Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
One of the other lake house projects this spring and summer will be updating all of the kitchen appliances in both the upstairs and downstairs kitchens. Right now, everything is either original to the 1970’s or shortly thereafter, so it’s in dire need of an update. My wife and I have been looking at black … Continue reading Lake House Appliance Shopping
I installed the toilet in the guest house bathroom today, and everything went smoothly with no leaks, which is always a positive. After this, all that’s left on the project is to tile the floor, install baseboard trim, and install the vanity + sink. Continue reading Guest House Toilet
After painting the walls, I added baseboard and door trim. First, I started with stained oak baseboard trim to match the other trim in the garage and utility room. I also added white trim around the utility room door to match the color of the door, and painted the door in semi-gloss white to match … Continue reading Guest House Trim
This spring and summer, I have a ton of projects planned at the lake house. These include: New Door New Kitchen Appliances Boat Lift + New Boat Central Heating + Air Master Bathroom Remodel New Roof The new door, new roof, and new kitchen appliances are fairly straightforward; both are from the 1970’s and are … Continue reading Planning Lake House Projects
The plumbing for the guest house shower has been done for a long time, as have the interior shower walls and the base. Today, I finished the shower by adding the glass walls and glass door. The installation was fairly straightforward; I simply had to anchor in railing on each wall and then slide the … Continue reading Guest House Shower
Once the guest house bathroom was painted, I removed the placeholder lights and installed the actual lights that will go on either side of the bathroom mirror. Note: The lights are 100% vertically level, it just looks like they might not be because of the perspective from which the photo was taken. I also installed … Continue reading Guest House Bathroom Lighting
After mudding, sanding, and sealing the drywall, it was time to texture and paint it. For the back wall of the garage, I used a spray texture in addition to the usual spackling, which makes it a little more resilient to dust and other garage dirt. I used Homax pro grade orange peel wall texture. … Continue reading Painting the Guest House Bathroom, Utility Room, and Garage
I’ve been traveling to a variety of warm destinations over the past three weeks, so I have not had a lot of time to work on my home improvement projects. Now that I am back, I spent time this weekend finishing mudding and sanding the drywall, so that it is now ready for sealing, spackling, … Continue reading Finishing the Drywall
I am continuing to make progress drywalling the guest house bathroom and utility room. All of the mudding has been completed, with the exception of a few interior corners, which will be wrapped up this weekend. Today, I continued mudding corners. The walls are really starting to come together! Continue reading Mudding Progress
This past weekend, I cut and hung all of the drywall for my bathroom and utility room project. Cutting all the drywall was made easier by using a new DeWalt jigsaw that I got for myself as a birthday present. It is cordless, which means no more tangled cords around the big 8×4 sheets of … Continue reading Hanging Drywall
