House Painting: Exteriors!

Sunday, January 25, 2026

House Exterior Painting - After - Front House Exterior Painting - Before - Front
While getting everything else fixed up around here recently, I also decided to get the house a much-needed exterior paint job. The main house is Sherwin Williams white right out of the can, the shutters are SW Anchors Aweigh and the doors are SW Distance, for a gentle pop of denim blue/periwinkle. Would've gone with blue on the house body, but it seems all the houses around me are getting painted blue!
House Exterior Painting - After - Back House Exterior Painting - Before - Back
House Exterior Painting - After - West House Exterior Painting - Before - West

Looks soooooooo much better!

House Exterior Painting - After - Back Breezeway House Exterior Painting - After - Breezeway

Wire Shelves for the Craft Room Closet

Sunday, January 18, 2026

House - adding shelves to guestroom closet House - adding shelves to guestroom closet
With the craft room having snazzy new floors and organized storage, I figured I'd install some wire shelving to the closet for even better craft access! So, here we are!

Too.many.hobbies.

House - adding shelves to guestroom closet House - adding shelves to guestroom closet

Engineered Hardwood Flooring for the Craft Room

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Replacing Upstairs flooring in guest bedroom - done Replacing Upstairs flooring in guest bedroom - before
I didn't stop with the bedroom, also included the guest bedroom which previously received some upgraded craft storage, but now we've got nice floors, too! The same Bruce Hydropel Natural Hickory 7/16 in. T x 5 in. W Waterproof Click Lock Engineered Hardwood Flooring as in the bedroom, was also extended to the hallway as well.
Replacing Upstairs flooring in guest bedroom - process

Engineered Hardwood Flooring for the Bedroom

Sunday, January 4, 2026

Replacing Upstairs flooring in bedroom - done Replacing Upstairs flooring in bedroom - before
Still more floors to redo! Onto the upstairs, with the bedroom! I haven't done a whole lot to this room since I first purchased it, so I suppose we can consider this the first big upgrade! Just needed 32 boxes of Bruce Hydropel Natural Hickory 7/16 in. T x 5 in. W Waterproof Click Lock Engineered Hardwood Flooring to do it!
Replacing Upstairs flooring in bedroom - process $6500 in engineered hardwood flooring...

Entryway Floor Tiling

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Tiling the Entryway - after Tiling the Entryway - before
Already have contractors replacing floors, might as well keep going with the entryway! These are the Twenties 8" x 8" Ceramic Patterned Wall and Floor Tile By Merola Tile with the Mapei Warm Gray FlexColor CQ Grout.
Tiling the Entryway - process Tiling the Entryway - tiling

Downstairs Bathroom Floors Replacing

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Replacing Upstairs flooring in downstairs bath - done Replacing flooring in downstairs bath - before
While we're in the habit of discussing replacing/refinishing the floors in this house, let's hire someone to slap some Luxury Vinyl flooring over the seriously dated, yellow flooring in the downstairs bathroom. It's come a looooong way since I first purchased the house! This is the Lifeproof Grandview Marble 22 MIL x 11.9 in. W x 23.8 in. L Click Lock Waterproof Vinyl Tile Flooring, and I needed about 3 boxes of it.
Replacing flooring in downstairs bath - process