Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
At long last, we finally have a dock. It took months of work for the dock installation company, Deano Docks, to get the dock designed and fabricated, but it finally has arrived. It’s a floating dock, so it attaches to the stairs via a hinge and is able to move up and down with the … Continue reading We Finally Have a Dock!
After building the railing, the final step in the project was to stain everything. I used a semi-transparent redwood stain from BEHR, which worked well with my paint sprayer. I went through a little over 8 gallons of stain (there is a lot of wasted stain when you’re using a sprayer on railing, but it … Continue reading Stained Railing
I’ve almost completed the first round of railing construction, which has involved building new railing with treated lumber to make a walkway down to the lake from the lake house. The closer to the water you get, there are already stairs on place and fairly intact railing, so my new railing will join up to … Continue reading Railing Project Nearing Completion
This is a little bit of a past project post, but I realized that I hadn’t posted much about the interior of the lake house. Since the house has a midcentury modern style, we went with a lot of midcentury modern style furniture (much of which was from IKEA, although some was from higher end … Continue reading Lake House IKEA Run + Move In
Since moving in, we’ve gradually been adding art to the lake house. The crown jewel in the upstairs living room is a beautiful framed canvas-printed photo from Mike Behr Photography in the twin cities. It is hung from the main ceiling beam where it intersects the chimney above the upstairs fireplace. Continue reading Lake House Art
This past weekend at the lake house, I made more progress on the railing. I’ve been maintaining a pace of about 24 feet per weekend, which has me on pace to wrap up the railing on the stairs by the end of August. I’m also about to hit segments of old railing, which will need … Continue reading More Railing Progress
I’ve continued building the stairs and railing at the lake house. This past weekend, I added roughly 25 additional feet of railing. I’ve also added cross-pieces parallel to the top railing, which makes it look better aesthetically and also adds additional structural integrity. It’s been really hot and humid the past several weeks … Continue reading Stairs and Dock Progress
The new lake house is generally in very good condition for a house that has had a single owner since 1973. However, the stairs that lead from the house down to the lake have seen better days. Down by the water, they are in pretty good shape: However, the closer to the house you get, … Continue reading Stairs to Lake Wisconsin
When we bought the lake house, one of the appealing things about it was how much character it had. It had a really interesting shape, cool brick, and gorgeous wood on the interior. There weren’t many things that immediately needed to be changed, but one thing that did was the stark white paint on the … Continue reading Lake House Painting
It’s been awhile between posts on this blog since I’ve been busy getting the lake house in gear, and was also out of the country in London and Paris for several weeks. One of the first projects I tackled this summer was setting up air conditioning in the lake house. The house does a pretty … Continue reading Lake House Air Conditioning
