Lemme tell ya, restoring an old home or renovating a fixer upper is never a sprint, and always a marathon…unless you’re HGTV of course. Ugh. But our dining room renovation has been a work in progress from the time we moved in over a year-and-a-half ago. Within the first few months after moving in we took […]
What We Accomplished in our First Year (& What We Learned)
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 […]
Master Bedroom Renovation: Design Board
So much change has happened in our master bedroom these last few months! We started with a medium-sized room with a built-in closet, orange walls, and old red carpeting. It’s been a few months of working nights and weekends, but now we have a fresh coat of white paint on the walls, dark hardwood floors, […]
Master Bedroom Renovation Challenge: [Stage 6] Priming & Painting
Catch up on the renovation progress! Master Plans / Stage 1 / Stage 2-3 / Stage 4 / Stage 5 / Stage 7 Hello peeps! Our master bedroom is really beginning to take shape now with a paint color on the walls other than orange and yellow! Here’s a quick before of the bedroom with the drywall up and the former orange walls: […]
Master Bedroom Renovation Challenge: [Stage 5] Electrical & Drywall
Catch up on the renovation progress! Master Plans / Stage 1 / Stage 2-3 / Stage 4 / Stage 6 / Stage 7 Goodness, why does summer go so fast?! How can it be the beginning of July already?! …and will we really get this master bedroom done before baby girl comes? Progress has been steady though. If you’ve been following via […]