Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Over the years, I’ve gone to a ton of golf tournaments, including numerous Masters, other Majors, and several Ryder Cups. I always buy a flag at every tournament I attend, and I’ve been displaying those flags in inexpensive poster frames in the guest house. The frames work alright, but they’re not designed for flags and … Continue reading Golf Flag Display
After finishing a full inventory and reorganization of both the books and cards in the library, I wanted to go slightly further. Many of the books in my office were items that had originally gone into the shelves at my previous house, when I was in my early 20’s recently out of college. As such, … Continue reading Office Card Display
Over the past few months, I’ve been hard at work organizing and inventorying the contents of the library, both books and sports cards. It initially started as a project for insurance purposes, since in order to get specialized insurance for my collectables I had to know what specifically was being insured. There was a lot … Continue reading Library Inventory
As my sports card and sports memorabilia collection has grown, I’ve had to expand my display and storage space in the guest house, the library, and my upstairs office. Here are a few photos of some of the recent expansion: Continue reading Memorabilia Displays
As I’ve continued to grow my football card collection, I’ve had to expand my storage and display space. Around this time last year, I converted two drawers of an IKEA drawer set to store cards in top loaders or graded slabs. This January, I converted the remaining drawers in the two drawer sets that are … Continue reading Further Card Organization
As part of my ongoing quest to build display and storage for my sports card collection, I purchased a vintage card catalog from the library at Iowa Wesleyan University. It turned out to be a fun day trip to drive to Mount Pleasant, with stops in Dubuque, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids to check out … Continue reading Card Catalog
During the pandemic, I got back into a hobby I’d really enjoyed as a kid, collecting sports cards. The hobby has changed a lot since then, with much higher prices for cards and many more high end autographed and memorabilia cards to chase. I wanted to make a space to display the cards, and the … Continue reading Sports Card Displays
