…We had an indoor swimming pool. Actually, it was more like a kiddie pool. You see, in order to build the awning in front of our door (pictured here) the roof needed to be cut open, leaving gaping holes into our home. So when a storm rolled in last night, the water poured in like […]
Renovation
Operation: Curb Appeal
I mentioned a few weeks ago that we are enlarging our living room by enclosing our front porch. This is much easier to explain in pictures. Here is what our home looked like just three weeks ago. And here is what it looks like as of writing this post. Big difference, isn’t it?! I’m shocked […]
Owning and Constructing
After almost a year of consideration, we’re moving forward with buying the house we are currently renting. We’re also enclosing our screen porch to enlarge our living room – which is also our bedroom – and adding a storage shed in our backyard. We discussed going all in and adding a third bedroom and a second […]
Bathroom Reveal
If you’ve been following along, you’ve watched our bathroom go from this… …to this. Seriously, I’m kind of in shock. If you had told me one month ago my bathroom would look like this, I wouldn’t have believed you. I did that?! No way! All it took was a quart of free paint, one can […]
Hello, Bathroom Shelves!
Going into the Style Cure, I knew I wanted to replace the standard metal shelf in our bathroom with thick floating shelves. I also knew what wood I wanted to use for those shelves, which was a thick piece from a pile of scrap wood I bought at an estate sale. In order to achieve […]