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Dining Room Drywall
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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Dining Room
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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Laminate Flooring
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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Kitchen Counters
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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Turning Up the Heat
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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How To: Choosing Appliances
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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How To: Stripping Furniture
Refinishing furniture can be a very intimidating task, at least it was for me. We have a beautiful fireplace mantel in our living room that had many layers of paint and even some sharpie marker on it. I really wanted to strip it down to the original wood finish. We set up the mantel…
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Living Room Renovation
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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Bathroom Renovation
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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Kitchen Renovation
Our kitchen project has come a long ways since the purchase of this house. When we first saw the house the first thing we noticed was the lack of a kitchen, or even a designated place for one. The listing had designated one of the bedrooms as a kitchen, just to put dimensions on the…
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