As we draw closer to the end of another year, it’s a time that many of us find ourselves thinking back over everything that happened. For us, it was a year of many “firsts”: our first year in our current beloved foursquare home, first time taking on a restoration of a home, as well as […]
6 House Project Goals this Winter
We’ve officially decided to wait until Spring to finish sprucing-up our porch so that we can do everything necessary in one big push. Didn’t see that one coming, didja? (note: sarcasm). With that, we’re thinking ahead to the indoor projects we’d like to turn our attention to during this coming winter. We’re trying to keep […]
Jacked-Up Front Porch & Skirt Ideas
Two weekends ago our front porch was “jacked up” in the most literal sense: both in its bad sinking on one corner, and the jacks we used to support it when work was started to fix it. To bring y’all up to speed, when we bought our home we could see that the one corner […]
New Project: Our Sinking Front Porch
Going by the title of this post reading “front porch” and not “master bedroom”, you may be asking why we’re starting another project when you have yet to see the finished master bedroom and closet. You would be right to ask. We did finish the principal parts of the bedroom and managed to move ourselves […]
Master Bedroom Renovation Challenge: [Stage 9] Matching Antique Baseboards & Door Trim
Woo boy, have we been busy! So busy that I haven’t even been able to sit down and catch y’all up on how things are going in the master bedroom/closet in a little while! The reality is that we actually moved into our master bedroom/closet nearly two weeks ago! I can’t tell you how wonderful […]