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Home Maintenance

Our home maintenance section of our blog is the day to day chore of taking care of our house. DIY on cleaning tips, repairs and all around maintenance to keep it in working order.

How to Clean Mid-Century Brass Lights

October 5, 2022August 15, 2021 by My59 Ranch
How To Clean Mid-Century Brass Lights

As we continue to document the restoration of our home, we constantly discover new thinks like this one today – how to clean mid-century brass lights. It’s not exactly at the top of the to-do list, however we are working on the deck area and it was one of the …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Lighting

How to Clean And Paint A Cement Floor in ONE day!

October 6, 2022July 29, 2021 by My59 Ranch
How To Clean And Paint A Cement Floor In One Day

This weekend we had a small task to spruce up our carport that we will share with you how to clean and paint a cement floor in one day. If you have even cleaned and painted cement / concrete floor you know it can be a headache. Hopefully this shortcut …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Tips and Tricks

DIY: Make A Strong Farm House Style Deck Gate

October 5, 2022July 9, 2021 by My59 Ranch
White House Beside Grass Field

Knowing how to build a Farm House style Deck Gate that lasts, does not sag or close properly is something I am sure (If you found our website) close to your heart. Many of the designs today, look simple and clean but lack strength. Typical designs don’t take into account …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Deck Repair

2 Tips to fix a door that won’t close properly

October 6, 2022February 2, 2021 by My59 Ranch
Old School Way To Fix A Sticky Door - Hand Planer

There is nothing like having a door that won’t close properly. It leaves you with an unfinished feeling that will nag you until you resolve the problem. When we first moved in, our bedroom door had this issue. It would not close all the way and got hung at the …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Tips and Tricks

Need A Staircase Runner? Try and use a Rug instead of Carpet.

October 5, 2022September 6, 2020 by My59 Ranch
Staircase Runner Contemporary Mid-Centruy Modern

One of the quests we had, was to replace the staircase runner when we bought this house. Last summer we replaced the carpet in the lower bedroom that we use as a den / guest bedroom. It was replaced with a grey patterned (physical indention) carpet. We elected at the …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Mid-Century Style
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