House Painting: Exteriors!

Sunday, January 25, 2026

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!

Looks soooooooo much better!

Wire Shelves for the Craft Room Closet

Sunday, January 18, 2026

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.

Engineered Hardwood Flooring for the Craft Room

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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.

Engineered Hardwood Flooring for the Bedroom

Sunday, January 4, 2026

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!

Entryway Floor Tiling

Sunday, December 28, 2025

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.

Downstairs Bathroom Floors Replacing

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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.

Upstairs Ceilings Replacement

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Gotta follow that previous glamorous post on hardwood floor refinishing with yet another small project that desperately needed doing. Getting the hole from the ceiling leak (roof since replaced) replaced, as well as the peeling hallway ceiling tiles. Looks so much better!

Hardwood Floors Refinishing

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Getting some much needed work done on the house. Refinishing some beat-to-heck hardwood floors! They look so, so much better. But it's hard not to!
I even used the miter saw to cut some shoe moulding for the dining room, which just didn't have it before (likely due to having unfinished carpet when we first moved in).

Kitchen Renovation: Finishing Up!

Sunday, October 26, 2025

A few steps happened since the lower cabinets were installed in the kitchen nook. Specifically: holes in the floor evened out; new, chevron luxury vinyl plank flooring from LifeProof in Canopy Tree; a wood threshhold lavender paintwashed, stained, and oil polyurethaned to match (approximately); the little folding table next to the stove was also paintwashed, stained, and polyurethaned; doorway trim was reinstalled; made a little coffee maker cover.

Oh, and we finally built, painted, polyurethaned the upper cabinets! And paintwashed, stained, and polyurethaned giant open shelving! And added a bit of [removable] crown moulding. The uppers are Benjamin Moore Advance satin in Chantilly Lace, like the uppers in the rest of the kitchen. Interior is oil polyurethaned like the lower cabinets in the nook along with more soft close hidden hinges. Hardware is Sumner Street High Desert which I oil polyurethaned a few times to keep them from peeling (because that matte black finish does not want to stay!).

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