I have had the opportunity to be featured on Sears Blog! See what they wrote below and click the link at the bottom to see my original post with a ton of pictures. The also generously offered a 75 E-gift card giveaway for my readers! (Electronic Giftcard)
Happy New Year! Here’s a January treat from Sears Hometown Stores, Sears Home Appliance Showroom, and Sears Appliance & Hardware Stores. This month we asked a question: "What’s on your home improvement to do list in the New Year and what tools help you get the project done?”
My husband and I rented for the longest time! We finally decided that it would be best for our entire family’s future to purchase a house! We got preapproved for our loan and the house hunting started!
My husband really wanted to purchase a new house! My dad is very handy, and one of my biggest desires was to find an old house that was a fixer upper that I and my husband could work on together! The house we finally agreed upon appeared to be in great condition, it just needed the fun cosmetic fixes, a great compromise for myself and my husband! He didn’t have to take on any huge tasks, and I still got to do little fixes around the house! Oh boy were we wrong.
Not even a year into home ownership and we have dealt with a leaky ceiling, a clogged tub, a cracked toilet, a broken sump pump, a flooded basement, carpenter ants, faulty outlets and ruined carpets!
We are still a young couple, and decided to purchase this house so we only had to fix cosmetic things! But with the problems we had, we decide to grab a few DIY books and learn ourselves! We quickly learned how to fix things ourselves, and realized a lot of problems around the house can be fixed with a quick trip to Sears to buy needed hardware!
Our junk drawer used to hold just a simple screw driver! Now we have a shelf in our basement filled with tons of tools from the local Sears Hardware Store!! A saw, a hammer, a drill, a wrench, a level, and tons of different paint brushes!
We had no idea the can of worms we were opening!
It started with painting our house and cleaning the smoked stained walls and replacing the carpet in the whole house.
Here it comes.. before and after pictures!
Kitchen Before:
Kitchen After:
Stairs Before:
Stairs After:
Disclosure Statement
This is a personal blog written and edited by Priscilla Craven. Sears did not compensate her to write this blog or to say particular things in it. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are purely her own and any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified by Sears.
About Priscilla Craven
My name is Priscilla Craven (@SnackBarReviews) and I am a stay at home mom to two girls and I love working on my blog, scrap booking, sewing, and anything crafty! Check out my blog at Snack Bar Reviews and join me on Facebook.
About Sears Hometown Stores
Sears Hometown Stores, Sears Home Appliance Showroom, and Sears Appliance & Hardware Stores are part of the retail operation of Sears Holdings Corporation. These local Sears stores are located in your community away from shopping malls and offer the largest selection of appliances for all the important rooms in your home.
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Click HERE to see my original post and more pictures.
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Sears will give one reader an E-gift card! Worth $75.00
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This giveaway ends February 5 2011 at 11:59 PM EST.
I am a google follower, thanks for sharing your before and after photos. I have a ton of renovating I need to do, and this would be perfect, I could get what I need and never have to leave the house to shop! How cool is that? :-)
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