A few years ago we cut the cord. We decided we could use the money we were paying every month for DirecTV to buy an antenna and DVRs instead. We buy each season when it comes out, then binge watch without commercials. This is great! …
When I first bought the log cabin, the porch only had a top rail. I like the look of natural branch railings. Ivy, rhododendron, azalea or mountain laurel is used in place of balusters between the top and bottom rails to create an organic porch …
I wanted a bathroom vanity that would coordinate with my Jenny Lind bed. I looked at a lot of spool style dressers and tables and finally found a baby changing table that would give the same cottage style spindled look. I found a baby changing …
I found a wine fridge on clearance at Lowes and decided to incorporate it when I remodeled the kitchen. I wanted it to look like a hutch or built-in bar area to blend the kitchen and the living room in my open floor plan. I …
I managed to squeeze two extra drawers into the kitchen by using the space in the toe-kick. I bought two Komplement drawers at Ikea. They were not the right size, but they came with all of the parts. My son-in-law, Beau, cut them down to …
When I bought the log cabin, it had sculptured white carpeting. I had files of photos torn out of magazines. I looked through those and did a lot of research. I wanted solid flooring. Not a veneer or a synthetic. Flooring Choices: Species: What kind …
When I bought the log cabin, the yard was completely full of thorns and kudzu. The first year, I started clearing it myself. It grew faster than I could cut it. I was covered in cuts and scratches. And it still looked as bad as …
When I first bought the log cabin, it had two bedrooms. One was small and the other was even smaller. The wall between them had each room’s closets. The only place you could put a bed was under a window. The other walls had doorways …
When I bought the log cabin, it had a completely unfinished crawlspace attic. Just insulation and stuff the previous owners had abandoned laying over the roof trusses. There was access from the ceiling in the second bedroom. Roof trusses or roof rafters are not the …
This is the 2017 version of the kitchen. It fits into about 8’ x 10’ of my open floor plan. There is 42” of walk space from the front of the fridge to the facing cabinets. This is plenty of room to open the fridge, …
