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My girlfriend didn’t understand why I was laughing so hard
11/30/2025

My girlfriend didn’t understand why I was laughing so hard

Doing everything I can to get rid of this latex paint spill on my drivewayPer my other post on this reddit group (3rd pi...
11/30/2025

Doing everything I can to get rid of this latex paint spill on my driveway
Per my other post on this reddit group (3rd picture) I didn't think it would boom. I almost received 1,000 upvoted and comments separately.

I spilled latex paint on my pavers. So far I have used the following

-Klean premium paint stripper -Wire brush -2,500 PSi pressure washer -Paint scraper

I'm going by sections. I apply stripper, wait 15 minutes, then scrub with wire brush and scraper followed by pressure wash.

My back is killing me.

Also doesn't help the small paint splahes all around.

Y’all talked me into that rug for my kitchen. Washable means everything in here!**edit. For everyone asking the cabine...
11/30/2025

Y’all talked me into that rug for my kitchen. Washable means everything in here!

**edit. For everyone asking the cabinets were redone by my daughter and I. The color is slate sage by Lowe’s.

Another satisfied client 🤣
11/30/2025

Another satisfied client 🤣

My cabinet fell off.It somehow did not wake up anyone in the houseMy wife and 2 kids (2 and 10) slept right through it.I...
11/29/2025

My cabinet fell off.
It somehow did not wake up anyone in the house
My wife and 2 kids (2 and 10) slept right through it.
I walked in from my overnight shift and saw it like
this.

what am I missing I'm trying to make this a coffee station
11/29/2025

what am I missing I'm trying to make this a coffee station

This floor is covering the blood stain where my husband collapsed and died seven months ago. Massive heart attack at the...
11/29/2025

This floor is covering the blood stain where my husband collapsed and died seven months ago. Massive heart attack at the sink doing dishes, gone before the ambulance arrived. I've been stepping over that stain every single day since because I couldn't afford to replace the floor and couldn't look at it without my legs giving out.

Insurance covered the funeral but not home repairs. I tried scrubbing it, covering it with rugs that kept sliding, avoiding the kitchen completely. My daughter said I needed to move but this is the house we bought thirty-one years ago, where we raised our kids. I wasn't leaving because of a stain.

But I couldn't keep living with the exact spot where he died marked on my floor like a crime scene. Posted in a Tedooo app home renovation group at 3am asking about cheap ways to cover old linoleum. A woman who does epoxy floor art through her Tedooo shop messaged privately. Said "Tell me what you're really asking for."

I told her everything. The heart attack, the stain, seven months of stepping over where my husband took his last breath. She said "I'll cover it with ocean. He'll rest under something beautiful instead of something you're afraid to look at."

She drove six hours, wouldn't take full payment, spent two days creating this turquoise epoxy floor that looks like water. Made the stain the exact center and covered it with the deepest blue. Said "This is where he was, now it's where the ocean is calmest."

I can walk in my kitchen now. Stand at the sink where he stood. The floor is beautiful instead of haunted. My husband died here but now this spot is art instead of trauma.

I started a Tedooo shop connecting people who have trauma in their homes with makers who can transform it. Blood stains, burn marks, holes from fights, spaces that hold too much pain. Eight families matched with artists in one week, all desperate to stay home but needing help making the hard spots bearable.

My husband's death is under this ocean now. Not erased, transformed into something I can live with. Healing isn't forgetting, it's covering pain with beauty until you can breathe again.

I have started the process of stripping the paint from our 1940’s mantle. We would like to restore it completely to its’...
11/29/2025

I have started the process of stripping the paint from our 1940’s mantle. We would like to restore it completely to its’ original design which would mean removing the marble tile to reveal the brick underneath. Does anyone have experience with doing a project like this? From what I’ve read it seems nearly impossible to get brick free of the adhesive that would be under the tile. Thank you!

I can't decide, please help me 🙏
11/29/2025

I can't decide, please help me 🙏

I am planning to remodel my kitchen. Will dove or gray shaker cabinets look good Changing countertops and backsplash fro...
11/29/2025

I am planning to remodel my kitchen. Will dove or gray shaker cabinets look good Changing countertops and backsplash from granite and tile to quartz. My kitchen does not have any window.

Entryway update with mostly IKEA pieces and some flatstock to create the wainscoting look. Two Kallax units (one with sh...
11/29/2025

Entryway update with mostly IKEA pieces and some flatstock to create the wainscoting look. Two Kallax units (one with shelf inserts to hold shoes), one Saljan counterop for the seat and a Lack floating shelf. I wanted the Lustigkurre baskets but they were out of stock at the time so these were a random find at Staples. Wood brackets under the shelf were from Amazon.

My cabinet fell off.It somehow did not wake up anyone in the house.My wife and 2 kids (2 and 10) slept right through it....
11/28/2025

My cabinet fell off.
It somehow did not wake up anyone in the house.
My wife and 2 kids (2 and 10) slept right through it.
I walked in from my overnight shift and saw it like
this.

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