Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Over the years, I’ve gone to a ton of golf tournaments, including numerous Masters, other Majors, and several Ryder Cups. I always buy a flag at every tournament I attend, and I’ve been displaying those flags in inexpensive poster frames in the guest house. The frames work alright, but they’re not designed for flags and … Continue reading Golf Flag Display
Last summer I was kept very busy clearing trees, repairing railing, and cleaning up the beach at the lake house after a number of storms the previous winter and during the summer itself caused a ton of damage. I was pretty happy with what I was able to do myself, but this year it’s time … Continue reading Tree Removal and Spring Beach Restoration Prep
After finishing a full inventory and reorganization of both the books and cards in the library, I wanted to go slightly further. Many of the books in my office were items that had originally gone into the shelves at my previous house, when I was in my early 20’s recently out of college. As such, … Continue reading Office Card Display
Several years ago, I converted the smaller of the two walk-in closets in the master suite to a powder room for my wife, where she could have a vanity to do makeup, along with what I thought was plenty of storage for makeup, nail supplies, and other things. Over the years, as she acquired more … Continue reading Powder Room Reorganization
Over the past few months, I’ve been hard at work organizing and inventorying the contents of the library, both books and sports cards. It initially started as a project for insurance purposes, since in order to get specialized insurance for my collectables I had to know what specifically was being insured. There was a lot … Continue reading Library Inventory
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
Earlier in 2023, my wife inherited an antique piano from her parents. It’s an upright piano from roughly 1910, and while it had great bones it was in desperate need of a full restoration. I worked with Farley’s House of Pianos (yes, those Farleys) to restore it. The process took several months and required a … Continue reading Piano Restoration
I was a big fan of our previous dining room rug, but unfortunately the cats were as well and chose to mark their territory accordingly. Despite numerous attempts to purge the smell, it never really worked, and so I opted to remove it. Once I did that, the smell immediately went away, so thankfully nothing … Continue reading New Dining Room Rug
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
