Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets: Before You Start

Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets: Before You Start

Hi friends! Since mid-January, I’ve been entrenched in what seems like a monster of a project: renovating the kitchen. In reality, though, it’s a lot more doable than it seems. I decided to refinish my cabinets, install a new light, paint the walls, install a new backsplash, install a new faucet, install new potracks and…

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Nice to Meet You (Insert Us Shaking Hands in Your Head)! Hi all! Welcome to a Girl’s Guide to Home DIY. I’m Lauren, a 33 year old nurse practitioner living in Alexandria, Virginia with my husband, Steve, and our mutt Sadie. I’ve fallen in love with making our 1950s brick duplex our own, as a…

Coming this Weekend!

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….