Category Archives: Before and After

Bathroom Before and After

Posted on July 13, 2015 by admin

We completed the bathroom upstairs this winter, but I have yet to post pictures.  This project was one of the toughest (emotionally) for me.  I think part of it is because the room was functional and could have been completed … Continue reading →

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Eating our dessert first

Posted on July 7, 2015 by admin

A while back, hubby obtained a windmill head from a farm where he hunts.  We thought, years down the road, it would be a cool addition to our farmstead.  You know, after everything else was done.  That’s when we would … Continue reading →

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Bathroom hell

Posted on December 28, 2014 by admin

“Let’s redo the bathroom instead of getting each other Christmas gifts this year!” he said. “It’ll be fun!” he said. Actually, it may have been my idea all along.  Not that I didn’t need to think about it a bit. … Continue reading →

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Front Room – Before and After

Posted on February 28, 2014 by admin

We’re not sure what to call the front room of this house.  We initially thought it would be the “music room” where we would have the piano and the kids could play their instruments.  Then, we thought maybe it would … Continue reading →

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Stenciling the front room

Posted on February 11, 2014 by admin

When struggling to find wallpaper I liked (that wasn’t discontinued), I seriously considered stenciling the walls in the dining room.  Stenciling has been around forever and was common in Victorian homes, so it would have been appropriate, albeit time consuming. … Continue reading →

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Wallpaper Part Two

Posted on February 8, 2014 by admin

It seems like the wallpaper challenge did not end with wallpaper location.  The challenge had really only begun. Someone once told me that if you want to test the strength of your marriage…..hang wallpaper together.  Hubby and I have tackled … Continue reading →

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Floor refinishing Frenzy!

Posted on February 3, 2014 by admin

We’ve refinished lots of floors in our restoration history.  The first house we bought had hardwoods hidden under the carpet.  To conserve money, we decided to tackle the refinishing ourselves.  We ended up refinishing them three times before we were … Continue reading →

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I love caulk

Posted on January 20, 2014 by admin

Oh, the joys of caulk.  I don’t know why a day squeezing caulk into crevices brings me such joy. Boy is it going to be hard to write this while limiting puns and dick jokes.  Seriously, a post about caulk…..it … Continue reading →

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Wallpaper woes…

Posted on January 9, 2014 by admin

We believe that most of the walls (and most of the ceilings) in this house were wallpapered originally.  This original paper has been covered by numerous additional layers of paper, paint, and, in some cases, wall texture (plaster) and paint. … Continue reading →

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Proper care and feeding of butcher block counter tops

Posted on December 5, 2013 by admin

When we designed our kitchen, I researched counter tops heavily.  One of our goals in this house is to make it feel like it may have when it was built.  Common counter tops of the time were usually wood or … Continue reading →

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