by Karen | blinds, moulding, window |
When we bought our house, all the windows had old aluminum blinds so we threw them out: We replaced them with expensive silhouette blinds. I thought they looked great at first but over time I began to hate them. For one, our cats were slowly destroying them. They were...
by Karen | door, drywall, exhaust fan, master bathroom, moulding, paint, plumbing, second bathroom, tile, toilet, vanity |
Our master bathroom was the one room we didn’t remodel when we moved in. I knew I wanted to remodel the entire room so we wanted to wait for the right time so we could take our time and not feel rushed (like with the second bathroom remodel). Fast forward to...
by Karen | door, drywall, electrical, master bathroom, moulding
When we bought our house, the master bathroom had a bifold door. That was one of the first things we ripped out. I’d rather have no door than a bifold one – we don’t live in an RV: We initially installed a normal door that swung out instead of in...
by Karen | electrical, master bathroom, moulding, plumbing, toilet, vanity
After we finished the bathroom floor tile, we hired a plumber to update our vanity plumbing. We especially needed to get rid of the weird vertical pipe so that the plumbing would fit inside our new vanity: The plumber said the vertical pipe wasn’t needed so it...
by Karen | a/c, door, drywall, duct, electrical, exhaust fan, hardwood floors, heating, insulation, kitchen, master bathroom, moulding, paint, plumbing, roof, second bathroom, tile, toilet, vanity
Our first renovation began the day we closed escrow on our first home. We remodeled the entire house for three months before moving in. Mike did a lot of the demo himself since I had to watch our baby. DEMO DAY!: Mike removed everything in the kitchen, including...
