Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
The long project to remodel the master bathroom is slowly but surely winding to a close. Now that the cabinets, countertop, and tub are done, I’m moving on to the floors and shower. I recently took delivery of all of the fixtures and tile for the project, and plan on starting demolition and construction shortly … Continue reading New Toilets + Upcoming Shower Remodel
Over the course of the summer and fall I painted every wall of the lake house, using a less stark-white color that matches the walls in the Verona house. It took several weeks, but I wrapped it up about a month ago. Once that was done, it was time to bring in the flooring and … Continue reading Lake House Painting, Flooring, and Stairs
Mid October is a beautiful time of year in Wisconsin, but unfortunately it brings with it the end of boat season. This past weekend, I had to take the awning off of the boat lift, trailer the boat, and take it to Skipper Buds for winter storage. Always a sad day every year, but with … Continue reading End of Boat Season
After the master bedroom remodel, one of the next projects on my list was a full master bath remodel. I worked with my interior designer to put together a full plan involving painting both the walls and the cabinets, new counters, sinks, and fixtures, new mirrors, new floors, and a completely new shower. Here is … Continue reading Master Bath Remodel
This is somewhat of a belated post, but earlier in the summer I had written about my project to build a deck by the dock to make it easier to enjoy the water and the beach at the lake house. When I last left off, I had finished building the deck but hadn’t stained it … Continue reading Dock Deck Staining
Several years ago, I remodeled the bathroom that was off the kitchen in the main level of the Verona house. For the most part, it turned out well. Removing the wallpaper, painting, replacing the plumbing fixtures and replacing the cabinetry all went as well as I could have hoped. The shower was a slightly different … Continue reading Updated Main Level Shower
After the Hardin Access Pipeline and underground electrical excavation projects from the past couple of years, portions of the yard were in rough shape, especially from the main house to the well, and from the well running behind the guest house to the wall. Planting grass is no big deal, but there was a bigger … Continue reading Lawn Regrading and Planting
When the original remodel of the lower level living room and guest bedroom took place, one of the things I didn’t do was replace the old window treatments. Now that the master bedroom remodel is done, I did window treatments for it, the guest bedroom, the lower level living room, the library and the bar. … Continue reading More Window Treatments
One of the last big landscaping tasks this year at the Verona house was planting new trees. I called in the pros from Boley’s Tree and Landscaping services, since the new trees being planted were much bigger than what I’m capable of doing myself. They came in and took down two of the dying pine … Continue reading New Trees
The most recent in a long line of room redesign and remodels at the Verona house was, at long last, the master bedroom. Here is how the room looked before: Following a similar pattern to the other rooms in the house, the first step was painting the walls and installing new flooring and rugs. After … Continue reading Master Bedroom Redesign
