Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Continuing the past projects series is a project from the winter of 2015. Our house has five bathrooms: three on the top floor, one on the middle floor, and one in the basement. The master bathroom is very nice, the basement and the guest bedroom bathrooms are fine, and the bathroom in my office is … Continue reading Bathroom Remodel
This is part of an ongoing series on past home improvement projects that I have worked on prior to the existence of this blog. Last summer, I worked on finishing both my main garage, as well as the guest house garage. The main garage, which can fit four cars and also contains a large storage/workshop … Continue reading Garage Remodel
I’m starting a series of posts chronicling past projects that I have worked on in the house. The first one is an 800+ bottle, climate controlled wine cellar that I built in the winter of 2014/2015. I built all of the racks by hand, along with the other renovation work required to convert a former … Continue reading Wine Cellar
As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been learning how to do more advanced trim work and been applying it throughout the house. One of the first projects was to install crown molding in our guest bedroom. It was an initial challenge to learn how to compute and accurately cut compound angles, but I eventually … Continue reading In Progress: Crown Molding
I’m working on improving my woodworking and trim skills through several minor projects in the house this winter. I’m planning on replacing the railing on both stairwells with nicer wood and better hardware. Also, I’d like for the railing wood to be continuous, with smooth corners and no cutoffs in the corners. Here is what … Continue reading Woodworking and Trim Work
Last winter, I remodeled the bathroom off of our kitchen. It originally had a lot of fairly tacky 1990’s style gold fixtures in it, like this: The end result turned out pretty well, and definitely as a different look from the original: However, I didn’t get around to installing a door on the shower, and … Continue reading Shower Door
Whenever I go to New Orleans, one of my favorite things to do is to shop for antiques on Royal Street (after grabbing a $1.50 lunch martini and New Orleans style barbecued shrimp at Mr. B’s). Royal Street is known for antiques, specifically for chandeliers. On my most recent trip, I wanted to look for … Continue reading Library Chandelier
Our bedroom furniture has been delivered and installed, along with a Casper mattress and an electric fireplace under the windows to complete the look. The result is a massive improvement: Continue reading Bedroom Furniture and Fireplace
I’m excited to have purchased a new bedroom set from Restoration Hardware, along with a mattress from Casper, for our master bedroom. For a long time we’ve had mix and match furniture in that room, but now it will have a beautiful complete set from RH’s Montpellier collection. Continue reading New Master Bedroom Set
