Just the same idea as with the laundry trick, use baby powder to absorb grease spots on the pages of your favorite cookbooks and make them feel like new.. 9: Destink Your Sneakers.
There were so many switches and extra thermostats and gadgets that were just taped over when we moved in here.Our house didn’t even have electricity or running water when it was built, so these things were added in over time and there have been a lot of different ways of doing electrical throughout the years.
We’re lucky to have a couple of rooms (like the kitchen and master bedroom) that are completely modernized and up to code, and the rest of the house is only a little outdated, mostly.One of the houses we looked at had all kinds of crazy things going on, like knob and tube wiring mixed with other things, and it was just a little too much for us to deal with at the time.We do have some pretty ridiculous looking outlets though.
They’re functional, but we’ve been slowly updating them as we go through the renovations on different rooms.. Leaky Roofs.So, our roof wasn’t too old when we moved in.
It was about 10 years old, but it was leaking in MULTIPLE places!.
We replaced it with a new steel roof last year, that’s supposed to last until the end of time, but we still have some pretty dramatic evidence of the stress we felt every time it rained that first year.I used an old yardstick that I found in a closet upstairs to draw a bunch of “planks” and try to make them look sort of like those fun barn-style doors I’ve been seeing around lately.
And when I get bored, I’ll just draw a different style of door!Or something else entirely!.
For the hinges, I just made a template out of cardstock and traced it roughly where I thought hinges should go.They’re supposed to look like old barn doors, so I didn’t worry about being too perfect with anything.