Coming this Weekend!

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Thanks for checking out A Girl’s Guide to Home DIY! I’m Lauren, a 33 year old nurse practitioner turned amateur DIYer. My husband and I own a small 1950s duplex in Alexandria, Virginia that was in decent shape when we bought it, but definitely needed some love and elbow grease to make it our own.

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The Ultimate ‘Before’ Picture–our Listing Photo from 2017

I started this site to empower women (and men) to tackle projects big and small around your house, from painting a room and changing out a door knob to a complete kitchen renovation. In each post, I’ll provide step by step instructions (and pictures) on how I completed a project around my house.

We’ll be back with our first post this weekend–mark your calendars!

~Lauren

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