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DIY – Kitchen Shelf Upgrade

February 11, 2016
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I used our recent termite tenting as motivation to clean out my pantry (a job I'd been putting off for a while). My pull-out shelves, installed a few years back, are starting to look a bit grotty. Any spills or…

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When things go wrong…

January 29, 2016
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live, post & beam beach house remodel

My house - tented There have been a whole lot of little annoyances at my place in the past two weeks. It wasn't anything big or terrible, just a collection of inconvenient, time-consuming things that started us wondering what we…

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

December 10, 2015
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get organized, live

Marie Kondo's book about decluttering caught my attention the minute I heard the title. However, books on decluttering are, in fact, contributing to the continuing problem of clutter in my house. In the past, I've tried throwing out ten things…

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DIY Industrial-style Holiday Wreaths

December 1, 2015
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create, make it

You might remember my living succulent wreath disaster DIY from last week. It ended well after morphing into a lovely living centerpiece, but I was left with a second metal frame and no wreaths for my double front doors. The…

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DIY Living Succulent Wreath

November 20, 2015
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This lovely and affordable wreath, made on a square frame, was originally intended to hang on my front door for the holidays. I spent an hour or so putting it together. I made sure I did every step properly. I…

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5 Delicious DIYs

October 5, 2015
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Once a month, I get to sit with a bunch of women and men, many who are friends, and play - we draw, we paint, we sculpt. It's such a cool break from our everyday lives. We take the lessons…

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tiny house inspiration – links

September 2, 2015
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links, live

Jessica Helgerson designed tiny house. Sauvie Island, Portland (source: lincolnbarbour.com) The popularity of tiny houses and micro apartments is gaining momentum, especially in and around high density American cities like San Francisco and New York, but these well thought out,…

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flowers at my place – modern roses

August 24, 2015
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live, post & beam beach house remodel, style it

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I bought roses this week. Roses do not like the heat and Los Angeles's heat wave does not look like letting up any time soon. These pretty yellow flowers were tightly closed…

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DIY succulent garden

July 13, 2015
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A modern succulent garden can be a quick affordable DIY. I love the lines of this bowl for our mini indoor/outdoor garden. Even though it doesn't look it, it's a melamine bowl from Target. (more…)

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slow cooker turkey chili

June 19, 2015
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dinner, fave food, live

OK, I'm a little bit in love with my slow cooker. Now I'm on the hunt for healthy summery meals I can create in the morning and look like a hero at night. Apart from anything else, I want to…

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Tracey Dale is a writer, currently working on her first novel. She is a former broadcast journalist, TV host, corporate speaker, advertising executive, and Miss Australia. Based in Los Angeles, she is married to actor, Alan Dale (Entourage, Captain America 2, Lost, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo).

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