DIY

Christmas is around the corner and most of us are going to be decorating the whole house for this occasion. The whole house will be looked after for this Christmas except for the bathroom. The bathroom is one place in the house where somehow Christmas decorations are not welcomed. That would be the case in most houses, but it would be really nice to have a decorated Christmas bathroom this year.

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Whether you are planning to install an up & over door, sectional door, roller garage door or side hinged door, the basic rules and advice is always the same. Be sure to always measure in millimeter for accuracy. To start…

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I do a little bit of repair work on the weekends to keep up with my hobby of building stuff and to justify my love for expensive microbrews. On one of these jobs I tossed up about 3 rooms worth of plain wallpaper and since they sell rolls in pairs, I had this leftover bit with no real way to use it.

So it sat, and sat, and sat in my garage. For over 2 years the usefulness of the wallpaper was limited to a good house for the stray mouse and spider. Finally, sick of seeing the stupid thing, I made a vow, by the end of the month I’d be rid of it without wasting it. Here are the three ways I found it to be genuinely useful out of the dozen or so things I tried.

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October is my favorite month. You know why? HALLOWEEN! It’s only the best holiday ever. You can’t dress up like a zombie and pretend to eat your sister’s brain on Christmas. You can’t gorge yourself on candy you took from strangers on Labor Day. You certainly can’t stroll into work on Valentine’s Day in full pirate garb, parrot included. But on Halloween you can! I mean, I guess technically you could do all of these things on these other holidays, but you would get a lot of weird looks. Anyway, I am all about the spirit of Halloween and I intend to live it up. The first order of business is to decorate my house so everybody knows that I am fully invested in the Halloween fun. I’m talking graveyards, black cats, pumpkins, the works. A lot of my favorite project ideas came from these websites and talented bloggers. So put on Hocus Pocus and get ready for some serious Halloween DIY crafting. Check it out!

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