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Category: Home Improvement Projects

Our home improvement projects are focused on “Upgrades” to our home. These improvements we make are focused on higher quality not just replacement or repairs.

Finishing up our Budget Friendly Tile and Mantel Project

Finishing up our Budget Friendly Tile and Mantel Project

  • Home Improvement Projects
    6 min
  • 310
  • 5 years ago
  • 9

If you had an ugly or even an attractive fireplace, you might have wanted to update the look to be more modern. that was our intention to…

Tagged Living Room, Mid-Century
Replacing our Landscaping Pagoda Pathway Lights

Replacing our Landscaping Pagoda Pathway Lights

  • Home Improvement Projects
    7 min
  • 333
  • 5 years ago
  • 13

Pagoda lights have been around for many years. We actually had some in our first house – but they did not work and looked horrible. I ripped them out and replaced with modern deck lighting. On our new house it had Pagoda […]

Tagged Landscaping, Mid-Century
The Perfect Fireplace Tile, can one be found?

The Perfect Fireplace Tile, can one be found?

  • Home Improvement Projects
    3 min
  • 365
  • 5 years ago
  • 5

You have seen the pictures in Magazines and online the perfect fireplace tile. When you start your own project it becom…

Tagged Living Room, Mid-Century
Fireplace Mantel and Your TV

Fireplace Mantel and Your TV

  • Home Improvement Projects
    3 min
  • 294
  • 5 years ago
  • 12

An open fireplace can be a beautiful thing, and one of the features we love about…

Tagged Living Room, Mid-Century
Replacing Mid-Century Windows (part 2)

Replacing Mid-Century Windows (part 2)

  • Home Improvement Projects
    5 min
  • 349
  • 5 years ago
  • 16

When you walk past a door or window and you feel the temperature outside…it is time to replace them. Hence the reason for this how to Replace drafty 1980’s doors and windows

Tagged Mid-Century, Mid-Century Modern, Windows and Doors

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If you dream of Mid-Century, this could be a good stop for you. Our place to document our life in our 1959 MId-Century Modern house. The primary purpose of this blog is for documenting our journey, but we hope others find value in our struggle and story.

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Spot The Difference Between English Ivy and Poison vines like Oak and Sumac
Spot The Difference Between English Ivy and Poison vines like Oak and Sumac
Chimney Cap Installation in 30 Minutes
Chimney Cap Installation in 30 Minutes
Replacing our Landscaping Pagoda Pathway Lights
Replacing our Landscaping Pagoda Pathway Lights
How to Test your Fireplace before it gets cold
How to Test your Fireplace before it gets cold
A 1959 Mid-Century Modern Bachelors Pad
A 1959 Mid-Century Modern Bachelors Pad
How To: Add A Mantel to a Bedroom Fireplace, Step Up The Experience
How To: Add A Mantel to a Bedroom Fireplace, Step Up The Experience
Mid-Century “JACKS” Cocktail Table by Adrian Pearsall
Mid-Century “JACKS” Cocktail Table by Adrian Pearsall

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