Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Last year, I cleared a bunch of dead trees from my front yard. I used my truck to rip the trees out of the ground, which cleanly removed virtually all of them. However, it left 5-6 stumps still in the ground from cases where the tree ripped in half instead of fully coming out of … Continue reading Grinding Stumps
As part of my spring landscaping work first described in this post, I’ve added updated lighting, new furniture, and planters full of flowers to the front porch of my house, which has created a nice outdoor living room space on the front porch and made the walk up to the front door of the house … Continue reading Updated Front Porch
How many do you have? Even with apps that act as multi-brand hubs, I’ve still ended up with so many: Continue reading So Many Home Automation Apps
As the weather has continued to warm, I have started making small landscaping and other exterior improvements, as well as power washing the garage and the front porch. First, I replaced the arbor vidae on the Range Trail side of the wall, since the previous ones had died over the winter: After that, I planted … Continue reading Spring Landscaping
The last previous project post that I’m planning on writing for awhile covers one of the first, and still most ambitious, projects that I took on at my current house (the basement remodel at my first house could be a series for another day). This project involved the construction of a 100 yard long wall … Continue reading Wall and Gate
Before really launching into my spring and summer projects, I spent some time reorganizing my garage cabinets. I’ve accumulated a lot of tools, building materials, and other things over years of projects. The end result is much more organized than before: Continue reading Spring Cleaning
As I noted in a previous post, one of my larger projects this spring/summer will be running water for the guest house. My first step was working with Digger’s Hotline and with the company that supplies my liquid propane (Consumers Coop in Sauk City) to mark the underground electrical and propane lines: After that, I called … Continue reading Beginning Research: Guest House Plumbing
As discussed in two previous posts, I began my first foray into crown molding, which is now complete. It was definitely a learning experience and there are some things I would do differently in the next place I install it, but that was the purpose of starting in a guest bedroom. In any case, I … Continue reading Crown Molding Completed
I am getting ready to stain the Crown Molding that I have installed in my guest bedroom. After several rounds of wood filler and sanding, the molding is smooth and seamless, and so all that is left is staining: I still have to make a choice on stain, and am exploring my options. I am … Continue reading Crown Molding Update
This week’s past project falls in one of my favorite categories: large outdoor construction. I really love projects that involve moving a lot of earth, and involve working with concrete and stonework. A future post will cover my wall and gate project, which remains one of my most ambitious project to date. This post, instead, will … Continue reading Fire Pit and Stone Seating Area
