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Home Improvement

Restore your fixer upper with these home improvement tips and tutorials.

Retro living room with new hardwood floors

Installing Hardwood Floors? Here Are 5 Things You Need to Do First

Getting your floor ready for hardwood installation is a DIY project in itself. You need to remove the old floor and prepare the surface for new flooring. If you’re having …

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How to Replace Tongue and Groove Siding

How to Replace Individual Tongue and Groove Siding Boards

Not sure how to replace your tongue and groove cedar siding? Think of it as a challenging puzzle. When the pieces don’t fit right, just get out your circular saw. …

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Mid-century modern house with Shagbark stain

8 Things to Do Before Having Your House Painted

Last summer my house got a major facelift via two fresh coats of stain. The sun and rain had been beating away at the cedar siding for decades, but a …

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Pink and taupe paint in modern bathroom makeover

Mid-Century Bathroom Gets a Makeover in Mod Pink

Several third parties expressed concern when I decided my bathroom needed to be pink. They said a master bath should be gender neutral. Nonsense. Pink is totally mid-century and Eric …

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Mid-century modern painted grasscloth

Paint All the Things (and Yes, Painting Wallpaper Can Look Good)

Paint is magical. It can take a room from drab and uninspiring to bright and fun. Or relaxing. Or sexy. With most of the carpet out the door and pretty …

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Hardwood floor in mid-century modern bedroom

9 Steps to Restore Hardwood Floors From Under Old Carpet

Before unpacking a single box in our house, most of the carpet had to go. My husband, Eric, is allergic to things like dust, trees and 50-year-old mustard colored carpet. …

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About H & H

Tara Besore, blogger at Hammer & a Headband

Welcome to Hammer & a Headband, a home and garden blog with a mid-century modern twist. I’m Tara Besore, an interior design enthusiast restoring my 1960s house…mostly for my cats. First time on this site? Start here.

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