This closet we are building in our upstairs loft is starting to really come together. We are very close to being done and it will be great to have all this extra storage space. Here's the last installment of this home building project - we are very close to being done. Basically, all we need are two more brackets and the flooring - finally this job is coming to a close. Have … [Read more...]

  We had stopped working on the loft closet for a while. Then, on a road trip, we were at Home Depot looking for some garden sprinklers.  Graham spotted a sale on glass paned wood doors and we thought they could work well for the closets. We measured them up and decided they would work! We got them for a great deal ($52 per door).     So we bought … [Read more...]

Our slanted ceiling closet build took a few weekends but we gained so much storage space.   When the weather turns colder, it's time to stay indoors more and get working again on home projects. One project was to build a closet with a sloped ceiling in our upstairs loft. Here's how we did that - and now we have lots of storage room for clothes, shoes and pretty much everything else we … [Read more...]

Ugly counters? Painting Formica countertops will change the whole look! What can you do when you buy a house that has really ugly formica kitchen countertops? You could remove the counter tops and put brand new ones in their place. That can become expensive, but...if you've ever wondered "can Formica be painted?" Yes it can! Painting over formica is a pretty cheap way to change up the look of … [Read more...]

  It's easy to paint wood paneling and it can totally brighten an older home!     Can You Paint Wood Paneling? Yes you sure can paint wood paneling! And in our case, it would have almost been a crime to not paint our wood paneled walls. Because they were ugly and darkened our old house so much, we had to have interior lights on all day long. A lot of older houses still … [Read more...]

Check out our stairwell reno - $150 and we got rid of the ugly basement stairs. Our house was built in 1999. A family of 8 lived here, 6 of whom were under 5 feet tall. Even though the house isn't THAT old,  a lot of wear and tear took place before we came along. That's just to be expected in older homes. As you can imagine a lot of damage was under the 4 foot high mark on the drywall. … [Read more...]

Since we have always disliked the actual entry into our house from the driveway side, we've been talking about making some changes. That may include a new mud room and entry into the house. The driveway side is of course where guests enter our house.     See what I mean? Ugly. Really. Ugly. I can't wait until we rip off that little mud room that's attached now to the … [Read more...]

The house we have now in Prince Rupert has an enclosed porch on the front, facing the street. Over the years, it must have attracted more and more plants, until it looked like this:   I gave away a lot of the plants, as there were just far too many. There were eight orchids in this room, along with probably 20 other plants.     I've boxed up the orchids and … [Read more...]