Have you ever wondered how to install bifold closet doors? Let me show you how easy they are to add to a closet in your home. During the fall of 2019 through winter and spring of 2020 we spent every weekend transforming the unfinished basement of our lake house into a family room, bedroom, and…
I’ve mentioned several times in the past few months that we had plans to convert our screened porch into a sunroom. We finally bit the bullet and not only had our screened porch converted to a sunroom but also had new windows installed in our 1950’s home. Getting rid of those dreaded storm windows and…
One of my greatest pleasures in life is spending weekends at beautiful Smith Mountain Lake. We don’t have tv or wifi there and we both love quite weekends where we can read books, take walks, and truly relax. I haven’t had a lot of blog motivation lately, but I do have a project to share…
Our lake house construction is rolling along and we hope to be able to move in by Halloween. (Fingers crossed!) If it ever stops raining long enough for me to take pictures, I’ll share a house update. One thing that been on my “to-do” list for the house is to rewire two 1968 jug lamps…
Our porch got a mini makeover with a DIY Carpet Installation. Do you have projects that you’ve thought about doing for years but never taken action to complete? Please tell me that it is not just me… Our house has a side porch that we use as our main entry. It has Plexiglass panels that…
The calendar doesn’t yet say that it is officially summer but for me it feels like summer because yesterday was the last day of school for my students. Yippee for them! After two teacher workdays, I’ll be shouting my own Yippee! when my summer break officially begins. Last weekend I spent the majority of Saturday…
Many years ago we added a small porch to the front of our home with Chippendale railings. After years of being exposed to the elements, both railings and one Chippendale side was falling apart due to rot. Rather than hire someone to do this project, we tackled it ourselves and made our own DIY Chippendale…
Staining the deck has been on our “to do” for many months. Last weekend we prepped our deck for staining by giving it a thorough cleaning. This weekend we were able to apply stain to the deck and we couldn’t be happier with the end result. The before picture shows that the stain on our…
In 2004 an addition to our home gave us a larger kitchen with an eating area, a family room, and a new deck. The deck was stained in 2004 and hasn’t had an update since. Staining the deck has been one of those projects that we’ve been meaning to do but have put off time…
Learn how to install an Ikea Hemnes sink cabinet and see how we solved a problem or two that we encountered while doing the installation. At the end of July I gave an update on our main bath renovation that included gray paint, a new shower curtain, and a grout refresh. Next on our renovation…
At the end of May I was excited to share that landscape work had begun to improve the area between our house and our neighbor’s. This area was decimated by last June’s derecho and I have been eager to improve its appearance. Southern Landscape made a plan, did some drainage work, planted the large trees,…
Our friends from Southern Landscaping worked at our house this week on a new design for our side yard. Last summer’s derecho completely changed this area when trees came crashing down causing more trees to be removed. This formerly shady area became a sunny one and needed a landscape overhaul. The old shrubs were removed,…