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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
Edited 7/19/18: Please see the bottom of this post for an exciting update.Â
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…