Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Before leaving for a Christmas vacation in Las Vegas, I’ve taken the past week to make progress on some ongoing projects and get materials ready for several other winter projects I’m planning on starting in January and February. First, I installed two more bookcases in the library: The end result turned out as well as … Continue reading Winter Flooring Projects + More Library Work
Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I was able to get a lot of work done on the new built in bookcases for the library. This first phase was essentially a proof of concept; before I ordered all of the bookcases I wanted to order two to verify fit and also to verify my plan to … Continue reading Initial Library Progress
While the master bathroom remodel project is still ongoing, one of my next large projects is going to be a remodel of the library. I’m going to replace the existing bookcases with built-ins, replace the flooring, and improve the overall decor. Here’s what it currently looks like: As a base for the built-in bookcases, I’m … Continue reading Upcoming Library Remodel
One of the last untouched rooms in the house was my wife’s office, which had been more or less in the same state since buying the house in 2013. It looked pretty sad compared to the other remodeled rooms on the top floor of the house and needed a redesign with some more color and … Continue reading Mary’s Office
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
The shelves in the garage that I had used to store paint, as well as the shelves in the guest house garage that I had used to store gardening tools, were all in general disrepair and sagging from the weight of everything stored on them. I invested in some much stronger steel shelves, as well … Continue reading New Garage and Shed Shelving
As furniture was replaced during all of the interior design projects at the main house in Verona over the past year, I had been moving it to a storage unit. Some of it has been donated, but some of it I had earmarked to replace even older furniture at the lake house or the guest … Continue reading Storage Unit Furniture Swap
Now that the lower level has been complete for awhile, my interior designer (Brittany from Interiors By B) wanted to bring a professional photographer to take pictures of the project. Obviously the pro did a much better job than my amateur iPhone photos, and was able to capture the brightness of the house. Here are … Continue reading Interiors By B Photography
Similar to the guest bedroom, the lower level living room is now complete as well. I had movers take the old sectional the storage unit, and the new sectional, chairs, and other furniture arrived. Some construction work was required, since when I setup the sectional I realized that there was a gap between it and … Continue reading Lower Level Living Room Complete
Over the last week, the remaining furniture and decor items arrived for the guest bedroom. I hired movers to move some of the old furniture to the storage unit, and the new furniture was delivered by White Glove Delivery. After some work to hang the extremely heavy mirrors, everything was ready to go. The newly … Continue reading Guest Bedroom Complete
