My Posts Tagged as 'Home'

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What's In the Box?

Some rather large boxes arrived at my house recently and I wanted to share this unboxing with you. I've been waiting for these for the longest time.

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Carol Karl

April 21, 2023

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I Ordered Something Big!

A few months ago, I ordered something big! It arrived in six large boxes.

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Carol Karl

April 21, 2023

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Lluma Candles – Discount Code

Do you love candles? Candles were never on my radar until recently but I’m a convert. I

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Carol Karl

November 12, 2022

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Winter Master Bedroom Refresh

I’ve got the winter blues – I get them every year. I just need sunshine to survive and there hasn’t been much here lately.

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Carol Karl

August 2, 2022

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Your Bathroom is Moving Where???

It’s no secret that our house is way too small for us. Since both our children ended up back living with us, we have had to get two portable cabins to house everyone.

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Carol Karl

July 19, 2022

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Dining Suite Makeover – Part 2 The Table

A few weeks ago I shared Part 1 of this makeover where I showed you the finished chairs. This week it’s the table’s turn to be debuted.

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Carol Karl

June 11, 2022

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Dining Suite Makeover – Part 1 The Chairs

You may remember, a few months ago, I acquired three tables in one weekend, and that I was agonizing over what paint to use to paint the new dining table.

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Carol Karl

May 21, 2022

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I'm Blue ....

You may remember, a few months ago, I acquired three tables in one weekend, and that I was agonizing over what paint to use to paint the new dining table.

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Carol Karl

November 14, 2021

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Living My Real Life

Happy weekend my friend! Do you believe it’s September already. I feel like I blinked and missed the last month.

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Carol Karl

September 4, 2021

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Living My Real Life

Happy weekend my friend! What an eventful week we’ve had.

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Carol Karl

August 28, 2021

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Living My Real Life

Happy weekend my friend! What an eventful week we’ve had.

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Carol Karl

August 21, 2021

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How to Make a Rainbow Bar Stool Cover

It’s no secret that my daughter loves unicorns. In fact, we call her house the unicorn museum.

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Carol Karl

August 19, 2021

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Living My Real Life

Happy weekend my friend! My family and I created a long weekend by taking Friday off.

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Carol Karl

August 7, 2021

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Living My Real Life

Happy weekend my friend! Now that mid-winter Christmas is over and the days are starting to get longer, it feels like spring might just be on the way.

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Carol Karl

July 31, 2021

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Do Kiwis Celebrate Christmas in July?

When we first moved to Canada one question I was asked all the time that shocked me was, ‘What’s it like to celebrate Christmas in July?”

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Carol Karl

July 22, 2021

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Does This work? Making Transparent Labels

Do you want to know my dirty little secret? I’m going to be sharing it with you today.

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Carol Karl

July 15, 2021

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Fun Winter School Holiday Projects To Do With Your Kids

Our school year in New Zealand is broken up into four terms and the July school holidays start next week.

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Carol Karl

July 1, 2021

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How to Paint a Brass and Glass Chandelier

Often during a renovation the jewels, in this case lighting, gets forgotten about until the end.

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Carol Karl

June 24, 2021

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How to Upholster Dining Chairs with Piping

Do you ever have those times where one event cascades into a long list of things to do? That’s what happened to me recently.

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Carol Karl

February 18, 2024

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How Many Tables?

How many dining tables does one woman need? After this past weekend the answer to that question appears to be …

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Carol Karl

May 27, 2021

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How to Frost Glass With a Pattern

Sometimes we need privacy but still need light! That’s was the case with our front door (and our back door).

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Carol Karl

May 6, 2021

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How to Paint an Aluminium Door or Window

Everyone who has visited us lately has commented on our great new front door. Last week I shared our front porch makeover.

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Carol Karl

April 29, 2021

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Front Porch Makeover

This post has been a long time coming – not that it’s taken us a long time to do the project, it’s just that we’ve been wanting to do it for a long time.

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Carol Karl

April 24, 2021

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Lockwood Renovation Part 15 – Kitchen Floors

This one is not going to be pretty! The floors throughout our entire house were a mess but the kitchen was by far the worst.

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Carol Karl

April 8, 2021

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Blue Fluff and Chaos

Is your house trying to be a supermodel? I know that’s a weird thing to ask but bear with me.

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Carol Karl

March 18, 2021

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12 Tips for Buying or Modifying an Accessible Home

This week’s blog post is a little different. I was asked to write a blog post for Able USA. I decided to do this because disability has affected my life.

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Carol Karl

March 25, 2021