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One of the little, irritating things that had bothered me in our home – for the past SIX years – was the cord for the pull down attic ladder on our second story ceiling. I know, I know. There are much bigger things in life to worry about, right? But this cord wore me out. Not only was it annoying that it was just hanging there, but the builder’s crew managed to paint it beige when they were spraying our house before we moved in. With some added dust on top of it, it just looked gross and dirty.

One morning, I woke up and said, “That’s it. I’m done with it.” I went to Home Depot and bought a screw in ceiling hook, two washers, and a wing nut that would fit on the ceiling hook. It cost about $3 in total.

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Today is our second Jumpstart June check-in day. If you recall, this is a series I’m doing where I picked a project to try to finish by the end of the month. Some of you picked projects, too. Then, we check in each week to keep each other on track. It’s hard to believe that we are over halfway finished with June!

This check-in method has completely kept me on task. There have been a few times when I wanted to start something new, but I knew that if I did, I wouldn’t have much progress to report to you guys. So, thanks for keeping me going, even though you might not know that you are.

I didn’t feel like I made a ton of progress on my Mary Blair inspired wall this week, but when I looked at the images from previous weeks, I realized that I really had.

Here’s where I started with the project:

Here it was after one week:

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How To Replace an Attic Cord with an easy Hook and Pull

Jumpstart June {Week 2 Check-in}