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Not Exactly Martha is for people who own a glue gun and are a little afraid of it. We cook, we build, we garden, and we refinish things that probably should have stayed unfinished — and we show you all of it, including the part where it goes sideways.

Perfection is someone else’s brand. Ours is “it’ll be fine.”

[Photo: you, mid-project, lightly dusted in flour or sawdust]

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Easy Sticky Buns

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