In our renovation, we’re finding that we’re constrained by the same constraints that affect all projects. We are having to balance the...

Every weekend I am more and more appreciative of Ed's propane camping stove with water kettle. In the wee hours of the morning, I am...

With the exception of the cabinet that will go above the refrigerator, all of the upper kitchen cabinets are "up". This was one of those...

This weekend, while Ed was assembling kitchen cabinets, I primed and painted the first window. This is going to be my job going forward;...

Thanks to Ed, I got my first look at some assembled kitchen cabinets. I’m going to love them! Ed chose some of the larger and more...

This weekend, Ed and I will be assembling our RTA Kitchen Cabinets. Given the number of cabinets and the fact that this is all new to us,...

Labor Day weekend provided a good opportunity to spend an extra day at the property and work on the house. We reached a big milestone - I...

The old outbuildings that came with our property are in fairly good shape but for their roofs. One of the buildings is a littler larger...

After many weekends of patching, mudding, and sanding, the ceiling paint finally went on for the first floor. There is nothing like a...

The patching is done! Time for primer. The previous paint included sand as a texturing agent, so I added that in with the primer.

Patching drywall is one of my least favorite projects. Unfortunately, we have a lot of patching to do. Between the walls that were taken...

When we started to consider all of the work that we needed to do on the home and the property, it was easy to get overwhelmed (and it...

We’ve lived in our current city home for 20 years. When we bought the house, the walls had been “newly” painted in colors that seemed to...

There was water in the basement the day we closed on our property in mid-March; it seemed to be coming in on both the NE and the NW...

Because we’re doing as much of our rehab work as possible ourselves and because we’re on a budget, we’ve had to source the associated...

I never cease to be appreciative of the difference in perspective that my husband Ed provides. One clear example for me relates to how...

Since we were still in the demolition phase, it was a good point to have an electrician come in and make some upgrades. We wanted to add...

We briefly debated about opening up the staircase leading to the second floor. This staircase was fully enclosed with a wall and door....

When we started considering all of the work that we needed to do on the home and the property, it was easy to get overwhelmed (and it...

Boxes. Buckets. Rubbermaid tubs. Sitting in my living room in southeastern Wisconsin, I am surrounded by things Maggie believes we will...