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Street Side Front Porch | The BIG Reveal!

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationJuly 16, 2018834Views 0Likes 47Comments

Holy cow! After nearly four months, it is finally time to share the big reveal of our Street Side Front Porch. This poor project was the spring One Room Challenge that wasn’t. Mother Nature wreaked havoc by sending snow and cold weather for the first three weeks of the challenge. Then, just when it seemed that…

Street Side Front Porch | The Boot Cubby

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationJuly 5, 2018267Views 0Likes 8Comments

Taking some time off from the Street Side Front Porch project was exactly what I needed. Quite frankly, I did not realize just how burnt out I had been feeling. Last week, after weeks of feeling stuck on how to complete some aspects of the project, the ideas started flowing again. With renewed enthusiasm, I got…

Street Side Front Porch | Finally, A Floor!

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Refinishing Hardwood Floors, Respectful RenovationJune 7, 2018372Views 0Likes 20Comments

Going into the One Room Challenge, whether or not we would need a new floor was the wild card. During those first days, I honestly thought we might salvage the old floor even though it looked awful. Optimism is my superpower. It didn't take long to realize that starting over was the right thing to do.…

Street Side Front Porch | The Last 10% takes Forever

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Refinishing Hardwood Floors, Respectful RenovationMay 31, 2018167Views 0Likes 12Comments

First things first, the floorboards are installed 100%. Dale and I finished up last week. The floor deserves a post all its own, and unfortunately, I have a bunch of little projects and details that I have to finish before I can do the final sanding and oiling. Until then, here's a sneak peek. Don't worry.…

Checking in on the 2018 Project List

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceMay 24, 2018157Views 0Likes 10Comments

The street side front porch is coming along quite nicely. However, much of the progress since last week is not very noticeable or photo-worthy. Since I am not obligated to adhere to a strict ORC posting schedule now that the official challenge is over, I thought I'd check in with our 2018 Project List this…

Street Side Front Porch | The ORC Continues

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Refinishing Hardwood Floors, Respectful RenovationMay 17, 2018260Views 0Likes 10Comments

The alternate title for this post was "Boy, That Escalated Quickly." By now, most of you know that the Street Side Front Porch reveal for the One Room Challenge was not exactly traditional. It ended up being just me and a couple of ferns. That is because the entire project went from bad to worse…