If you are looking for ideas for fall bedroom decor ideas, I hope I can inspire you with a few. I recently shared my fall mantel, the fall decor in my living room and dining room, the fall decor in my family room and breakfast room, and the fall decor in my lake house master bedroom. Today I’m…
This summer I have been working on finishing decorating our lake house guest bedroom. The room is finally complete and I am excited to share the end result. I decorated this room with a vintage and feminine theme. The rug is from Boutique Rugs and the bedspread and shams are from Amazon. The headboard came…
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…
Riprap for shoreline protection is a lake house necessity. The riprap on our shoreline was approximately 45 years old and needed replacing. Riprap for Shoreline Protection Last winter the lake water levels stayed unusually high which made waves reaching the shoreline from boat traffic wash to the top of our riprap and sometimes over the…
Have you been wondering what has been going on with our lake house basement project? To tell you the truth, not much! We are enjoying summer weekends there and will finish up the remaining projects sooner or later. A project that I am very excited to share with you is our wallpapered stairwell. Wallpapering our…
Although summer doesn’t officially begin until mid-June, Memorial Day marks the unofficial arrival of summer. Our patio is a favorite spot for relaxing and entertaining and today I’m sharing tips for getting a patio summer-ready. Today’s summer-ready patio is part of a monthly Pinterest Challenge hosted by Cindy of County Road 407. Each month Cindy…
Besides relaxing, a use of our lake house family room is a home office. Every home office needs a desk and I found just what I was looking for, a large vintage office desk, on Facebook Marketplace. The desk was in good condition other than needing to be refinished and some minor repairs. This project…
After months of hard work, our lake house basement bathroom is finished and ready to be used and enjoyed. Lake House Basement Bathroom Reveal I’ve shared the evolution of this bathroom as we worked on it over many months. I’m now sharing the end result with before and after pictures. The Final Product Come on…
After months of hard work, our lake house basement family room is ready to be enjoyed. It would be nice to say that it is finished, but there are still a few things left to do like finishing a few thresholds, selecting blinds, and decorating. Lake House Family Room Reveal Our new family room is…
My last lake house basement project update covered how we installed metal balusters on our staircase. In this update, I’ll share the other things that we accomplished over the last weekend of March. We started work on this project last August and are finally nearing the end. These posts chronicle our work transforming our unfinished…
Our lake house basement project is getting so close to being done! This DIY project has been a ton of work but work that we have both enjoyed doing. Spring has come to the lake and along with our grass getting green, the trees are starting to leaf out. The staircase in our lake basement…
The weekend of March 20-22 was our twelfth weekend of 2020 working on our lake house basement project. It was another weekend filled with work and also pleasant hikes at Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Below you can see a favorite spot in the park, Turtle Island. Crossing the bridge takes you to the island…