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
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
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
In addition to interior design improvements, painting, and flooring, my other summer project at the lake house has been constructing a fixed deck platform down by the dock. The motivation for the project was to have a place to sit down by the water, with easy access to the beach, that is less volatile and … Continue reading Lake House Dock Deck
After the new flooring was installed in the main level of the Verona house, I learned some lessons about how far you should allow uninterrupted runs of click flooring to go without transitions, as well as the importance of meticulous subfloor prep before the flooring goes in. A couple of small mistakes led to some … Continue reading Flooring Repair
Several weeks ago, the staircase project was completed. First, the upper staircase had to be demoed, and was in a similar state to the lower staircase in that the stairs needed to be raised up with plywood before inserting the new treads and risers. After that, the new stairs started to take shape. Finally, the … Continue reading Staircase Construction Complete
This past week, construction began on the new oak staircases at the Verona house. I’m replacing the old carpet stairs with new oak stairs, stained to match the hardwood floors. It’s a long, tedious process to cut the stair treads and risers exactly right, but it slowly began to take shape. First, the previous stairs … Continue reading Staircase Construction
