Vinney’s battle with canine epilepsy…

In the fall of 2014, just after Steve had moved to North Carolina, our 2 1/2 year old Cavapoo Lucy developed cutaneous lymphoma and had to be put down. If you don’t remember, you can read about that here. Twenty four hours after putting Lucy down, the kids and I traveled 5 hours to pick…

Windows, doors and more…

Not only did we spend 2019 on structural work (if you missed it, check this out) we accomplished some rather exciting things too!     Windows… We removed three of the four remaining original windows and put in 10 new ones! Yes, really 10 and they’re gorgeous! We love our Marvin Elevate Collection windows (previously…

Time for a long overdue update…

Absolutely too long since my last update, my apologies… Lets recap: In order to make way for a fairly open concept, we planned to remove most of the interior walls of the original house (if you don’t remember, check this out). In late 2018 we completely gutted rooms 3 & 4 to make way for…

Birds eye view…

I thought it may be interesting to look at our house remodel from a birds eye view. It’ll explain what the hold up has been on anything photo worthy, getting done! This is the original layout of the first floor (~950 square feet) of our house…   1. Front door             5. Laundry room 2. Front…

More demo…

Last post, I introduced you to our utility room. It turned out great and I love having a sink big enough to wash the pups(that’s Vinney and although he doesn’t fuss, he’d rather be playing ball). The old utility room was at the back of the house between our storage room (which I am standing…