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Backyard Entertaining: DIY an Outdoor Movie Screen

While we don’t know when movie theaters will open again, you can still enjoy your favorite film in your own backyard. Here’s how to build your own outdoor movie screen for those family-filled late nights.

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Easy Design Trends to Update Your Kitchen

Since updating your kitchen can you get you one of the biggest returns on investment in terms of home upgrades, it’s important to stay on trend. Whether you’re in the market for a major kitchen renovation, or are just looking to “spice” things up, put some of these tips to use!

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How to Use Vinyl Plank Flooring to Refresh Your Home

If you’re social distancing and looking for home projects to do, updating your home’s flooring might be the route to take. Thankfully, there is a product taking the flooring world by storm– vinyl plank flooring.

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Transform Your Space: Makeover a Bedroom in One Weekend

We are all spending some quality time in our homes right now. So while we’re all in it together, let’s all take advantage of this time and completely makeover a space in a weekend’s worth of time!

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Coronavirus, DIY, Home Improvement

Five Home Projects to Tackle While Social Distancing

By now most of us have thought of organizing everything in our house including the closet that houses all the things and the drawers we never want to open. Once you run out of things to do then what? Don’t sweat it, we’ve created a list of 5 projects that might not have crossed your mind yet!

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The Ultimate Little Tikes Playhouse™ Makeover: Spring Dreams Edition

This year, Homes.com rounded up three amazing bloggers to overhaul a Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ that’s ready for spring! Vote for your favorite revamped playhouse for a chance to win a $250 gift card!

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DIY, Entertaining

39 Ideas for Kids and Adults to Stay Entertained While Social Distancing

As responses to coronavirus have shuttered schools and offices nationwide, many of us are at home and away from friends, coworkers and neighbors. With so much time focused in the home, here are 39 boredom buster ideas to keep minds and bodies active.

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Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Spring Makeover: Thistlewood Edition

Hello friends! I’m KariAnne and we are all about decorating for Easter around here. Especially when all this decorating helps others out. I’m here with Homes.com for their seasonal “Crafting with Charity” contest where I makeover a Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™! Come with me as we tackle this DIY together.

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Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Spring Makeover: At Charlotte’s House Edition

It’s that time of year again– time for another Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ charity makeover with Homes.com! It’s like a house makeover that I can execute all by myself in just a couple of short days! Come with me as I completely change this Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™.

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Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Spring Makeover: Thrift Diving Edition

What starts out as a plastic playhouse with no personality turns into a custom playhouse that any little kid would love to play with. This is the third installment of the “Crafting for Charity” where I’ll turn the Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse into a spring-inspired dream home!

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DIY, Home Decor

Refreshing Your Home Style? Top Trending Tips to Know

While it’s fun to stay on trend and up to date with the newest fads, it can also be intimidating to make a permanent decisions on new home decor and design. Thankfully, retailers have taken notice and created a wide array of products to help design your home in 2020.

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Important DIY Safety Tips Every Homeowner Should Know

Before jumping into any project or using a tool, often for the first time, it’s vital to make safety a top priority. Taking the proper safety measures not only projects yourself, but also those around you and your home.

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The Real Costs of House Flipping That HGTV Doesn’t Show You

With the rise in popularity of “fixer-upper” shows, more and more people are becoming intrigued by house-flipping. But, there’s one important thing most of these shows don’t reveal: the real costs that can be involved.

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Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a DIY Renovation

Whether you’ve spontaneously decided to take on a renovation project yourself or have meticulously planned every step of the way, these are the five questions you should ask yourself before making the final commitment.

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How to Update and Refresh Your Dining Table

Do you have a dining room table that you feel like is outdated? Or maybe it’s starting to show some wear-and-tear after the years of memories it’s been around for? Then refreshing it has never been easier with a DIY like this.

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How to Think Like an Interior Designer and Create the Perfect Room

An interior designer can be an asset. They know what will look good and what won’t, yet they come with a hefty price tag. Fortunately, you can learn to think like a design pro and create the perfect room without the middle man.

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How-To Guide: When You Should Do-It-Yourself vs. Hire a Professional

Finding a house that meets all of your must-haves and nice-to-haves is an amazing feeling and turning that house into your home is a process you do over time. Whether you prefer to hire professionals or go the DIY route, these are some things you should consider before making that final decision.

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DIY, Entertaining, Holidays

Shortcuts for Holiday Entertaining This Season

Entertaining can feel overwhelming when you have to get all of the things ready for your guests and this time of year gets really busy, really quick. We’re here to help make your life just a little simpler with these shortcuts to entertaining.

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The Ultimate Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Makeover: Holiday Edition

In the spirit of the holiday season and capturing the feeling of hominess, we rounded up three all-star bloggers for a very special project. Their task? Overhaul a Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ with a holiday twist. Vote for your favorite “flipped” playhouse for a chance to win a $250 gift card!

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Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Holiday Makeover: Thrift Diving Edition

Serena Appiah of the blog Thrift Diving is taking us on her journey of creating a completely “flipped” Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™. With the objective of adding in some holiday cheer, it’s amazing what a little flannel can do to pull everything together!

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Six Easy Projects To Decorate Your Front Porch for The Holidays In an Afternoon

Yep, it’s that time again to start getting your front porch ready for the holidays. Don’t have much money or time? Don’t want to over complicate things? Oh, good! Then this is the post for you. Here are six easy projects to decorate your front porch for the holidays in just one afternoon!

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Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ Holiday Makeover: At Charlotte’s House Edition

Charlotte Smith, creator of At Charlotte’s House is taking us on her journey “flipping” a Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse™ into the ultimate holiday dream.

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