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Your home is your happy place. It is a place for memories, for family to gather and to rest and I want to LOVE my home. Here is where I share my love for all things home, entertaining, decor, the power of DIY, my many years of DIY experience and projects and tips for pretty + practical living. Together, we can make our dreams come to life, one small (or big!) project at a time! Follow along on IG for daily inspo @aprilcolleen. Visit about me to find out more.

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Have you ever made “Senior pants” in Highschoo

Have you ever made “Senior pants” in Highschool?? This is a thing. We started with a plain pair of white Dickies. My daughter got fabric paint and hand painted the school mascot and some art onto the pants.
Then we ironed on heat-n-bond to various fabrics in her school colors and used my Cricut to custom cut out letters.
We ironed on the letters, sewed a chain with the grad year on it and added some fun ribbon to the bottom hem. **Tip** if the Dickies are a little too short you can add thick ribbon to the end of the pants to make a longer hem line/cuff.

Aren’t they SOOOOOO CUTE?!?!

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Ever built a deck?? I installed a Trex deck in a w

Ever built a deck?? I installed a Trex deck in a week….myself. Was it hard? Yep! I am sharing the good, the bad and the ugly with you over on the blog. LINK IN BIO for all the deets. Follow me for more DIY inspo and keep up with me daily @aprilcolleenblog! So many projects, so little time🙌🏻

#trexdecking #girlswhobuild #diydeck #diydecking #diyhomeproject
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Have you ever used scaffolding?? I have now!! I ju

Have you ever used scaffolding?? I have now!! I just finished my garage with a little DIY thrown in and that required scaffolding. It could have been done with a ladder, but this was way better. It really did make the job go by so much faster and I felt safer with all that room for activities (name that movie).

Here are 3 tips I learned.

1. Be sure your wheels are locked. That thing rolls!
2. Use a ladder to get up and down. I tried climbing like a monkey at first. The guys who use it all the time do it! But I am not a monkey or a guy so a ladder made it so much easier and safer to get up and down.
3. Be very aware of the edges of the scaffold. Luckily my fear of falling kicked in so I was triple aware!

#homeimprovement #girlswhodiy #homedecor #diy #beforeandafter #garagemakeover #project #diyprojects #diyhomedecor #beforeandafterhomeedition #garagetransformation #diypaint #garagestorage #garageworkshop #chickswithpowertools #aprilcolleenblog

When replacing switch plates, are you team “scre

When replacing switch plates, are you team “screws have to be perfect” or team “ don’t care cuz it’s done”. For me? Screws have to be just right - face the same way and the little line has to be vertical. Too much?? ⬇️ comment below

The garage was finished this week ….in 5 days from studs to texture. I admit it. I didn’t want to do this one so I hired out most of it. I would probably STILL be hanging that drywall. BUT, you know I had to have my hands in it somewhere so I painted it all. I still had a hand in finishing it!!🙌🏻.

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