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Oak cabinets covered both sides of this kitchen, wrapping around the range, sink, refrigerator, and window. Raised-panel doors and visible wood grain carried the same honey-brown finish from the base cabinets to the uppers. @pezzottipainting Instagram creator @pezzottipainting changed the cabinets with two colors instead of replacing them. He used Valspar Bay Waves and Mountain River with Enduro Wood Coatings in a 10 sheen, putting the lighter shade on most of the uppers and deep blue across the base cabinets. The cabinet layout stayed, along with the pale countertops, gray backsplash, flooring, stainless steel appliances, and original door profiles. Even the tall storage beside the refrigerator remained, but its new blue finish connects it with the lower cabinets across the kitchen. Oak Cabinets Covered Both Sides of the Kitchen @pezzottipainting Honey-toned oak filled the original kitchen from the entrance to the window. Upper cabinets lined both walls, while matching base cab...

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...

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...

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...