Our front door was in bad shape after years of neglect. The finish was completely flaking off, revealing the bare wood underneath. See what I mean? Bad, bad. It was liable to give you bloody knuckles if you tried to knock. After some initial indecision about whether to stain or paint, I started scoping out […]
Front Door: Sneak Peek
I’ll have a more complete post next week, but I couldn’t resist sneaking you a peek at our newly refinished front door. Yowza, it’s pretty!
Repainting the basement windows
Not long ago, I noticed the paint on the outside of our basement windows had started peeling. I am not sure when they were last painted, but the finish of the paint was very dull and faded. Who uses flat paint on trim? (It’s this way on our entire house, unfortunately.) Before Anyhow, I thought repainting […]
Curb appeal to-do list
Maybe I’ve just been watching too much Curb Appeal, but I thought it was about time I came up with a plan for the exterior of our house. Nothing complicated, just a list gathering up all the small projects we’ve been doing and planning to help me see the bigger picture. Some projects are imminent or […]
Replacing our crumbling concrete porch steps
As I’ve mentioned before, our concrete porch needs a lot of repairs. The surface is chipped and cracking. The stairs were too far gone to repair and had to be completely replaced. Before My dad did all of this work, so I don’t have the details or know-how about pouring concrete, etc. But I will […]
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