Transforming a 1920s house into our home in Madison, Wisc.
Over the past year and a half, we’ve been tackling a lot of the household things we could do ourselves like painting, changing light fixtures and outlets, and other small projects. There are a handful of bigger things, though, that are too daunting for our skill set and we’re to the point where we’re ready …
As I was looking at Google Maps a few weeks ago, I noticed that the street view now included our house after we purchased it. It prompted a quick scroll through the archives to see what the property looked like over the past ten years. We still have work to do in terms of curb …
Owning a house with wood paneling wasn’t exactly on our must-have list, but we couldn’t be picky in Madison’s sellers’ market. As much as we hated the idea of having two bedrooms with paneling, we couldn’t let it deter us from purchasing this house. The house was listed below market value and if that meant we …
Thanks to help from my parents and a few days off from work, we were able to get through a lot of painting before having our floors redone. We painted for five days straight with minimal breaks from Sat., July 1 through Wed., July 5 to get through the following: ceilings, living room, dining room, my walk-in …
We’ve had our house for just one week and have already made substantial progress. After receiving the keys to the place last Tuesday and accomplishing a few things that were at the top of our to-do list, we started working on the outside of the house to give it a little bit of curb appeal. …