About the Author

Ava Brooks

Ava Brooks has been doing home improvement projects for over 8 years. She learned most of what she knows by doing the projects herself, making mistakes, and figuring out the faster way the second time around. Her focus at Minimal & Modern is on projects that people can actually finish on a weekend, without needing a truck full of specialist tools or a contractor on speed dial.

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Kitchen cabinet refinishing is a weekend project that can save a tired kitchen without tearing out solid cabinets, and done

Learning how to disinfect a cutting board properly is one of those kitchen habits that takes five minutes to do

The first batch of homemade laundry detergent I made came out of the washer in soap flakes. I’d grated the

The first time I limewashed brick, I mixed the batch too thick and skipped wetting the surface. By the time

Lavender has a way of making a home feel calm without trying too hard. A small bundle sitting near a

There’s that one morning when you pull back the curtain, and something about the bottom edge just looks off. That

Do you ever look at your porch or windowsill and think it could use a little more life? A DIY

Painting brick is a moderate DIY project, plan for one to two days on an exterior wall, three to four

There’s a certain kind of excitement that hits a few days before a patriotic holiday, the kind that makes you

Every May, most front doors look exactly the same. But Memorial Day deserves something more than a last-minute trip to

Memorial Day table decorations carry a quiet responsibility that other holidays simply don’t. This isn’t the day for seasonal color

Memorial Day is the one day a year when decorating your home actually means something. These Memorial Day decoration ideas

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