you have a jar or cup-like pen holder? Have you ever knocked…

Contributor

Welcome Our Newest Contributor – Sheri

I'm super excited to welcome our newest contributor - Sheri, from Hazel + Gold Designs! You are going to love her and all her creative ideas. Shari is a fantastic woodworker, crafter and artist. She has a flair for creating stylish home…

Before and After, habitat ReStore

Helping Homeowners Stay Home for Good with Ply Gem

Helping Homeowners Stay Home for Good There is a crisis in Wake County (and much of the country for that matter.) Affordable housing and the ability to maintain a home is a struggle for many people. Ply Gem has made it their mission to help…

art, decor, DIY, Gift Ideas, Home Decor

Pressed faux flowers behind glass

Pressed Faux Flowers Hello, Pretty Handy Girl friends! Julie from love my simple home here, with a new DIY project! Pressed faux flowers behind glass is quick and easy to make. You'll end up with a beautiful piece of leaning art…

bathroom, Decorating, Saving Etta

Master Bathroom Design Plans for Saving Etta

Master Bathroom Design Plans It's hard to believe I need to start thinking about all the materials and fixtures I'm using inside the master bathroom of my flip house. We are just finishing up framing this week and I have my plumber and HVAC…

arts and craft, tablescape

Make Your Own Agate Place Cards

Make Your Own Agate Place Cards Nothing makes a dinner party more fancy than personalized place cards. Today I want to show you how you can make these elegant agate place cards. They are simple to make, and they add color and style to your…

Saving Etta

Saving Etta: Chapter 18: The Plumber

Saving Etta: Chapter 18 – Good Neighbors This is the true story about a house built in 1900 that is in serious disrepair. It’s also the story about my journey toward becoming a general contractor and my attempt to save a home from being…

Hate wire shelves? Turn that boring closet into a show stopper with beautiful custom shelving. Here's how:

Build It, Closet renovation, organizational tips

DIY Custom Closet Shelving

DIY Custom Closet Shelving I don't like wire shelving in closets! Who's with me on this one? I am slowly replacing all the wire shelving at my daughter's new home. As you may know, custom closets are super expensive. While researching "small…

arts and craft, Chalkboard paint, Decorating

FREE Spring Flowers Chalkboard Art Printable

With Spring finally arriving (fashionably late for most of us), I thought it was time to update our chalkboard sign and give you a new FREE Spring Flowers Chalkboard Art Printable to download, print, and hang up in your house. I'm not…

DIY Spring Decor Cloche table centerpiece

Centerpieces, cloche, decor, Decorating, DIY, Home Decor

Spring Cloche Idea

Spring Cloche Idea Hi, it's Julie from Love My Simple Home back with another simple DIY tutorial. Today I have a quick project using a cloche, faux spring flowers, and live moss to create a beautiful spring cloche. Materials: (I've…

Electrical

15 Electrical Fixes Any Homeowner Can Make

15 Electrical Fixes Any Homeowner Can Make Electrical work can be scary, even for seasoned DIYers who haven't delved into electricity. Many people have a fear of electrocution or fear of burning their house down. There are definitely times…

Aged, decor, Decorating, DIY, Do It Yourself, Home Decor, Uncategorized, Upcycling

111 DIY Farmhouse Decor Ideas

111 DIY Farmhouse Decor Ideas Do you love farmhouse decor as much as I do? What is Farmhouse Style exactly? It can be described as worn, weathered, rustic, comfy, or anything that reminds us of a simpler time. If you're like me (and love…

recipe

Keto Chocolate Mug Cake

Keto Chocolate Mug Cake This keto chocolate mug cake is one of the best keto friendly desserts you will eat. We are trying a lot of keto desserts and promise to save you time and money by only posting the keto diet recipes that have passed…

How to build a laptop stand to keep it at same level as large screen

Build It, organizational tips

DIY Scrap Wood Laptop Stand

DIY Scrap Wood Laptop Stand Hello, Pretty Handy readers! Anika from Anika's DIY Life back again with a quick and fun project that is useful and will improve your posture! Do you use a laptop? If so, you will help your neck and back immensely…

Saving Etta

Saving Etta: Chapter 17: Good Neighbors

Saving Etta: Chapter 17 – Good Neighbors This is the true story about a house built in 1900 that is in serious disrepair. It’s also the story about my journey toward becoming a general contractor and my attempt to save a home from being…

About Me, inspiration, Toolbox

It’s 2018, and I’m still wondering Where are the Real Makita Girls?

It's 2018, and I'm Still Wondering Where are the Real Makita Girls? Back when I first published this post, I never thought I'd be resurrecting it from the archives. Then Simone Giertz shared this tweet and my anger and frustration at Makita…