Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
As mentioned in a prior post, the big project I was planning for spring was demolishing the old deck and building a new, larger, composite deck, along with a three season room, an outdoor kitchen space, and an improved hot tub patio with a new hot tub and outdoor TVs. The first actual step in … Continue reading Deck Construction
This spring, I’ve been hard at work on the usual landscaping tasks that need to be done every spring: putting in mulch, getting the lawn into gear, planting flowers, pruning trees, et al. I’m not 100% done for the spring, but everything is rounding into shape nicely. After getting the lawn and other plants done, … Continue reading Spring 2021 Landscaping
Last March (right before the start of the pandemic), my designer had a photographer professionally shoot the rooms that had been redesigned up to that point. A month or two ago, the photographer came back to shoot the progress that had occurred since then. As before, the results were pretty spectacular! Continue reading Interiors By B Photography, Part 2
As the weather has warmed up and the pandemic is starting to be firmly in the rear view mirror, it was time to open the lake house for the spring. While this year won’t involve any major construction projects at the lake house (there was more than enough of those last summer, including painting the … Continue reading Lake House Open for Another Spring
After putting in new flooring and painting three of the bathrooms in the house, the last steps were to install new counters (plus fixtures and sinks), and update the mirrors with mirror frames. Here were the original counters: I orders the same countertop material that I used in the master bathroom remodel, along with the … Continue reading Guest/Office/Basement Bathroom Counters and Mirrors
After redoing the flooring in the theater, I wanted to redo the rest of the room as well. I removed the old shelving and ceiling mounted the projector, and also moved the electronics to the back of the room. I installed built in shelving in the alcove that used to house the old free-standing shelving, … Continue reading Theater Remodel
Over a month ago, most of the guest house remodel was finished, including new floors, new paint, and improved decor. The last thing to do was replacing the couches with new sleeper sofas, which completed the transformation from man cave to true guest house (even though it’s still a man cave). I was able to … Continue reading Guest House Remodel Complete
Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI 