Basement Family Room: TV Wall
With the drywall up and the walls painted, we knew that we had to do something interesting for our TV wall because it was just one giant white wall. I…
Basement Renovation: New Windows
We have 4 basement windows and 3 of them were completely boarded up. Now that we're renovating the basement, we wanted to have some natural light and get new windows.…
Basement Bedroom Renovation: Framing, Drywall and Painting
Once the back of the basement was clear of our crap, it was time to start framing the back half of the basement. The hardest part of the basic framing…
Kitchen Final Reveal
Our kitchen renovation was a long time coming. We first began talking about redoing the kitchen in 2016. We didn't just hit on our hands for the last 3 years;…
Kitchen Renovation: Part 6 – Structural Work
The biggest and most transformative part of the kitchen renovation was removing the chimney and installing a new window and door. The back of our house hasn't received much love…
Kitchen Renovation: Part 3 – Materials
Once we had our contractor on board, it was time to advance our kitchen project and start making some big decisions. With our general design nailed down, we could now…
Front Door Face-Lift
I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but we've spent so much time on the inside of our house that we've really failed to care much about the…
Basement Renovation: Part 4 – Construction
Our basement construction involved two major construction pieces: the underpinning and the hydronics work. Since it only required us coordinating with two trades, we decided to coordinate the work ourselves and…
Painting the Second Floor
When we painted our living room and dining room, we did a lot of research on the brand of paint to buy and the type of finish. We wrestled with which…
How to Sew Door and Window Draft Stoppers
Our doors and windows are extremely drafty. We've managed to stop some of the draft with that ugly shrink wrap stuff, which is fine for our un-renovated and already-ugly upstairs. Now…