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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.

The Best Fireplace Door and Screen

The Best Fireplace Door and Screen

  • Home Improvement Projects
    5 min
  • 392
  • 6 years ago
  • 5

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

Tagged Living Room, Mid-Century
Replacing drafty Mid-Century Panel Windows (parts 1)

Replacing drafty Mid-Century Panel Windows (parts 1)

  • Home Improvement Projects
    3 min
  • 383
  • 6 years ago
  • 9

Replacing windows in our house has been a goal we had from the very beginning. In a previous post we discussed replacing a windows in our master bedroom and in the kitchen. This was needed to match the windows on the front […]

Tagged Mid-Century, Windows and Doors
Heart of Pine Hardwood Floor (part 3 Dining Room)

Heart of Pine Hardwood Floor (part 3 Dining Room)

  • Home Improvement Projects
    5 min
  • 417
  • 6 years ago
  • 6

Final wrap up of the dinning room flooring! So excited to have this done. The floors look GREAT!

Tagged Dining Room, Mid-Century
Replacing Old Carpet with Heart of Pine Hardwood Floor (part 2 – Dining Room)

Replacing Old Carpet with Heart of Pine Hardwood Floor (part 2 – Dining Room)

  • Home Improvement Projects
    3 min
  • 363
  • 6 years ago
  • 4

Just when you think things are going well… you get to a problem.

Tagged Dining Room, Mid-Century
A Dangerous and massive Hillside Staircase to Tear Out And Replace

A Dangerous and massive Hillside Staircase to Tear Out And Replace

  • Home Improvement Projects
    5 min
  • 394
  • 6 years ago
  • 6

If you have a large property that has a large deck or hillside staircase, replacement can be a major project. I didn’t make this one of my first posts but perhaps in hindsight, it should have been. When we were in the […]

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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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Easy DIY Chimney Crown Repair with ChimneyRX
Easy DIY Chimney Crown Repair with ChimneyRX
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Replace Appliance Light Bulbs With LED’s
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Awesome and Relaxing Spring Morning
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Blackstone Beer Cheese Sloppy Joe & Baked Beans
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A Great Get Away in the Turks and Caicos
Vintage Mid Century Modern Atomic Sputnik Chandelier
Vintage Mid Century Modern Atomic Sputnik Chandelier

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Chic Mid-Century Broyhill Brasilia Dressers, Consoles, and Sideboards
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“Whatever you do, don’t EVER give up. God made you to work. Believe in yourself. Why? The work you do today; no matter how small, is a step that leads to big things.”;

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