Cottage

We’ve got the room painted, a new light fixture hung, and our hardwood floors selected. You can read all about part 1 here and selecting our flooring here. The next step to creating our home library was installing the flooring upstairs. We purchased a pneumatic floor nailer from Harbor Freight and a small, ...

We are full steam ahead on working on our library. We’ve already painted the walls and hung a new chandelier, and we are now working on the floors. If you missed part 1 of creating our home library, you can read more about it here. Finding the perfect flooring has ...

I said I wasn’t going to touch our upstairs area, and that was a big fat lie. Hear me out. A lot of my other projects are at a standstill until we can get the floor a little more stable. For instance, I don’t want to lay down tile in ...

I know I have been a little MIA the past couple of months. The holiday season and the state of the world was a bit overwhelming to put into words. In a way, I was trying to sneak into 2021 without touching anything or making a sound in hopes that ...

The most exciting part about any project is picking out paint color. The original siding was an off-white vinyl with baby blue trim with a matching front door. It looked like the theme for a ‘90s baby shower. Spoiler alert: it’s a boy. I originally envisioned a darker exterior on ...

We have decided to give the exterior of the cottage a little refresh. Normal people wait and do this in the spring, but we are not normal.  You see, it all started with a power washer. I wanted one for my upcoming birthday, and I was impatient. I used my ...