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Project: Kitchen Remodel – Part II
In this post we’ll share more about our kitchen remodel project, and share the end result. There were a few delays, which we should expect by now, and try to account for, but yet are always surprised by when they occur. However, we haven’t once looked back and regretted the…
Keep readingProject: Kitchen Remodel – Part I
Oh happy day. I have been waiting since the day we walked through this house to start this project. We must have visited five cabinet places and four or five granite places before nailing down our product selections. Give yourself some time. The good news is I knew about what…
Keep readingProject: The Backyard Project I’d Never Do Again – Part II
In the last post we described the nightmare that was our backyard retaining wall replacement project. This post will talk about the work done to make the backyard usable again. Between September and October in the backyard we: called in the pros to remove a dead bush, fix the irrigation…
Keep readingProject: The Backyard Project I’d Never Do Again – Part I
By now you know we bought somewhat of a fixer-upper. And unfortunately, it’s not just the inside of the house that needs work, but the outside as well. Case in point: there is an 85-foot-wide retaining wall that runs the length of the backyard. When we moved in it was…
Keep readingProject: The Making of a Mudroom – Part II
In a recent post we shared the start of our old laundry room turned mudroom project. With the beautiful gray tile floor in, we started in on the built-in bench, shelving, and board and batten detail. Getting Started Before you go materials shopping make sure you know the width, depth,…
Keep readingProject: The Making of a Mudroom – Part I
We’ve busy around here! Can’t wait to share this next project with you. This is one that I have to say was a special project for me. With the laundry room relocated to the other side of the house (earlier posts), it left the old space next to the garage…
Keep readingProject: New Pantry/Laundry Room – Part III
We are a classic case of DIY-ers who believe they provided enough time for a home project, but…didn’t. We have had this project going on for a few weeks now, working on some of it full-time using vacation days after the holidays, and then after work and on weekends. However,…
Keep readingGettin’ All HGTV in Here: Turning Existing Rooms into New Functional Spaces
After much contemplation and more than a little convincing and vision-casting on my part, we have decided to take on two big projects this winter. Both will use existing spaces in our house and turn them into something completely different. The first and biggest project will be turning our now-dining…
Keep readingProject: Front Landscaping and Avoiding Embarrassment
Our front landscaping was something of a jungle. There were overgrown rose bushes that looked like they had been a part of some sort of lab experiment they were so large and so strong. There was a plethora of weeds, half-dead plants, and who knows what else in there. (Probably…
Keep readingProject: Pink Bathroom Reno – Part III
We are finally in the home stretch of our bathroom remodel and I must say, we’re ready to be done with it! Final steps include tearing down the old wallpaper border, mudding and taping the new drywall in the areas surrounding the shower where we had to take it down…
Keep readingProject: Pink Bathroom Reno – Part II
Do you ever say to yourself, after starting a house project, “Wow, this is taking a lot longer than I thought it would?” I’m thinking that right now. It’s definitely fair to say that our pink bathroom update project is taking a long time. In all fairness, the bathroom is right next…
Keep readingProject: Pink Bathroom Reno – Part I
As I’ve mentioned before, when we selected this house we knew it was going to be work. But I have to tell you, with both of us working full-time, the presence of a (super cute but super active) kiddo, and needing downtime like normal people, it takes awhile for our…
Keep readingProject: The Kitchen Update – Part II
Black Friday is a very exciting time for me. I have so much fun looking at the sales and get a flutter in my heart when I see how discounted some items can be. It’s the perfect time to purchase something you’ve wanted or needed but didn’t want to pay…
Keep readingProject: The Kitchen Update – Part I
Well our son’s birthday came and went and unfortunately we had to host his party at our new house. I say “unfortunately” because we had planned for it be outside, and had hoped that the first time people saw our new place things would be more in order. I had to…
Keep readingProject: The Half Bath
One of the first projects I completed by myself was the half bath update. There was a very unattractive, discolored vanity top that was pulling away from the walls, an over-sized plain sheet of mirror that somehow had gashes in it, a horrendous brass and fluted glass light fixture (with…
Keep readingProject: Front Door Refresh
I am fortunate to have someone in my family who is super detail-oriented and who has, over the years, acquired a fair amount of painting skill. That person is my mother – who paints something in her house every year, I’m convinced. But her house looks lovely. When I mentioned…
Keep readingProject: Exterior Shutters
This post will show you how much of an amateur do-it-yourself-er I really am. (Well, if you hadn’t already picked up on it from the previous post.) I had dreams of black shutters and a black door to compliment the cream siding at the new house. The faded forest green…
Keep readingProject: Brass Removal Has Commenced
When we bought our house there was brass everywhere. EVERYWHERE. The door knobs, hinges, light fixtures, on and on and on. It had to go. Almost nothing more clearly says “I’m outdated” like shiny, early 90’s brass. Let’s talk for a moment about what we’ve already done. The house had…
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