Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
While the remodeling of the main house is still ongoing, I also have been working on the other floors of the house. One major item was redoing the basement flooring with lifeproof vinyl, which is fully waterproof while looking and feeling like the hand-scraped hickory wood floors upstairs. This replaced carpet that had been damaged … Continue reading Basement Flooring
After coming back from London, I almost immediately took delivery of a ton of new furniture from Dwellings. The first step was moving all of the old furniture to the storage unit, which I’ve now started to give away. It’s been fun to see a lot of the old furniture going to good homes, both … Continue reading Furniture Deliveries and Art
As I wrap up the final tasks on the interior redesign of the main level of my Verona house, the next projects I’m planning on tackling are a redesign of the guest bedroom and the basement living room. I’m already getting the flooring replaced in the basement living room, so after that it will largely … Continue reading Next Design Projects
Last week, we painted the chimney brick and fireplace built in shelving in the sitting room. The brick was painted light taupe to match the main walls, and the shelves were painted to match the accent wall. This past weekend, the painting was finished and I got all of the decor put back. The result … Continue reading Sitting Room Complete
Throughout the week I finished assembling all of the decor for the shelves on either side of the fireplace in the sitting room. The end result ended up looking pretty good with a great blend of greenery, books, and other items. As soon as the decor went up, it had to come right down. All … Continue reading Basement Flooring Delivery and Sitting Room Painting
Over the past two weeks, more rugs have arrived, along with more decor items. The rugs came from Nonn’s here in Madison, and most of the decor is from Crate and Barrel, West Elm, and a little bit from Wayfair. The rugs have done an amazing job adding color and pizazz to the sun room … Continue reading More Rugs and More Decor
The first round of furniture arrived today from Dwellings via White Glove Delivery out of Fort Atkinson, and it looks awesome! The major item was the sitting room couch, along with the accompanying nesting end tables. The side console table for the sitting room also arrived, which looks great with the lamp and vase my … Continue reading Furniture Delivery #1
After a week of hard work, the flooring install is done. After the first day of laying floor, the second day saw the completion of the raised subfloor and underlayering, as well as more floor planks. Yesterday, the project was completed. All the remaining floor planks were installed, along with all the original baseboards, trim, … Continue reading Flooring Complete!
Throughout the summer, I’ve continued to make more progress working with my designer, as well as the furniture team at Dwellings and the flooring team at Nonn’s. Much of the furniture and decor has already been ordered and is in the process of being made, and should start to show up once the flooring is … Continue reading Interior Design Progress
I’ve been working with my interior designer for several weeks now, and she’s been helping to change the layout of the main floor of the Verona house, along with selecting new furniture, paint colors, and flooring. As we iterate through the selection process, she provides space plans like the following: I can then take material … Continue reading Interior Design Progress
