Entries by Brittany Bailey

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New Life for a Borders Bookshelf

I hope you will take a moment to view how I test drove my Dremel Trio. This is seriously a really fun power tool! Just be sure you are safe so as not to ruin the fun. Eye protection, face mask, and ear plugs. Check. For those of you who like to skip to the […]

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Leen the Graphics Queen and Installing Wall Vinyl

I had the opportunity to meet Leen the Graphics Queen last week when she, her husband and her two sweet boys were in town. We met at Monkey Joe’s (an inflatable playground) and our boys had a fun and energetic afternoon playing together. If you haven’t heard of Leen, she is widely known in the […]

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Refinishing a Garden Bench

Recently I decided my garden bench that used to be a Craig’s List bed frame, needed to be refinished. I repaired, sanded and repainted the bench before setting it onto our porch where it would get less exposure to the rain. Well, it wasn’t weathering the elements too nicely. Or maybe I should say it was weathering […]

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Happy Birthday-Blogiversary To Me!

Let me hear some noise! Blow the horns, shout out loud, let’s get ready to PAARRRTTTYYYY! Could there be a more exciting week? I think not! On this date one year ago, Pretty Handy Girl was born. I wrote my first blog post and since then y’all have followed me through the beautiful and the […]

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How to Use Contact Paper and Pimp My Closet

For the past six weeks I’ve been taking the Simplify101 workshop: Organizing101. Aby has been a great instructor, and it has motivated me to take back my home! A few of the projects I’ve completed are: AND… …Duh, du, duuuunnnn. Our linen closet: This abyss is 5 feet deep with no light…I wasn’t sure what […]