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DIY PITTED CONCRETE FLOOR PATCH | GARAGE RENOVATION

Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 by Megan

Do you have pitted floors in your garage? The most common place to see damaged concrete is on the edge of the slab, right under the garage door. If you’ve ever seen water or pests creeping in under the door, you probably have the same problem as we did!

How to remove wall anchors and patch hole with spackle

REMOVING WALL ANCHORS AND PATCHING HOLES | TIPS AND TRICKS

Posted on March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Megan

Time to patch those pesky holes? Smooth walls or textured walls- I’ve got you covered! (Heh, see what I did there?) Supplies View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meg | homeowner tips and DIYs (@grovehousereno)

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INSTALLING A POP UP DRAIN | DIY BURIED DOWNSPOUT

Posted on July 11, 2022March 6, 2023 by Megan

A quick solution is to grab a plastic downspout extension from any Home Depot or Lowes and direct the flow away from your house. But if your doers like us and you want to get your hands a little dirty, then let me introduce you to the pop up drainage emitter…

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INSTALLING GUTTER GUARD | EASYON REVIEW

Posted on June 28, 2022March 6, 2023 by Megan

They say April showers bring May flowers, but it seemed for us that April showers just brought more May showers. Our old house was surrounded by tall trees and our gutters would constantly get clogged with leaves and forest gunk until we installed EasyOn Gutter Guard. We had such great success with the gutter guard…

Werner Attic ladder hatch

REPLACING OUR ATTIC HATCH | DIY INSTALL

Posted on January 5, 2022March 6, 2023 by Megan

Our first DIY in the new house… installing a new attic hatch with a ladder! What an exciting place to start, huh?? Let me explain. When we moved, the last room we packed was the garage which means everything in it made the least organized exit. Our tools and other garage junk exploded at the…

Screwing together boards for DIY picture frame ledge shelf

5 EASY DIY IDEAS FOR YOUR HOUSE

Posted on October 25, 2021March 6, 2023 by Megan

If you could climb inside my brain, you would hear a constant buzzing of DIY house project ideas that I want to tackle. In fact, just yesterday we were driving home from church and I said, out of the blue, “I think I’m going to tear up all of the carpet tomorrow.” And Tyler reminded…

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REFINISHING OUR DECK | DIY RESTORATION

Posted on September 17, 2021March 6, 2023 by Megan

I know, I know… “Weren’t you finishing your basement?” The answer is- yes. But if you’ve been to any store that sells lumber in the past year, you would know that prices are outrageous. We finished insulating and framing most of the outside walls before we ran out of lumber and decided we should wait…

Grout Renew stained grout refresh DIY bottle

RESTORING STAINED GROUT | EASY DIY

Posted on May 13, 2021March 6, 2023 by Megan

I cannot tell you how GOOD it feels so good to be back with another easy DIY! So much has happened since January, but also not a whole lot has been accomplished. My fellow parents will understand- we’re mostly just staying afloat around here. I’ve been sharing updates here and there on our basement renovation…

New Mastercraft Menards french patio door walkout basement

REPLACING OUR BASEMENT PATIO DOOR | DIY INSTALL

Posted on August 6, 2020March 6, 2023 by Megan

This DIY project has been a long time coming. We ordered this patio door for our basement (along with the lumber for our mini shed and new basement windows) back in April. It was one of our “bored and in quarantine” impulse buys. Some people buy clothes and gadgets- we buy doors! I should also…

Leveling shed foundation

1 YEAR BLOG-IVERSARY! | OUR YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on July 15, 2020March 6, 2023 by Megan

We officially celebrated our 1 year “blog-iversary” this month! Hard to believe we’ve been documenting our house projects for a whole year, but at the same time it feels like a decade’s worth of things of changed since July 2019. The world looks a whole lot different than it did last summer! Let’s take trip…

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