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Quick & Easy Furniture Make-Overs with Spray Paint

Whether you just want a fresh look, or you have an otherwise good piece of furniture with a damaged finish, refinishing does not need to be a complicated process at all. Spray paint can transform that crappy table or dresser that looks ready for the curbside into an attractive and useful piece of furniture. A lot of new furniture doesn't have the character and quality of the old stuff either, so you may just end out happier with a roadside rescue that has been made over with a couple cans of Continue Reading

Butternut Squash Lasagna Recipe: Vegetarian Comfort Food

This Butternut Squash Lasagna recipe is the perfect go-to solution for a hearty fall meatless meal. Keep all your guests happy with this vegetarian butternut squash lasagna. This fall casserole dish a perfect choice for Thanksgiving. Many families in my area make both turkey and lasagna on the holiday anyway. I have been up to my eyeballs in renovations around here the past couple weeks, so there is some appeal to making a light meatless recipe with many servings like this Butternut Continue Reading

Pumpkin-Oatmeal Carrot Cake with Easy Cream Cheese Frosting

Tis the season, for pumpkin recipes, and this Pumpkin Carrot Cake is perfect for Thanksgiving or any fall get-together. It is perhaps the moistest cake I've ever had, and is packed with lots of oatmeal and pumpkin, so this dessert is even nutritious! It is frosted with an easy cream cheese frosting, which , while delicious I used just enough to stick the layers and nicely top the cake. This tasted just right in my opinion and didn't add more calories and fat than necessary. You will notice Continue Reading

Triple Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins Recipe

Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins are a healthy and delicious way to start your day! This Triple Chocolate Oatmeal Muffin Recipe was developed in honor of National Oatmeal Day. Oatmeal has become a staple in my baking, a trick I discovered while trialing a gluten-free diet with my daughter (to see if it helped with her autism symptoms). It can be challenging to create moist Gluten-free baked goods with nice texture, and many recipes called for obscure and sometimes expensive ingredients. I found a Continue Reading

Chicken Olive Pasta in Garlic Sauce

This chicken pasta with olives is easy and flavorful. The cooked pasta is tossed with sliced chicken breast, black olives, green olives, and sun dried tomatoes in a simple herb garlic sauce. If you’re searching for a quick and satisfying meal, this one-pot Mediterranean chicken pasta recipe is just what you need for dinner tonight. Bursting with vibrant flavors from juicy chicken breast, tangy green olives, rich black olives and sun dried tomatoes this pasta dish is a guaranteed Continue Reading

Reupholster Your Dining Chairs: An Easy DIY Project

My daughter is one messy little character, and she has been doing a lot of her in-home ABA therapy at our dining table, thus the upholstery on my chairs has been taking a lot of abuse. I am refreshing the double parlour where the table is with new paint this week, so it seemed the perfect time to reupholster my dining chairs as well. It is an inexpensive and easy DIY project, so if yours are looking a bit shabby too, don't be shy about reupholstering them. This is what the chairs looked Continue Reading