From the category archives:

House Renovation

Porch is Getting Closer!

June 16, 2013

So, the inside of the porch is done, except for those diamonds I’m painting on the floor. Hopefully, I’ll get that done this week. Dad has been working on the stairs for the last couple of weeks and he’s making some good progress on those. Now mind you, these stairs will be far from perfect. His figuring and all is not what it used to be and he can be hard on himself for not getting things right on the carpentry stuff, but it will be stable even if it’s not perfect to look at. That I do know! To the eye, things will be a little wonky and not even close to plumb and perfect, but that’s the way we roll around here. I’m just so glad he is willing to help me get this done.

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Gas Logs Installed!

June 13, 2013

It might be summer right now, but I’m feeling warm and cozy in my living room about now. The gas log project has been finished and I couldn’t be happier with how they turned out. I’ll be in good shape come Fall, when those logs will create a nice ambiance in that space. There’s just something so cozy about a fire and with gas logs looking so real these days, I’ve got the look without the mess.

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Karran Sink and Formica Countertop

June 11, 2013

Getting my laundryroom together and making it stylish has really made me feel so good about that space now. What was once a dark and dreary storage/laundry room has now become a full fledged mudroom/laundryroom/storage area and the ugly has mostly been removed. I can’t tell you how exciting that is!

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Summer Tour of Homes

June 6, 2013

I’m so happy and excited to be participating in Gina’s Summer tour of Homes this year. She’s the brainstorm behind this fun event and 26 bloggers will be sharing their homes with blogland, all this week. If you’ve missed them, you can see the list of bloggers here, so be sure and go back and [...]

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Updates on the Porch: Blue Ceiling

June 2, 2013

It’s really coming along now and I’m getting closer and closer to moving my furniture out there and can I say this….I can hardly wait!

The temps are also heating up here in Georgia and being on a covered porch will be so exciting this year, with our heat and humidity that’s a must. My big dreams of having a screened porch are about to come true. Thank you, Lord! He knows our heart’s desire, doesn’t he?

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Choosing Gas Logs

May 16, 2013

Back with an update on my gas log project! I really am not an expert on gas logs and had no idea how to choose, but the folks at The Fireplace Store in Marietta were great about explaining the options to me. Since my fireplace is fully functioning and can burn real wood and it [...]

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Upcoming Home Project: Gas Fireplace Logs & Giveaway

May 11, 2013

One of the things I have wanted to do since I moved in my fixer-upper house, is to get new gas logs for the fireplace. I can’t wait for that! I really like my rustic fireplace and knew that once I got settled in here, I wanted to add gas logs to it. It’s a fully functioning gas fireplace, but I really didn’t want the hassle of burning real wood, I’ve done that before and it’s a messy operation.

So, gas logs it is.

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More Screen Porch Updates

May 7, 2013

My sweet daddy has been at it again, working on finishing up the porch so that I can get out there and caulk and paint it. It’s really looking good now and has definitely come a long way from where it started. Just a little more trim work, then I can get busy. He’s been so sweet to come over here and work on it, a piece at a time. All those trim pieces have to be cut one at a time. We’ve still had some horrendous rain, but the sun is shining again.

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Laundry Room Sink Update

April 28, 2013

Along with the screened porch, I’ve been having some fun things happening in the laundry room. You aren’t going to believe some of the changes in there and I’ll be showing you all the space soon, but for now, let me tell you a bit about the new sink that just got installed in there.

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More Porch Updates

April 21, 2013

Dad has been working on the porch, getting the beadboard installed around the perimeter inside the porch. One recent day, I helped him rip down all the beadboard pieces to fit in there and then he took a day and got them cut just right to fit and nailed them in place. He had to cut around the new electrical outlets that got installed, so that was a little bit of a pain, but he made big progress in just a couple of days.

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Porch Progress: Adding the Beadboard Ceiling

April 14, 2013

Dad and I got out there on a recent Saturday and made some huge progress on the screened porch, so I can actually see the end of this one and we should be sipping a cold drink out there by June. It might take me that long to get it all painted. We’ll see.

In the meantime, here’s how we did the ceiling. I had always envisioned beadboard out there from the very beginning, so that’s what I bought. It comes in 4 x 8’ sheets and we needed 6 to complete the ceiling. Two of them were ripped down to fit in properly.

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The Guest Room: Before and After

April 4, 2013

I haven’t gotten around to showing you the complete Before and After pics of my guestroom yet. Now it’s Rhonda’s room, and she is a roommate and not a guest, but technically it’s the guest bedroom. I’ve really enjoyed having her and Cody around here and they make this place not so quiet and lonely. It’s been great so far!

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Screened Porch Plans and Progress

March 24, 2013

It’s been a little slow going around here on the porch progress, since Spring can’t seem to decide if she wants to join us this year or not. What a cold and wet Spring we are having so far! It’s been raining so much and the backyard is just soggy wet from all of it, causing us to have to deal with the damp and cold. We’ve had a few days of sunshine and blue skies, but they have been few and far between. We have managed to make a little bit of progress on the porch eaves and I’m happy to say, they are done.