I was in the right place at the right time when I found these 2 porch rockers. My husband I had finished building our porch and I new it needed a set of rocking chairs. I started by numbering all the slats of the seat on the back r1, r2,r3 (r for red b for …
One way to really brighten a room and give it farmhouse character is to paint the trim. Here are a few steps to ensure a crisp, clean, long-lasting finish. Oil Based Primer For the same reason oil and water don’t mix, you can’t use latex paint over oil based finishes (polyurethane). It will stick for …
With the addition of our fireplace, I decided to move my can lighting. There are can lighting kits for remodels that only require you to cut a circle through your ceiling, hook up the can and slide the unit into the hole which would not require drywall repair. But since I was going to have …
Stripping paint — A daunting task for sure but well worth the outcome! These 100 year old farmhouse steps had gouges, exposed nail heads, and layers of hideous, brownish-orange paint. I started with a sander and 60 grit sandpaper and ended up using a paint stripper. I started with a sander and 60 grit sandpaper …
From a stock cabinet at a big box store to a semi-custom line offered by a kitchen design center to a custom cabinet from a exclusively custom cabinet manufacture, there are hundreds of cabinet companies competing for your business. But where do you begin? Kitchen remodels often leave homeowners in an I-don’t-know-lets-flip-a-coin limbo. Trucking around …
It’s very easy to put an addition on your home if you don’t care about having a nice flow. In this case, a family room and garage were added on and series of hallways were put in to gain access to it. The master bathroom only had room for one person at time and entertaining …
A very cramped back entrance, a tiny laundry room, and a 70’s style closed-in-kitchen are the reasons this family wanted to expand. So we pushed the laundry room wall into the kitchen and the kitchen and dining room into the back yard adding additional space for a sitting room. The new kitchen was designed with …
My husband, Brad, and I purchased our home back in 2010 and I spent every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day hating the exterior and especially hating the color of the siding. It was an overgrown mess with faded window trim, a broken screen door, deteriorating concrete steps, and a rickety …
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