How To Pick A Color And Paint Your Front Door
“The door is the smile of the house.” John likes to make strange declarations like that. For example, after talking about how both bacon an…
Third House Ideas and Projects
Here are all of the updates, projects and makeovers that we did to our current house, complete with before & after photos and tutorials.
How To Add Shine To Dull Hardwood Floors
Whoops, I almost forgot to tell you about how I scrubbed and re-sealed the existing hardwoods right before we moved in (literally, like 26 …
Picking A New Siding Color & Updating Our Exterior Trim
As if all the blue and mauve trim on the inside of the house isn’t enough, we had some outside trim that needed some attention. When we bou…
How To Repair A Hole In Your Deck
Again? Already?!? If you had told me 10 months ago that I’d be doing deck construction again less than a year later, I would’ve punched you…
One Month In
It’s hard to believe we’ve already been here a month! And let’s not sugar coat things… this house is looking pretty crazy right now. Blue t…
Installing White Faux Wood Window Blinds
Our house gets really nice sunlight – especially upstairs and especially in the afternoon when the sun hits the front of the house directly…
So, There’s A Big Tree That’s Way Too Close To The House
In the words of Cher… “If I could tuuuuuuuuurn back tiiiiiiiime. If I could fiiiiiiiiiind a waaaaaaaay. I’d plant this pretty oak tree not …
Digging Up And Moving A Japanese Maple
If you guys have read this old post, you already know half of this story. For the rest of you, here we go. Way back in 2007, right before w…
Using Hot Water To Strip Wallpaper
Send out the ravens! (yes, that’s a Game of Thrones reference). Wallpaper stripping has commenced. I was actually really excited to tackle …
Ripping Up A Rug & Removing The Rug Pad & Tack Strips
We named the rug in the sunroom Stinky. We were feeling literal, and it was damp in the corners from moisture seeping into the sunroom from…
How To Install New Interior Doorknobs
Alternate post title: Come And Knob On Our Door. Don’t you love a good forced pun on a Wednesday morning? Ever since we shared a bunch of d…
Replacing An Old Furnace & Getting A New Roof
When we bought our house, there were two big issues we knew that we needed to deal with right away: the ancient furnace for the first floor…