As part of our “painting odd things” series, we present the painted trunks of our citrus trees! Why? It’s not for appearance — it’s because citrus trees can get sunburnt and the paint acts as a sunscreen.
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The Saltillo tile used in our house is absolutely appropriate for the Southwest but its wide grout lines proved impossible to clean. I tried painting the grout and the results were well worth the time. It’s easy to do and almost fool-proof. The end result looks like freshly installed grout.
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It took us an entire year of house hunting before we landed on this particular one. The house supposedly had an “upgraded” kitchen and it did at least have stainless steal appliances. And pink counters. Wait, pink? Yeah, from the very start (a good 5 years ago) we decided that obviously atrocious pink counters would be the first to go. Obviously! But something happened along the way…
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