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Fall Checklist
It seems like our fall checklist may have just turned into a winter checklist! We have a few more outdoor projects we need to finish before we can move onto indoor projects. After a lot of hard work, the guys have almost all of the siding finished. They spent last weekend working on the…
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How to Reglaze Old Windows
I absolutely love our porch windows, but they are in rough shape. Right now they are quite the eyesore next to our new siding. They are great windows because they open up all of the way. We looked for new windows to replace them, but you can’t get windows that open up like these.…
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Stella Needs a New Name
For two months now, I have been worried we have a rooster in our bunch. We are only allowed to have our chickens in town if no one complains, and I am worried that a rooster would ruin that for us. The hatchery we ordered our chicks from guarantees hens, except with the rare breed…
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Shut the Front Door
I was going to give you an awesome tutorial on how to paint your front door. Instead, I’m going to share my failure with you. Today is just one of those days. I wanted to pick a bright, bold color for our exterior doors. I decided on a blue that was labeled as a “2013…
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Starting the Siding
I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend! I sure enjoyed watching the boys work hard on the siding. We had cold and rainy weather that was perfect for siding. Ryan and my dad worked really hard and got a lot done. As a reminder, here is what we started with: Then we pulled…
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Building a Chicken Coop: Part 2
**This is part 2 of a 4 part series. Click here to read part 1** Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was our chicken coop…it took 2 days. That’s right! It only took us 2 days to get our coop into a functional state. It may not be pretty on the…
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Building a Chicken Coop: Part 1
We worked very hard this weekend building our chicken coop! I spent a lot of time designing this coop and wanted it to be perfect. I did a lot of research and drew up my plans for a coop that could be used as a garden shed if we/future owners didn’t have chickens. We did…
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Preparing for Chickens
Today we are getting ready to build a coop for our chickens. Although I recommend building a coop before your chickens arrive, we have done just fine until now by keeping them in a large outdoor dog kennel. However, we live in town and do not have many chicken predators around. Since we need a…
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New Windows
Over the last couple of weeks we have been trying to prepare for siding. We had a couple of windows left to replace before we could move forward. We finally have all of our new windows in and most of the house wrap is on! We had a couple of bad windows upstairs. The two…
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One Year Ago
One of my favorite things to do is look back to where we were one year ago. Today I was reviewing some old pictures and was shocked about where we were a year ago. Here’s where we were with the kitchen: And the bathroom: And the furnace closet/room (with no subfloor yet):…
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