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…
Yes we are still insulating! Ugh! Have you heard of the thermal envelope? I hadn’t either, but I have come to learn it’s very important and rather challenging to accomplish on a older home. The thermal envelope is the barrier you create between the interior and exterior elements of your house. You want to use…
I am so excited to tell you all our first new window is in!!! It’s a Marvin Integrity Wood-Ultrex glider. How did we come to that decision? It was a long process. Due to the humid conditions in the south and increased risk of rot, we didn’t want to use a solid wood window, which…
We are moving along slowly with the upstairs renovation. It’s slow because Steve works all week and there is only so much the kids and I can help him with. Sure we could pay someone to do the work but where is the sense of accomplishment in that? Right? The last updates I made was…