Category: Renovations

Growing up, my parents house was painted completely white with only one exception, my room.  It drove me crazy growing up.  In our house, color is everywhere.  From the blue kitchen, to the purple bathroom, to the green living room.  I love the colors, but I’m starting to realize not everyone would like to live…

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We were able to get a lot done over the holiday break and I am so excited to show all of our progress.  I will be posting a few different posts within the next week, so check back soon! We started out the week by working on the dining room drywall.  We attempted to salvage…

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  I just wanted to drop in for a quick dining room update! As a reminder this is what we were working with: We decided to rip out the wall with the window in order to insulate and have nicer drywall put in place.  As you can see, the drywall around the window was in…

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Ah, the holidays are here!  Busy, busy, busy…it seems like our work will never get done.  We have not had much time to spend on the house with deer hunting, Thanksgiving, and now my graduation and Christmas coming up, but we try to get a few moments in here and there.  We don’t have a…

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We had a busy and fun weekend, between picking up supplies 3 hours away, a Halloween party, and the Packer game.  We weren’t able to get much done, but we bought our flooring for the kitchen and dining room.  We wanted a dark floor to contrast the white cabinets and trim.  We went with a…

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I can’t even believe the difference that counter-tops and appliances can make in a kitchen.  This weekend we made a trip to pick up some of our finishes and were even able to get some installations done.  Here is the new and improved kitchen:   We still need to install the sink and we haven’t put in…

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Since we plan on moving in sometime in late December/January we are getting into crunch time. Our weekends are getting busy and we have A LOT to get done…fast.  We took care of some much needed jobs this weekend.  Since the snow has decided to come early this year, we are very lucky to have…

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I have spent many weeks researching appliances and trying to pick the one perfect for our kitchen.  After a lot of research I am happy to say we have finally made a decision.  If you are doing a kitchen renovation or just need new appliances here are a few things to think about:   Make…

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The living room has been our most recent project.  We haven’t spent much time in there until lately.  We are just starting to get a handle on this room.  When we purchased the house the living room was the only room that looked functional, but it didn’t look pretty.     The fireplace mantel is…

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When we purchased our house it did not have a bathroom.  Instead, it had a toilet in the corner of the house that ran straight into the sewer with no other plumbing.  After many days of consideration, we finally decided that we needed to build a new bathroom and move an exterior door in order…

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