I’ve had a pair of black resin planter boxes out front for a while now and they keep getting these weird white marks on them that don’t really clean off. Every time I walk by them I make a mental note to do something about it. Then I saw this image on Pinterest:

White! Glorious, bright white. So fresh and so clean. Why fight the mysterious white marks and why spend big bucks on new planters when these are fine?

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For the longest time, I’ve had plans to paint a geometric cube pattern on an exterior floor. I really hoped to get to do it on our balcony porch in Brooklyn, but we moved before the weather gave me a good chance to patch the cracked concrete. When we moved to the Valley house I thought this little back porch area we have just off the kitchen and living room would be the perfect chance to scratch that itch!

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We just passed the one year mark here in Arizona. What a year it’s been! There, for sure, have been some hard moments, and we miss parts of living in the city like crazy, but overall, we’re so happy and grateful for this past year. Mostly, it has been wonderful to live so close to family and of course I’ve loved getting to turn this house upside down! I can’t believe how much has changed since last July.

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We have a giant ficus tree in the back yard that really needed a good trim because it was starting to touch the roof. We got a couple of bids (I was shocked at how much the price ranged!) and when the man we ended up hiring to do the trimming mentioned he did other types of removal jobs too, I got really excited.

About 0.0001 seconds later I blurted out “I have a well!”

Kyle took down the well’s roof the same day and that ended up being the easy part.

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