Fixer Upper Chick

05/29/2021

Just sanded our old pine table....did one coat of dark walnut stain.....now the question is, should I stain the legs too or leave everything underneath in the light wood?

If I do decide to do the entire table in dark walnut, I’ll thinking I will distress in areas by spot sanding by hand.

Thoughts are appreciated...🤗

03/21/2021

End of day one on this long awaited project....our stone is finally going up on our basement fireplace.
Praying for completion tomorrow!

01/17/2021

Teacher gifts from Xmas.....rustic serving trays. The kids enjoyed getting involved too. Used a few scrap pieces of 1x4s and 1x3s.

12/15/2020

So, better late than never....stage 2 of 3 stage process.....scratch coat is done over metal lath. Dimplex electric fireplace has a realistic flame and provides good heat for board game time or movie night.
Now, the only thing left on fireplace to do is installing new stone and the hearth.👍

11/25/2018

Builders paper, metal lath are done on basement fireplace....now starting the scratch coat...

09/23/2018

So we figured custom built-ins on either side of our “future” fireplace would be $5,000-$6,000 for a cabinet makers quote. I built these two pieces from the Kreg Jig website for less than $500 in lumber, hardware and stain. I puttered at them for the last two months during weekends. They are 51” wide, 18” deep and 76” tall.

Kids can store LEGO, games and puzzles....and Hubby is happy.....that’s all that matters.

06/15/2018

So.....I have leftover rustic laminate flooring from my last flip. I’m wondering about whether I should do a faux wood feature wall in Kaydens “man cave” muscle car bedroom.

Last photo shows a few pieces of the proposed wood look. Thoughts??

05/12/2018

Beginning, mid reno, and completion!

05/12/2018

Feeling pride, excitement and exhaustion at the same time. Love this final reveal.

05/12/2018

05/11/2018

Sneak peak! This week we had our “pink Mary Kay” house staged, photographed and listed ......and our first open house is Saturday!!

05/02/2018

Back in January, this fridge didn’t fit its space in the kitchen.....a HUGE mistake on measurements by my former contractor....so we now have a nice set of cupboards above instead of an ugly and uneven MDF wine rack (never do wine rack above fridge...as it ages your wine faster!)
My fridge now has 1/2” on each side. Yaaay!