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Home Decorating & Building Projects

Gradient Color Dresser by tanism1
Posted 5/3/2012

Super simple! Let the paint chips at Lowes help you! I picked out 2 Valspar sample cards of a green shade I liked, from light to dark. I had Valsp...

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My Reclaimed Life (Doors) by Bryan79
Posted 5/3/2012

My wife and both seem to find the beauty in old things. We had a great opportunity to go into an 100 year old + farm house and salvage a few things...

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Gardening & Outdoor Living

Outdoor Chalkboard by KatiesKrops
Posted 5/1/2012

II fell in love with the outdoor chalkboard I found in the last issue of Lowe's Creative Ideas - http://lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/project...

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Custom Compost by JStan
Posted 4/17/2012

I wanted to build a compost bin for two reasons....to help the environment, and to have a place to put all my yard waste (especially the latter). I...

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Holidays

DIY Spiderweb by mathiasd
Posted 4/16/2012

Here is my take on the Spider Web project that was featured here: http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/projects/Creepy-Crawly_Spider_Web_...

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Monster Beanbag Toss by jmayes223
Posted 4/3/2012

With some help from my handy father, I made this monster-themed beanbag toss to provide a fun activity for my daughter’s second birthday party. Her...

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Kids

Castle Toy Chest by Quirkymomma
Posted 4/17/2012

My son Reid has a castle with knights, horses and dragons which are very dear to him. All these pieces have been stored in a basket that is slowly ...

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Mess Monster Toy Box by SomewhatSimple
Posted 4/16/2012

I’m sure I am not the only mom out there who has to tell her kids a dozen times to clean up their toys, their shoes, their dirty socks etc. and som...

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Remodeling

My Beach House Kitchen by Sandipity
Posted 4/13/2012

Last spring, we stumbled upon a bank owned foreclosed property at a beach we love in South Carolina. Owning a beach house is a life-long dream we b...

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A Nook of One’s Own by LMcCarthy
Posted 4/9/2012

Located just off the kitchen, this 64 sq ft office nook serves as both sanctuary and command central for me, a busy Mom-Teacher, and my family of 5...

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Storage & Organization

Organizing My Kitchen Desk by BowerPower
Posted 4/11/2012

The desk in my kitchen became a place of ‘putting down’. I didn’t know where to hang dry my little boy’s artwork. . . I just put it on the desk lig...

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LCI-Inspired Closet System by jmayes223
Posted 4/3/2012

I received my first issue of Lowe’s Creative Ideas while pregnant with my first child and immediately found a featured organization project that in...

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