Clover House's Top 15 Posts of 2013 - A Year in Review

WOW! What a year 2013 has been! We've done so much but still have so much to do! It took a bit of gathering of information, but here's our top 15 project posts of 2013.  Just click on the link below each picture to be taken to the original post and all the good information!  Enjoy! :)

#1 HOW TO CLEAN AN HE WASHER

#2 A CLEAN SINK'S FRIEND

#3 RV FLOOR UPDATE

#4 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 2

#5 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 3

#6 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 1

#7 LAUNDRY ROOM REVEAL

#8 RV CABINET UPDATE

#9 CROCKPOT CREAM CHEESE CHICKEN CHILI

#10 FENCE PICKET A/C UNIT COVER

#11 TILING THE KITCHEN FLOOR

#12 DIY TACO SEASONING

#13 ORGANIZE AND BEAUTIFY YOUR CABINETS

#14 KITCHEN CABINET PART 3

#15 EASTER EGG WREATH

I hope you've enjoyed browsing our past year of the top 15 posts!  Did you get some good ideas?  I hope you pinned them! Thanks to all of our readers for making it such an awesome year!  Keep watching in 2014 for more great ideas, recipes, tips and tricks!  :)

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:
Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn
The Self Sufficient Home Acre 
The Chicken Chick,  Sew Can Do
Monday
Craft-O-Maniac, 
Between Naps on the Porch
DIY Home Sweet Home
Keeping it  Simple 
The Dedicated House
Skip to my Lou
Home Coming
Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Sugar Bee Crafts 
New Nostalgia 
It's your Life
BeBetsy
Fluster Buster   
Confessions of a Plate Addict
A Stroll Thru Life
Wednesday
Clean and Scentsible
Lady Behind the Curtain
Family Home and Life
Ducks n a Row
VMG206
Herrban Momma 
Family Home & Life
Oh My! Creative
Thursday  
Bloom
The Taylor House
52 Mantels
Domesblissity
4 You With Love
Sweet Haute
Artsy Fartsy Mama
From My Front Porch To Yours
Friday 
Lil’ Luna
Tatertots and Jello
Five Simple Things
Craftionary
Diana Rambles
I Heart Nap Time
Crafts a la mode
Saturday 
Angels Homestead
Positively Splendid,
Or So She Says
Your Homebased Mom
What's Cooking with Ruthie
Made From Pinterest

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Freshening Up Under the Kitchen Sink

As part of the kitchen remodel we of course wanted to make sure we repaired all the problems in the kitchen that we happened on. One of these problems was a yucky floor under the kitchen sink.  There was once a pretty bad leak and the floor was particle board.  That equals a giant mess.

The picture above was before and after.  The before was actually an after of what we started with though.

The was all that was left after we took out the very uneven and brittle particle board.  Yuck!  I cleaned really good with the shop vac and then I mixed some bleach and water to spray the area with just in case anything like mold might be growing.

Look how gross of a mess it was!  It was sagging under the weight of all I keep under our sink and it really didn't smell very nice either.  We were glad to get that out of there!

Here's the new floor my honey installed.  He used a piece of the decking from the cabinets we removed to install the stove.  It was just almost a perfect fit, just a little trimming and in it went.

Next it was time for a fresh coat of paint.  I just used the mushroom color we painted the cabinets with.  Aahh, so much better now!

And the best part is installing the peel and stick tile on the floor.  If we ever have any spills it will be easier to clean up and hopefully the under board will not get damaged again.  I used some of the tiles we had left over from our camper floor update to cover the floor with here.  They were a tiny bit shy of a perfect fit so no cutting needed.  Oh and I didn't bother staggering them like we did in the camper, just stuck them down.  I saw this tiling idea on Pinterest and remembered it when this whole freshen up took place.

It looks so much nicer now.  Next weekend we will install the new sink and the lower cabinet doors.  We're getting there little by little!

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:

Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn, The Self Sufficient Home Acre , The Chicken Chick,  Sew Can Do 

Monday
Craft-O-Maniac, Between Naps on the Porch, DIY Home Sweet Home , Keeping it  Simple , The Dedicated House, Skip to my Lou
Married Filing Jointly,  Home Coming,  The Princess and Her Cowboys

Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia,  Sugar Bee Crafts,  New Nostalgia,  It's your Life,    Get Your Crap Together  ,  BeBetsy,  Fluster Buster

Wednesday
Clean and Scentsible, Lady Behind the Curtain.  Family Home and Life,  Ducks n a Row,  VMG206.  Herrban Momma

Thursday
Bloom,  Two Yellow Birds Decor,  The Busy B's,  The Taylor House.  52 Mantels,  Domesblissity,  Redfly Creations,   4 You With Love,  Sweet Haute

Friday 
Lil’ Luna,,  Tatertots and Jello,  Five Simple Things,  Craftionary,  Diana Rambles,    I Heart Nap Time

Saturday 
Angels Homestead,  Positively Splendid,   Or So She Says ,  Your Homebased Mom ,  What's Cooking with Ruthie

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RV Remodel on a Budget - Cabinet Update

A few months back we purchased a 1984 Starcraft Nova PopUp Camper and although it was in very nice condition for its age, we wanted to update it before we started using it. We started with the cabinets first.

This picture was from our very first outing a few weekends ago.  We had a great time and really enjoyed our sweet little PopUp that was freshly updated.

This is what the cabinets looked like before we started.  Just your generic RV cabinet look.  They were a bit dingy and banged up, but a little paint helped tremendously!

First we removed all the hardware from the doors and drawers.  Back in their day, these cabinets were probably very nice, but after years of use they had gotten dirty and needed a good cleaning and a bit of updating.

Here are the handles.  Brass with wood.  They were all good and sturdy so we decided a little ORB paint would bring them right into 2013!

I painted the handles, hinges and even the screws.  My honey placed all the screws in a piece of wood for me so all that got paint was the head where it was needed.  I used 2 thin coats to cover all.

To paint the backsides of the handles, I used to pieces of wood tall enough to allow them to rest off the cardboard.  2 more thin coats went on here.

We used some $5 bargain paint we got at Lowe's. You know the kind were they accidentally mix it wrong or the person decides its not quite right?  It's a very pale blue, sorry no actual color listed on the can.  None the less, it was a bargain and its a pretty color to boot!  And look at those freshly ORB painted handles on the the doors! NICE huh?

We painted the walls with the same $5 bargain paint but in a mushroom color.  We also used it HERE on the entry hall table we re-did.  When used in this space and with the blue against it, it turns out a medium grey color.  Very pretty!

All together we spent $0 on this part of our RV remodel.  Just some elbow grease and paints we already had on the shelf.  Join us next week when we show you how we re-did the floor!

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:

Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn, The Self Sufficient Home Acre , The Chicken Chick
 
Monday
Craft-O-Maniac, Between Naps on the Porch, DIY Home Sweet Home , Keeping it  Simple , The Dedicated House, Skip to my Lou
Married Filing Jointly,  Home Coming
 
Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia,  Sugar Bee Crafts,  New Nostalgia,  It's your Life

Wednesday
Lil’ Luna, Clean and Scentsible, Lady Behind the Curtain.  Family Home and Life,  Ducks n a Row

Thursday
 Bloom,  Two Yellow Birds Decor,  The Busy B's,  The Taylor House.  52 Mantels,  Domesblissity

Friday 
Tatertots and Jello,  Five Simple Things,  Craftionary,  Diana Rambles

Saturday 
Angels Homestead,  Positively Splendid,  I Heart Nap Time,  Or So She Says ,  Your Homebased Mom ,  What's Cooking with Ruthie 

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