Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
The last of the lake house roof repairs are done. The restoration company did a fantastic job matching the trim color and the 1970’s style soffits! All that’s left now is to stain the new deck in the spring, and then we’ll be all set. We’re getting into late fall in Wisconsin, but the views … Continue reading Final Fall Lake House Repairs
As is tradition in Wisconsin every fall, the time eventually comes to put the boat into winter storage and shut down the pool. This years was no different, although we had an abnormally warm late September and early October to make up for some cold weather and storms in late August / early September, so … Continue reading End of Summer 2025
In early August, Lake Wisconsin got hit multiple weekends in a row by very severe thunderstorms with extremely high winds. Unfortunately, the second one was bad enough that it decided to send a massive pine tree straight through the new deck and part of the lake house roof! Thankfully, Acuity Insurance sprung into action. Between … Continue reading Storm Damage
Now that warm weather is once again on the horizon, I’ve started working my way through the usual spring landscaping tasks. Before things were consistently warm enough to start planting and working on the lawn, I cleaned out the ditches alongside Range Trail, which accumulate trash and other debris during the winter. I then spent … Continue reading Spring Landscaping 2025, Part 1
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
Every year when summer ends and fall arrives, it means two things for me: football season, and a lot of maintenance tasks to make sure both houses are ready for winter. One of the first tasks is getting the boat out of the water for winter storage, along with taking the awning cover off of … Continue reading Fall and Winter Preparations
As is the case every spring, once the snow melts and the ground thaws there is a lot to do to get the house ready for spring and summer. Here was my initial list at the start of spring: Those tasks kept me busy for quite a few weekend! I was very happy with how … Continue reading Spring Landscaping + Pool 2024
We managed to avoid snow for the most part through the end of 2023, but January 2024 has brought a ton of snow. Earlier in the month we had snowstorm after snowstorm, resulting in a huge amount of accumulation around the house. Despite all the snow, both the Verona house and the lake house have … Continue reading Snowstorms
After the grass I planted around the pool came in nicely, I turned my attention to the rest of the yard. There were quite a few bald patches of grass that needed some love, due to a combination of the drought this year and leftover damage from the pool construction the previous summer. After planting … Continue reading Fall Grass Planting and Cleanup
Shortly after returning from a trip to Barcelona, Southern Wisconsin was hit by a number of large storms, which included very high winds. Up at the lake house, this resulted in numerous downed trees, and left a lot of chaos. While it was disheartening to see some of the railing that I’d recently worked on … Continue reading Lake House Storm Damage and Railing Repair
