Everything Homemaking
If you’ve been reading the blog very long you’ve probably seen several pictures of my kitchen. So rather than do a simple before and after, I decided to show you some of the specific features we included and what we think about them four years later. So here we go. But first I wanted you to see what the kitchen looked like the day we moved in: Some of the features … [Read more...]
You don’t have to have a big budget or an elaborate plan to create an awesome patio. My husband created an gorgeous patio using leftover building materials, a few dollars and some physical labor. We actually have four outdoor areas but the inexpensive patio is our favorite. Let’s take a tour. First is the front porch. It’s long and skinny – not big enough for any furniture – … [Read more...]
A couple of weeks ago, I showed you photos from when we added a second floor to our house. You can read about that here. Today I’m going to show you the pictures of the inside. Here we go. This is what the kitchen looked like before we added the stairs. Here’s the new look. Now let’s go upstairs and check out the landing area. The door on the left is a large … [Read more...]
If you want to get top dollar for your house, you need to be sure it’s in as close-to-perfect condition as possible. To figure out what you need to do, you can: Walk through your house as if you were a buyer. Sometimes that works. You can also try pretending you’re having a big party and walk through the house to see what you would need to do to get it party-ready. Or better yet, … [Read more...]
Our current home was a fixer-upper when we purchased it almost 9 years ago. The four of us moved into the two bedroom, one bath house with the intention of adding on as quickly as possible. On moving day, David and I claimed one of the bedrooms on the main floor. Rachel (18 at the time) claimed the second bedroom on the main floor and Danny (16) happily claimed the sort-of-bedroom in the … [Read more...]
The living room in our fixer upper wasn’t the worst room in the house but it wasn’t awesome either. Take a look at these before photos from the day we moved in and see if you agree: The floor was cheap ceramic tile which covered a hardwood floor. There was a thin piece of molding at chair rail height around the whole room. The fireplace wall of paneling was either an attempt at white … [Read more...]
Eight years ago my family moved into our current home. It was a dump. A fixer-upper. A mess. But that’s what we do. We move into crummy houses and make them nice. This has definitely been our worst house so far because of a few unexpected surprises. Like snakes. We had three snakes in the room I’m about to show you and seven snakes in the basement. I don’t know about you, … [Read more...]
