Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
A week after having our offer accepted for the new lake house, we have listed the old lake house. As always, it’s amazing to see how good of a job professional real estate photographers can do of making a house look its best. Here is a gallery of the photos they took: They also took … Continue reading Old Lake House: On the Market
While traveling in Europe this summer, I added two showpiece watches to my collection: a Rolex and a Breitling. I had a basic watch valet on my bedside table, but for these watches I wanted something that would both wind them, and show them off in the master bedroom. This was a basic purchase on … Continue reading Watch Winder
After my wife sadly lost her parents a year and a half ago, we inherited their elderly cat “Little Orphan Annie,” who had mobility challenges due to her age that made it safer for her to live in my wife’s office as an appartment. Given the messes inherent with that, it didn’t make sense to … Continue reading Updated Guest Bedroom and Office Flooring
After finishing the flooring project in the master bedroom closet, I decided to tackle the other auxiliary room in the master suite, which was a smaller walk-in closet that my wife uses as a makeup / powder room. Last year, I added new shelving and drawers to make it easier for her to keep everything … Continue reading Powder Room Flooring
Over the past several years, I’ve redone almost all of the flooring in the house. Since it was built in the late 90’s, most of the original flooring was carpet. I’ve gradually been switching to various solid surfaces (wood on the top two floors, vinyl plank in the basement, and tile in the bathrooms). The … Continue reading Closet Flooring
While I wait for the next big lake house project (replacing the deck next spring), I’ve knocked out some smaller tasks that have been on my to-do list for awhile. First, I replaced the microwave in the upstairs kitchen, since the previous one had been destroyed by a power surge in one of the big … Continue reading Small Lake House Projects
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
Several years ago, I converted the smaller of the two walk-in closets in the master suite to a powder room for my wife, where she could have a vanity to do makeup, along with what I thought was plenty of storage for makeup, nail supplies, and other things. Over the years, as she acquired more … Continue reading Powder Room Reorganization
Earlier in 2023, my wife inherited an antique piano from her parents. It’s an upright piano from roughly 1910, and while it had great bones it was in desperate need of a full restoration. I worked with Farley’s House of Pianos (yes, those Farleys) to restore it. The process took several months and required a … Continue reading Piano Restoration
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
