Fireplace Transformation Part 3: Brick Edition

Fireplace Transformation Part 3: Brick Edition

It’s been almost a month since I last updated you on our house and so much progress has been made with our fireplace wall! As you know, our fireplace project is taking wayyyy longer than we anticipated. (Try months longer) After we removed the original stone,...
Fireplace Transformation Part 2

Fireplace Transformation Part 2

Ever feel like you are working a project that just refuses to end? Well that is exactly how our fireplace project seems to be going. Its been 3 months since we started what we thought would be “quick weekend project” before putting up the drywall on our...
Full Apartment Tour (With Before Photos)

Full Apartment Tour (With Before Photos)

Many people have been asking us over the last year how we’ve been able to “survive” in the little upstairs area of our house that we call it our apartment. The truth is we’ve been managing quite well. It’s taken us about a year to...
Weekly Highlights: This Week’s “Dirt”

Weekly Highlights: This Week’s “Dirt”

Over the past month, Brandon had about 800 cubic yards, or in other words over 32 truckloads of dirt hauled into our front yard. For some unknown reason, our front yard had about a 2-foot dip in it starting near the garage. (Our house was actually a couple feet higher...
Fireplace Inspirations

Fireplace Inspirations

As you know, Brandon and I are in the middle of re-doing our fireplace. What started as a “simple” scale down of our fireplace stone, turned into a complete makeover of the entire wall when we discovered the wall behind the stone was totally rotted. Now...