What can you do when you buy a house that has a really ugly old counter top? You could remove it and put in a new one. You know what else you can do? Paint it! Follow along as we take you through one of our home projects. Here's how to paint a counter top and completely change the look of the kitchen. We made our counter top look like Granite. But first let me show … [Read more...]
Transforming a Basement Stairwell – Renovation
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. As you can imagine a lot of damage was under the 4 foot high mark on the drywall. We've been here 12 years already and have made lots of cosmetic changes (and some repairs, of course) over that time. In the early … [Read more...]
CFL Bulbs are Dangerous!
Oh wow. I am no longer liking those screwy looking CFL lightbulbs. Not at all. Not one bit. Several years ago, CFL's were the newest and supposedly best light bulbs. Apparently, companies were going to stop making the incandescent bulbs and moving to only producing CFL's. We put CFL's in most of our light fixtures and I am thinking a lot of other people did as well. Take a look at this! … [Read more...]
Building a Closet with a Sloped Ceiling – Part 3
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 you read the … [Read more...]
Loft Closet Design and Build – Part 2
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 them and were … [Read more...]
Closet Build with a Sloped Ceiling
When the weather turns colder, it's easy to stay inside more often. The wood stove is going and the house is nice and warm. When we have a cold snap, it's a great time for Graham to work on inside projects. Which we have a lot of. Here's one of our projects. He built a closet for a sloped roof line in our loft. When we moved in here, there weren't many closets at … [Read more...]
