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Forget Store-Bought Fabric Softener: She Makes Her Own With Something From the Shower

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Fabric softener is usually another bottle to pick up in the laundry aisle, but this homemade version starts with something found in the shower. Mixed with hot water and white vinegar, it creates a large batch that can be stored beside the washing machine and dispensed as needed. @Clover House Home creator DeeDee from Clover House uses hair conditioner as the third ingredient, choosing a scented formula that gives the mixture its fragrance. The recipe calls for six cups of hot water, two cups of conditioner, and three cups of white vinegar, with no powders to dissolve or long list of ingredients to measure. Changing the conditioner also changes the scent, which makes the recipe easy to adapt without changing the process. The finished Kiwi Lime batch takes on the pale green color of the conditioner before going into a reused container and a smaller jar kept in the laundry room. Three Ingredients Make the Whole Batch Hot water, white vinegar, and hair conditioner are all that go in...
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They Had an Entire Concrete Patio to Remove, but They Never Used a Jackhammer

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Brittney’s husband and their son had an entire cracked concrete patio to remove, but the demolition never involved a jackhammer. They worked across the backyard together with a pry bar, sledgehammer, high-lift jack, shovel, and buckets, breaking the patio into pieces they could haul away. Water had also been collecting at one corner of the patio beside a basement window well. During wet weather, that water made its way into the basement, giving the family another reason to pull up the concrete instead of leaving the aging surface in place. What made their removal method work wasn’t hitting the concrete harder. They found a way to get underneath each section and lift it off the soil before breaking it, turning leverage into the key part of the demolition. One Corner Was Already Causing Trouble Curved concrete steps remained at the back door, but the flat patio around them needed to come out. Beside the steps, a low section sat close to the basement window well, where runoff h...
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He Spray-Painted the Oak Cabinets Neptune Lily and Made the Original Kitchen Look New

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Warm oak covered almost every cabinet in this kitchen, from the long run beneath the windows to the tall appliance units and island. Instead of removing cabinetry that already fit the room, the existing doors, drawer fronts, frames, end panels, wine storage, and decorative details were kept for a color change. @renewingdecoratin Instagram creator @renewingdecorating spray-painted the cabinetry in Neptune Lily, replacing the orange-toned oak finish with a pale neutral shade. Granite countertops, exposed brick, dark ceiling beams, wood flooring, and the kitchen layout remained, making the cabinet color the change that separates the before and after. The finished kitchen still has the same raised-panel doors, tall storage, glass-front wall cabinet, island shelving, and built-in appliances seen in the original room. Against the new cabinet finish, the brick and old timber beams become stronger features instead of competing with another warm wood tone. Oak Covered the Cabinets From the...
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She Kept Adding Pumpkins to Her Fall Porch, Then Wondered if She Went Too Far

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Pumpkins fill almost every part of this front porch, but placing them on the floor was only the start. They appear inside stacked crates, among flowers, on tables, beside lanterns, across pillows, and within arrangements that climb the walls. @southernseazons Southern Seazons creator Jody questioned the result herself, writing that she might have “too much of a pumpkin theme.” Even the front door, which she first thought had escaped the pumpkins, had a small one tucked into the arrangement. Stacked Crates Turn One Corner Into a Pumpkin Display @southernseazons Two weathered wood crates create shelves at the end of the porch, giving pumpkins and fall flowers three different heights. Orange pumpkins sit at the top and center, while a pale pumpkin anchors the arrangement near the floor. Black lanterns break up the orange and red flowers and connect with the dark metal porch furniture. Filling the crates instead of setting everything along the floor makes a small corner h...
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He Removed the Breakfast Table and Built a Huge Kitchen Island in Its Place

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Oak cabinets, square tile floors, and a four-seat breakfast table filled this kitchen before a remodel submitted to Homedit through our Submit Your Work page . The family wanted a large island where they could sit and eat, a request that would change far more than the cabinet finish. Joel Montfort of Montfort Designs LLC gutted the kitchen, removed the wall with the arched opening, and pushed the new layout into the former breakfast area. Removing a wall of windows created several more feet for cabinetry and appliances, while the breakfast table gave way to a wide central island. White Shaker cabinets, River White granite, and wood-look porcelain tile completed the transformation, but the hardest part wasn’t installing the new kitchen. Removing the old flooring required a jackhammer and grinder, with glue-down hardwood in two rooms adding another challenge. The breakfast table occupied space the kitchen needed The old kitchen stopped at the edge of the breakfast area, leavi...
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