Home & Garden - Lynda Makara

Front door privacy curtain

August 6, 2015/0 Comments/in Crafts, DIY home decorating, Home & garden, Home accents, Home improvement, Sewing /by [email protected]

Privacy is hard to come by when you live in the city. People are always walking up and down the street, cars are driving by, the neighbors are always coming and going. So when I’m sitting on my couch with the front door open, I feel like I’m on display and I don’t like that. […]

How to survive during a kitchen remodel

June 2, 2015/0 Comments/in Home & garden, Home improvement /by [email protected]

Surviving without a kitchen starts long before the contractors show up with their sledgehammers. The more you prepare in advance, the easier things will be for you during construction and after. Having been through a kitchen renovation before, I decided to do things different the second time around: mainly, no cooking and no washing of […]

My galley kitchen upgrade

May 18, 2015/2 Comments/in Home & garden, Home improvement /by [email protected]

Two years ago I did a complete renovation of my small galley kitchen. The house was built in ‘44 and my parents bought it in in the early 50s. Bits and pieces were updated a few times over the years with the end result being a hodgepodge of awfulness (sorry Mom and Dad). So in […]

Concrete backyard makeover

May 9, 2015/6 Comments/in Home & garden, Home improvement, Landscaping /by [email protected]

Grass is a high maintenance landscaping choice with very little payoff. You spend all week watering it so that you can spend all weekend mowing it. Just doesn’t make sense. And aesthetically, it’s ho-hum boring. My lawn had also become an all you can eat buffet for gophers. I needed to get rid of both. […]

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