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Basement Ready for Drywall
The progress during weeks 17 and 18 was SUPER exciting because drywall was going up and that totally made the space start to feel more...


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Pocket Door Frame & Stairwell Drywall
Heading into week 16 of our basement reno we had come a long way but still had quite a bit to do before we could get any dry wall up. ...


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Basement Framing
So my plans to be more regular about blogging were put on the back burner for a while but with the new year I’m taking another crack at...


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Basement Window Trim
Next step in the replacement windows was getting them trimmed out and looking pretty from the outside. Luckily we had a bunch of left...


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Tall Window Wells
In addition to our re-grading efforts we needed to address the window wells to further prevent against water in the basement. Since we...


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Basement Replacement Windows
Since the basement take over started a few months ago we’ve been steadily picking away at it and getting ready to make the space livable...


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Closet Primed and Paint Colors
With the framing and drywall finished along with wall touch ups, it was time for me to get in there and start painting! First color up…...


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Master Bathroom Mini Refresh Part 1
Our master bathroom was in some serious need of attention and Mace had big plans to get it up to snuff before the wedding (which was 5...


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Hall Bath Wall Repair & Paint
The same week the deck landing and skirt board were being done Mace was also doing some work inside the house so I could keep moving on...


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Hall Bathroom Update
So while the guys were busy outside with the deck, I was tackling my own project inside. Our hallway bathroom was in need of some...


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Slider Insulation, Drywall, and Trim Install
Now that we had the slider weather stripping issue resolved and we were able to permanently set the doors and ready for insulation. We...


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Living Room Trim & Walls
While work was happening on the new slider we were also starting on the living room update. I started with painting all the trim around...


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Garage Insulation & Drywall
Now that we had an official garage we needed to start finishing out the space. We could have left it uninsulated and dry walled but Mace...


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Garage Side Door
During the garage planning stage we decided to add a side door that you could enter through the porch. And the perfect place to...


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Prepping & Painting The Dining Room
Nothing like being in the middle of THREE projects at once! Now that we had torn the dining room apart and furniture was everywhere this...


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No More West Virginia Siding!!
There was some multi-tasking going on during this time with the office repairs getting done and finishing up prep work for siding. The...


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Office Wall Repair: Phase 2
Back to the office update, before I could move forward with any painting we had to repair the walls. I had mentioned in the first post...


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Non-Glamorous Waterproofing & Siding Prep
Now that most of the walls were up and waterproofed with Tyvek we had to do some repair from previous water damage, make the new window...


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Hanging Garage Walls
Day 14 of Garage Build: Now that the framing was done and the old siding removed we were ready to start hanging the garage walls!! We...


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All The Trimmings
At 26 days into the master closet renovation we were feeling pretty good about the progress we’d made, but we couldn’t slow down now...
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