Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
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
My big spring and summer project this year is going to be replacing the deck at the Verona house. It’s not just going to be a new deck, however; it’s going to be a deck with an outdoor kitchen, a three season room, outdoor TVs, and a new hot tub and lower level patio that … Continue reading New Deck and Hot Tub Planning
The big spring project, which I described in more detail a month ago, was to finish all of the flooring throughout the main Verona house and the guest house. It became a two-part project, with the theater, basement bathroom, and guest house left for part 2. Both the guest house and theater received the same … Continue reading Guest House and Theater Flooring + Paint
After installing the bar cabinetry and sink, there wasn’t a whole lot left to do. I glued the countertops in place and anchored the lower cabinets into the walls, and plumbed the sink. I then put bottles into place, and added a bunch of cool glassware and other bar tools. I also hung a small … Continue reading Finishing the Bar
Another late-winter / early-spring project I wanted to work on was remodeling the bar. The first phase of this project was driving to Indianapolis and picking up a new bar, and ordering new bar cabinets. The second phase was putting in new flooring. And the third phase was actually installing the bar cabinets and the … Continue reading Bar Cabinetry Install
