Santa stopped by our house again!! This time he brought little masonry elves. Remember the holes in our brick from the initial foundation repair?These holes have been in our laundry room and area/hall leading to the garage for 2.5 years. Yes, years…not weeks…not months. Both collecting and making dust of their very own. Holes like […]
Finishing the Wood Floors
Ok, so I’m not re-finishing the floors, I’m just cleaning them up and making them presentable. We recently found out that not only does our dining room need foundation work, the whole stinking house does! To the tune of 55 piers. Yes, fifty-five! So after all that hard work getting the paint off the living […]
Remove Decade-Old Paint From Hardwood Floors
So here we are… In my last post I showed how we had just pulled up the carpet in the living room to find tons of overspray. And glue. And gunk. Here’s how I tackled it. Literally about 6 inches by 6 inches at a time. Time-consuming yes, but worth it in the end. These were all […]
Get Rid of That Gross Carpet!
Seriously, it’s about time. I have hinted around about ripping this up for over a year (so basically as long as we’ve lived in this house.) The previous owner told us on one of our many walk-thrus before we bought the house, just how much she loved carpet — she just didn’t like hardwood (horror!) Thankfully, […]