Category: Renovations

We have been making quite a bit of progress on our master bedroom.  In fact, we are ready to share it with our little one (as soon as he or she decides to make an appearance).  We have a nursery set up, but the baby will more than likely sleep in our room for the…

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It has been a long time since I have written an update!  We have been traveling out of town almost every weekend and have not had much time to work on the house.  Last week we really started to get moving on the master bedroom upstairs. Prior to last week, we pulled up the old…

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The past couple of weeks we have been working on the stairway.  We pulled off all of the old plaster and slats and tore out the old wallboard.  We started the insulation, but needed to add more.  We noticed that there wasn’t insulation along the stairs on the first floor.  In order to insulate this,…

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We are really starting to get some momentum going on our master bedroom.   (Which is good, because our crib is on its way!)  In my recent nursery post, I showed my inspiration/plan for the room.  I really liked getting all of my thoughts put in one area, so I decided to do it again…

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You know that it is cold when your pipes freeze even when you left your water running!  This past week was rough with temperatures reaching -30°F and wind chills reaching -60°F.  Luckily, we saw this coming and added a bit of insulation to the stairway and pantry. Our water lines come in under our pantry, and…

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When I say “Starting the nursery” I actually mean “Starting to think panic about the nursery that may never get finished before the baby is here.”  Right now we are using the nursery as our master bedroom.  It is tiny for a master, but has been working just fine for us.  Luckily, when we painted…

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With four months until my due date, Ryan is starting to feel the pressure to get the master bedroom done.  Once we finish the master, we can move out of the nursery.  Until then, we have to store all of the baby stuff at my parents house.  We are dying for more square footage, and…

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On Saturday, we received half an inch of rain, which isn’t great weather when you are planning on roofing.  We’ve learned to roll with the punches, so we made our way inside and began the messiest job yet.  Fortunately, this wasn’t a job I was able to help with.  Ryan and Dad agreed, this was…

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I have been slacking when it comes to keeping up the blog, but we’ve been working hard!  I’ve got some catching up to do, so I will start with our roofing project.  We have a unique roof line on the back of our house due to various additions.  Besides that, we have a typical Upper…

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