by Allie Merrill | Nov 3, 2019 | Difficult, Home Remodeling
While we didn’t plan to renovate the basement anytime soon, a burst water connection had other plans! In June of this year, we returned home from a trip to find a water connection to the toilet in the master bedroom spraying at full force, and leaking...
by Allie Merrill | May 14, 2018 | Easy, Home Remodeling
When we decided to install a butcher block countertop, I didn’t even think about the extra step of installing supports. However, about a month after install, we noticed the countertop started to bow downwards a little, and when pressure was applied we were...
by Allie Merrill | May 2, 2018 | Easy, Home Remodeling
When we saw the cheap flooring they had put down in this house, we crossed our fingers that it would be easy to take up AND that there would be original hardwoods underneath. Both of our wishes came true, and we couldn’t have had a better first night of...
by Allie Merrill | Feb 2, 2018 | Home Remodeling
By the time we purchased this house, I thought most of the design decisions had already been made, and that things would go so quickly and smoothly…it would be a lot of work, but it wouldn’t take very long, right?? Wrong. 🙂 As everyone says, home...
by Allie Merrill | Oct 18, 2017 | Easy, Home Remodeling
For all you Fixer Upper fans out there…this is a classic Joanna Gaines move, and it’s one I was excited to try for myself. This fireplace was in dire need of an update, so I thought I would try my hand at freshening it up a bit. Shopping List Primer:...
by Allie Merrill | Sep 26, 2017 | Home Remodeling
Welcome to our new home renovation project! This is our first home purchase EVER so needless to say we are very excited, but also a little nervous because we have no idea what we are getting ourselves into. Our plan is to renovate the house, pretty much from top to...
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