How is your dining table looking these days? Is it a little worn? A little scratched? Is the finish looking a little dull in places? If you answered, yes, then my guess is it's because you actually use your dining table. It's likely a place you love to sit, eat, craft, and have family time. What if I could show you how to refinish that table and give it a natural finish that is actually intended to look better with age. Today's furniture makeover is a ...
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Whitewashed and Painted Table & Chairs
Would you like to learn how to to take your brown table from the dark side over to the light? In this week's post you'll learn how to refinish a dining table and chairs with white wash stain and paint. And since we're all at home more than we're out shopping these days, we'll be talking about how to make use of some paints you may already have on-hand.
A few weeks ago, my cousin decided she was ready to replace this dining table and set of chairs. The set had been left to ...
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Lemon Parsley Rice
Rice is a staple food that can round out a meal, but it can also get a little boring. We're always looking for seasonings and sauces to bring a little flavor to basic rice. If you love lemon, here's a super simple way to give plain white rice a little zing! This 3-ingredient recipe is right in the name... Lemon Parsley Rice.
My daughter loves Chipotle's rice bowls. So earlier this week when we were cooking https://entriways.com/gluten-free-chicken-tenders/gluten-free chicken tenders ...
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Gluten-Free Chicken Tenders
Do your kids love chicken tenders and chicken cutlets as much as mine do? Well, if you have a gluten-free member of your family, you can make one simple substitute and those wheat-filled breaded tenders become a meal everyone in the family can enjoy. Here's my favorite gluten-free chicken tenders recipe.
Ingredients
16-20 Boneless Chicken Tenders (estimate 3-4 tenders per person)1-cup Rice Crispies cereal (finely crushed)1-cup Grated Parmesan Cheese (in a carton)1/2 cup ...
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9 More Things I Wish We Included in Our Home When We Built
Are you planning to build or renovate a home? Then there are few things you may want to consider including depending on how you live and what season of life you're in. You see, the way we live in our home and how it functions changes over time. Having owned homes for the past 25 years and going from 'no-kids' to 'little kids' to 'teenagers', I now see things I wish we included in our home when we built 20 years ago. Hindsight is 20-20, right?
Previously, I shared ...
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When You Love the Dresser, But Not the Brass
Have you ever inherited a piece of furniture that you liked but didn't love? It may have been a piece that's been in your family for a few generations or one that your sister passed to you because she decided she didn't need it any longer. You think to yourself... it's a nice piece of furniture and you have the perfect wall for that size piece. There's nothing overly committal about the style, so it could blend well with your other furniture. If only you could stain over the brass accents. ...
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Favorite Italian Vanilla Cookies
Do you love vanilla cookies? They are my absolute favorite. Today, I have a recipe passed down from my Italian grandmother who would make these vanilla cookies during the holidays, especially at Easter when she would make them into mini Easter baskets with an egg in the center.
My grandmother's original recipe made a ton of cookies! It called for 5 eggs and 5 cups of flour to feed the more than 50 family members that attended holiday dinners.
I downsized the recipe to easily ...
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Completing Projects While Home: Bathroom Refresh for Under $170
Are you getting a few necessary projects done around the house this week? This is a great time to check those home projects off your list. These may be cleaning, organizing, minor repairs, or completely refreshing a room that's needed attention for some time. The kids bathroom was one of those projects in our house. See how I gave this bathroom a refresh for under $170.
The kids bathroom hasn't been painted since we moved our house 18 years ago. I think we've ...
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