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DIY Styrofoam Cooler Snowman That Won’t Blow Away. A Simple Item Upcycled into a Holiday Decoration.

November 19, 2020 By Dana Vento Leave a Comment

DIY Styrofoam Cooler Snowman That Won't Blow Away. A Simple Item Upcycled into a Holiday Decoration.

 As I began cleaning out the garage, I ran into a large stack of styrofoam coolers.  In short, these coolers were used to ship my medications and I did not want to throw them in the trash.  In fact, I was looking for the RIGHT place to recycle and I guess I forgot about them. ...

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DIY Dresser Overhaul With Chalk Paint

August 25, 2019 By Dana Vento 20 Comments

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  I love that my daughter has my old furniture, but I don't love the color or the style. The furniture is so dated and trust me, what is old is not going to be new again anytime soon. Nevertheless, yellow in the furniture does not compliment anything in her room. In fact, she chose ...

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How To Craft A No Sew Pillow From A T-Shirt

October 23, 2017 By Dana Vento 57 Comments

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We all have our favorite t-shirts and some of those t-shirts are coveted a bit more sacredly than others. In our Pittsburgh-strong sports home, we wholeheartedly embrace our sports teams and my kids love their sports t-shirts. ...

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Laundry Room Makeover With Style

October 6, 2017 By Dana Vento 39 Comments

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I am about to share another one of my Dana Vento DIY  projects. My laundry room/mudroom needs a little TLC!  It's my catchall room and it has to be functional for 5 people and a cat! The laundry room is the epicenter of the home. ...

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Simple DIY To Create A Tennis Ball Hanger

September 1, 2017 By Dana Vento 21 Comments

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It's fall and I am all about cleaning out and cleaning up and today's project is simple, fun and quite a creative reuse of tennis balls. Your family is probably like mine and rather than tossing out those old tennis balls you store them. Storage leads to clutter and clutter just is not pretty to ...

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