I am so incredibly happy to tell you we’re officially beginning work on the first floor! Shock and awe, right? It’s Phase 1: The Addition (and the covered porch!) Every so often I like to look back at a picture of the house, as we saw it, that morning in June of 2015 when we…
While I was back in Wisconsin making cupcakes, cake pops and cookies for my niece’s wedding, Steve decided to trim out the windows! Yikes! Trim decisions impact the design or style of the house and those are things he admittedly has no interest in. That’s my department. We did have a brief discussion, shortly after…
It’s up! I actually have shiplap hanging up in the house! These are the first two pieces of shiplap that we hung. It looks so good. I love it more than I can say. This is the first wall we finished. Zach and I cut the pieces with the compound mitre saw. We are so…
As the attic takes shape we have had to shift focus a little and make some decisions about how to tackle the first floor. Although I have enjoyed designing, planning & remodeling the attic bedrooms, I have been chomping at the bit to get my hands on the first floor. Steve has had to remind…
Periodically we have days where the amount of work still to do and the slow progress we’re making completely overwhelms us and gets one or both of us down. Thankfully it doesn’t happen often and we know a little down time is in order to rejuvenate our spirit. With the hot humid summer here in…