Remodeling
Chicken Coop
The first building on the property to be repaired and painted was the chicken coop. Gotta keep those chickens happy! We used one of the run-down loafing sheds to make the coop. Previous owners left a pile of scrap wood…
Shelf Bracket Lighting
When it came to lighting the nightstands in our bedroom, we took an unconventional approach. We needed lighting that would hang from the wall, and not take up precious real estate on the furniture. I like to read – a…
Making Laundry Fun*
Most of our home is western/rustic, but I wanted to make the room where we spend a LOT of time (sigh…), the laundry room, bright, cheery and a little bit whimsical. When we moved in, the room had a built-in…
Ode to a Window Seat
Wanted since a wee girl, Our houses never had A window seat for reading Or staring at the land. Until one day at ReStore, A cabinet she did spy, The ‘perfect’ length and depth To make one by and by.…
Cooking Up a Kitchen
The first project on our new home, the biggest one we tackled inside, was getting our kitchen up and running. First thing, we removed the tile countertops and backsplash, old stove, all of the cabinet doors, and one of the…
What Have We Done?
When we purchased our home, we knew it had a lot of problems. A LOT of problems! The home inspection report listed many of them, but we discovered more on our own when we moved in: Leaks under every sink,…
Where it all began…
Our home started out as a 2-bedroom cabin, the only house in the area. After the 49-er fire blew through in 1988 (the house was spared), the man who owned it sold to a developer. The developer added on to…
