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Street Side Front Porch | Finally, A Floor!

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Refinishing Hardwood Floors, Respectful RenovationJune 7, 2018458Views 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, 2018184Views 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, 2018187Views 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, 2018312Views 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…

Street Side Front Porch | One Room Challenge Week 6

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationMay 10, 20181KViews 0Likes 38Comments

Edited 7/19/18: Please see the bottom of this post for an exciting update. Wow! Six weeks have come and gone, and reveal day has finally arrived. I have been pretty quiet on social media and the blog because I have been working tirelessly behind-the-scenes trying to get the street side front porch ready for its close-up. Let's…

Street Side Front Porch | One Room Challenge Week 5

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationMay 3, 2018194Views 0Likes 10Comments

So, week five, huh? Although I am not panicking, no time for that, I wish for a few more hours in each day. I apologize for the brevity of today's post, but perhaps that's for the best since there are over 200 guest participants + 20 featured designers. That is a lot of reading for…