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Mudroom – Done! (almost)
SO CLOSE, lol! It still needs casing around the doors (the pocket doors to be installed) and I've also got to decide what's going in the back - above the seat. I was originally going to do some horizontal tongue & groove painted the same color as the...
Day of the Doors
THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN!!! Daryl Gene came by with the rest of his family today and helped Kade install the french doors. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!! Although I almost think it makes the room look smaller?!?! It looks so dark in there, lol. I think we...
A New Light!
SO EXCITING!! Wills Milling delivered our french doors today, ALREADY PAINTED and ready to install!! This is going to make such a huge difference in the room. We actually originally purchased these doors at Lowes, unfinished...but decided that it...
Casing Woes
Today we made up two different styles of door casing. Both VERY similar...and both very simple. I really love the look of an old farmhouse and I think either of these would work. Straight cut even with the sides. or straight cut that overhangs about 3/4"...
First Trim Down
Kade fit the first couple pieces of trim in tonight and I LOVE IT!! I am so glad that I picked a taller 5" baseboard. We can't really finish ANY of the trim though until we decide how we're going to do the casing. There are just too many decisions,...
Trim Time
I don't even want to THINK about all of the trim that I'm going to have to paint for this house! I finally got started today though....weird...painting outside in January! This is my FAVORITE paint. I love it! It has amazing coverage. (and I can get...
Why am I always planning?
Seriously....I would swear that is ALL that I do! I sat down today and sketched out what I "hope" our stair railing will look like. Code says no space over 4"....so that is what I figured. The main piece of our railing is old cast iron baby crib...
YEAH!! They Match Up!
Alright...it's finally done! No...NOT the floor....but the "meet up" of the hallway and the dining room floor! (Probably the second coolest thing only to being ALL the way done!) We got the spline glued in (the spline is that little piece stuck in...
Crazy Birds!
WHAT is wrong with Cardinals this winter?? The last few days I've been working on my "real" job again....doing some big signs. Isn't it great that we bought this new house so that I could do my work right there in the dining room? lol. That...
Small Things
It's funny how glad I am to just see little things done now. Like today, I painted the rest of the area inside the refrigerator cabinet, lol. Notice in this picture it's only painted like 1/4 of the way.....yikes! I sure can't leave it like that!! I'll know it's...
Another Slow Day
We made it to the last row of flooring in the middle bedroom! YEAH!! We're saving all of the "partial rows" until the end so we can cut boards that may not be as good as others. We've still got the closet in here in the middle bedroom...that's going...
Still Flooring!
What is it about snow that makes everything look so calm and beautiful? Every time that I see snow covered branches it's like automatic peacefulness (is that even a word??) It was so pretty tonight. We didn't get a ton of snow...but it was wet,...
Merry Christmas! (and a fishing tree)
Back at the stair nose trim again today 🙂 I swear...one of these days this flooring is going to be done....it's NOT going to defeat us! Kade is so meticulous in his work (and I am equally as bad) so it's no wonder that it has taken so long. It's a...
Moving Right Along
I know, I know! We should not have been working on Christmas Day!! HOWEVER...Christmas with my family is not going to be until my brother comes home...which is tomorrow....so we figured we might as well keep on working while we both had the time off! So we...
Floor, Floor, More Floor
Around the stairs we go! This is going to get interesting in a few days!!! You know we have to meet up at the other end of the stair opening with the flooring that we put down that hallway!! YIKES! It just doesn't seem like we get anywhere very...
A Grouting Fool
Had to start our day off with a little groundhog relocation. My Mom has had nothing but trouble with them this year...they want to eat EVERYTHING that she plants - RUDE! Of course, Dad just left for a week long trip, so Kade and I have taken on the...
Grout it Out!
Is this really how I wanted to start my day? Pull at the house to find my husband on the roof SWEEPING!?!? What a wierdo 🙂 After that little "event" we got straight to work....today was "grouting" day! Grout REALLY finishes up the project! See the "haze" on the...
Finishing Tiling
Another weekend...and it's time to tile again 🙂 Actually...we got quite a bit done today. First stop, laundry sink backsplash....here's the final layout that we decided to go with. Remind me again why I had to do something so difficult 🙂 First things...
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