NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Make a DIY planter from a concrete block

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Looking for a fun and simple craft to spruce up your late-summer porch?

Try this customizable cinder block planter. It’s a quick and easy pick-me-up for your end-of-summer porch. 

Creative home hacks: Removing adhesive from glass (once and for all)

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Do you have any small unfinished projects around your house that nearly drive you crazy? Yep. Me, too.

There just never seems to be enough time to properly take care of everything. But I recently tackled one of them – and it was way easier than I anticipated. Here’s how I removed stubborn stickers from our windows without breaking a sweat.

Patriotic decorations on the front porch for Independence Day

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I know you’ve been losing sleep wondering if we have decked out our house in red, white and blue this year.

Wonder no more. Check out our Independence Day porch and some favorite products to Yankee Doodle Dandy your space.

The next big project: Shiplap in the basement family room

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If you are anything like me, you never stop dreaming about your next big home project.

And our next one is getting started – to create more usable living space for our family. That’s right. We are starting with phase one of finishing the basement. Here’s the full scoop.

Our 3 secrets to affording home projects while building financial freedom

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I want you to have a beautiful home you love. But I don’t want you to sell your soul or your firstborn to do it. Actually, I beg you not to do that.

I want the money you spend to create a haven for your family. But I also want the money you spend to help BUILD your net worth and future financial freedom – not lead to you STRUGGLE TOWN living paycheck to paycheck.

Summer In Style Outdoor Edition: Our comfortable family porch

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We have officially hit the early summer sweet spot in the Midwest – the approximately two weeks of the year that the weather is perfect – sunny, breezy and beautiful. And since it’s a pretty short time frame for perfection, we’d best enjoy it. And that means we are spending almost all of our waking hours outdoors. Luckily for […]