Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
When I planted grass around the pool last summer, I obviously had to do a ton of watering in order to get it to grow, especially during a drought summer. Due to the hardness of Wisconsin well water, the sprinklers left more than their fair share of hard water deposits on the pool fence, which … Continue reading Pool Fence Clean Up
I was a big fan of our previous dining room rug, but unfortunately the cats were as well and chose to mark their territory accordingly. Despite numerous attempts to purge the smell, it never really worked, and so I opted to remove it. Once I did that, the smell immediately went away, so thankfully nothing … Continue reading New Dining Room Rug
After the grass I planted around the pool came in nicely, I turned my attention to the rest of the yard. There were quite a few bald patches of grass that needed some love, due to a combination of the drought this year and leftover damage from the pool construction the previous summer. After planting … Continue reading Fall Grass Planting and Cleanup
Just like in previous years, an important part of my spring is opening up the lake house, getting the boat lift in the water and the boat on the lift, restocking the bar, and getting the lake house yard in gear for summer. The first thing I did was work on clearing the yard of … Continue reading Another Lake House Spring
One of the first tasks I did this spring as the weather started to warm up was to pull all of the cars out of the garage and vacuum and sweep the floors. It’s something I do every spring, and I’m usually able to keep the garage floors clean enough through the fall that I … Continue reading Spring Cleaning with an Interesting Discovery
After the drywall repair that was done in mid-January, I repainted the walls and put all of the rooms back together, which was one of the last steps before all of my winter flooring work could begin. After that, I worked to get everything cleared out for the new flooring. Most of this simply involved … Continue reading Repaired Drywall Painting + Final Floor Prep
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
When I was cleaning up brush and removing bushes from around the front of the house as part of my overall spring landscaping efforts, I noticed that a significant amount of moss, dirt, and general grime had built up on the front of the house, especially the roof and around the windows above the front … Continue reading Power Washing
Over the past few days, I purged, cleaned, and reorganized the storage room in my basement. It wasn’t in overly bad shape before, but there was a lot of stuff in there that hadn’t been touched in years that needed to go. After getting rid of four full truckloads of stuff and thoroughly vacuuming the … Continue reading Basement Storage Reorganization
