My wife Leigh Ann grew up in Texas, where she spent weekends riding her horse on her grandfather’s cattle ranch. Somewhere along the way she picked up this handcrafted, wooden longhorn steer, which I spotted today on the floor in our horse barn. All it took was a quick cleaning with
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If there is one thing I have trouble passing up, it’s a yard sale sign. As my grandmother taught me, there’s a bargain in every sale. You just have to spot it.
One thing I look for are projects someone started, but never finished, like this handmade oak shelf. Maybe it was a school
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Now that our kitchen makeover is complete, I revisited my photo album, beginning with this “Before” shot showing our lack of counter space, our non-functional sliding glass door, the worn out appliances, and an out-dated tile back-splash. Both being frugal, Leigh Ann and
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The biggest fish I ever caught was on Lake Ebay, and he cost me less than a fishing license! Of course, he came with about sixty years of dust and a layer of dirt on the mahogany board . . . .
So I turned to Minwax Wood Cabinet Cleaner to remove the dirt, using a foam brush to clean
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