Our back hallway is the hardest working area of the house. It leads to our back door, which is our primary route in and out of the house....

In order to have our washer / dryer on the main level where it was previously, Ed needed to do a little updating of the valves for the...

Almost to the day, the Richland Center Sears Hometown Appliance store closed right when we were ready to purchase a new stove for our...

We really don't want any lawn ornament clutter; however, we did bring the metal sunflower from our Milwaukee property to the "farm". As...

All of the main floor and second story windows / window trim have been painted white on the inside. There were 11 windows in all (some...

After letting the thinset cure, we moved on to grouting our kitchen backsplash tile. Based on her research, Maggie sent me to the store...

Our kitchen backsplash project actually started several months ago. We identified, explored, and discussed numerous options for...

I knew that it would take several weeks to rehab the hall closet and pantry. However, when you stand there and look at them, it is hard...

Another pair of shorts ruined. One of the hazards of rehabbing a house is the wear and tear on clothing. I have old tee shirts that I...

When I ordered three of the 7 drawer cabinets from Amazon, little did I realize how much assembly would be required. (I should have...

We are using the early summer to try to get loose ends tied up on the first floor and get more rooms into the "100 percent complete"...

The largest window on the main level has been painted. I was alone at the property this weekend and wasn't sure I'd get the whole window...

With the hanging of a blind this weekend, the master bedroom becomes our first room to move into the 100 percent-complete column. I am...

While only the Master Bedroom is fully complete at this point, things are starting to get closer (at least with respect to the main level...

The baseboard trim has been painted and re-installed; the closet doors and bedroom door have been painted, equipped with new hardware,...

We finally hung our first piece of artwork. I have been hesitant to hang anything because we patched dozens of nail holes throughout the...

Our son came to the property this weekend => we didn't make a whole lot of progress. I continued to paint doors and door trim while Ed...

I recently called our propane cooperative because I could have sworn we had a propane leak. We had only used 135 gallons of propane from...

At the start of the week, our plan was simple. We had taken Friday off to meet with a WDNR forester to walk our woodlots and learn about...

This weekend we started the second round of flooring installation. After serving as a storage room for many months, we began the process...