It started.
The project snowball effect is rolling into our backyard.
What started as some flaking paint, and a patch of grassless yard has now turned into a full on backyard makeover.
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Backyard Snowball Effect
Choosing Exterior Paint Colors
Last week, I let you in on our secret of how bad the exterior paint really was.
It looked fine from afar:
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Backyard Shame – The Grassless, Peeling Paint Edition
This winter was harsh, not only was it hard on us humans, but it also took a pretty big toll on the Storefront. You saw a sneak peek of my dirty little secret yesterday, but today I have even more shame to share.
This is our backyard:
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Mid Basement Project Progress
It's about that time in the basement project where progress slows down, and it starts to lose its luster. This past weekend was a slog. It took all I had to muster up the courage for another two days worth of painting.
I adorned my battle gear (old boots, track pants and my work shirt) and...
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Basement Step 1
We finally got started on our laundry room project, but before a paintbrush was lifted, we did a lot of research and prep. Basements are notorious for having problems with water (especially ones that are over 100 years-old). As the ad for Dricore told me at Home Depot, 98% of...
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A Step Up
I'm not a short girl. My Danish heritage has afforded a rather large frame of 5'10" however I am still completely unable to reach the top cabinet in our kitchen without standing on something. We have tall ceilings, and 39" upper cabinets and those things are tall! For two years I have dragged over a...
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Paintin Signs
When we bought the Storefront, it had essentially been eliminated of all its character. It had been in bad shape, and the owners before us had brought it back, and modernized it, but in doing so had removed everything of the past. Don't get me wrong, I love our spray foam insulation and skylights, but...
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