Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
The big spring project, which I described in more detail a month ago, was to finish all of the flooring throughout the main Verona house and the guest house. It became a two-part project, with the theater, basement bathroom, and guest house left for part 2. Both the guest house and theater received the same … Continue reading Guest House and Theater Flooring + Paint
After installing the bar cabinetry and sink, there wasn’t a whole lot left to do. I glued the countertops in place and anchored the lower cabinets into the walls, and plumbed the sink. I then put bottles into place, and added a bunch of cool glassware and other bar tools. I also hung a small … Continue reading Finishing the Bar
Another late-winter / early-spring project I wanted to work on was remodeling the bar. The first phase of this project was driving to Indianapolis and picking up a new bar, and ordering new bar cabinets. The second phase was putting in new flooring. And the third phase was actually installing the bar cabinets and the … Continue reading Bar Cabinetry Install
One of my big late-winter / early-spring projects was to finish all of the remaining flooring projects at the main house. These included: Mud Room Tile Kitchen Bathroom Tile Laundry Room File Guest Bathroom Tile Library LifeProof Vinyl Flooring Bar LifeProof Vinyl Flooring Guest House LifeProof Vinyl Flooring Theater LifeProof Vinyl Flooring Guest House LifeProof … Continue reading So Much New Flooring
When the master bathroom remodel was wrapped up in December, there was one remaining task that I didn’t get around to completing until recently: replacing the cabinet in the powder room that covered the shower’s complex plumbing. With the previous steam shower, the steam apparatus was pretty short and was covered by an oak cabinet … Continue reading Powder Room Plumbing Cabinet
After the drywall repair that was done in mid-January, I repainted the walls and put all of the rooms back together, which was one of the last steps before all of my winter flooring work could begin. After that, I worked to get everything cleared out for the new flooring. Most of this simply involved … Continue reading Repaired Drywall Painting + Final Floor Prep
Prior to the next round of flooring installation, I had various parts of the house (and especially the guest house) that needed to have drywall repaired. In the main house, there was a piece of drywall that had been damaged near the bar, and in the sunroom a corner near the ceiling had sustained water … Continue reading Drywall Repair
After two previous rounds of installing built-in bookcases in the library, I spent the past several weeks installing and building the remaining bookcases. This installation was the most complicated, since it involved 5 bookcases and I’d need to do some framing work to make the wall they were anchoring to a flat surface due to … Continue reading Final Library Bookcase Installation
At long last, the new shower door has finally arrived and was installed today by Monroe Glass. It looks great, and completes the master bathroom remodel. It’s going to take 24 hours for the calk to set, but once that’s done I’m looking forward to taking it for a spin! Continue reading New Shower Door
Before leaving for a Christmas vacation in Las Vegas, I’ve taken the past week to make progress on some ongoing projects and get materials ready for several other winter projects I’m planning on starting in January and February. First, I installed two more bookcases in the library: The end result turned out as well as … Continue reading Winter Flooring Projects + More Library Work
