Author: Home Sick Renovations
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A little spray paint goes a long way
Spray paint is an inexpensive and easy way to refresh furniture or other housewares. I’ve used Rust-oleum Painter’s Touch 2x UltraCover on a few projects for the lake house. Check out the gallery below for the finished projects. 1) Bathroom mirror. My cousin gave us her old bathroom mirror which was in good shape but… Read more
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Installing a Pergo Floating Floor in a Day
Lots of transitions going on with the kiddos – our oldest headed to college on Labor Day, our youngest started high school the following day and our middle is a junior in high school. It seemed like a good time to transition the office into a bedroom for Connell so the girls could each have… Read more
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Summer Projects Galore!
Productive is the word for this summer at the lake house. While we still have much to do, we made a lot of plans progress and more importantly, we were able to enjoy some downtime. Kitchen We spent the first two summers grilling and washing dishes in basins so we were anxious to have a… Read more
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How to use Pinterest to Plan a Renovation
Facebook memories tells me I’ve been using Pinterest for 11 years! I remember the first renovation project I did using Pinterest and how life changing it was (well, you know what I mean). It is so much easier to plan a project than the old-fashioned way – clipping from magazines, doodles on scrap paper, relying… Read more
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Fixing a Cracked Foundation
Exterior house foundation crackThe significant crack that pushed the house sill off the foundation. When I say this is the biggest project we’ve taken on, I don’t mean in size. The lake house only about 900 square feet. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words. The house was off the foundation due… Read more
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Project of the Day: Exterior Stairs
Project of the Day: Exterior StairsWe’re at the point in the project where we are completely overwhelmed. A lot of things are in progress. To help us stay on track, we’ve established Project of the Day or POTD. We pick one project to work on. It serves two purposes, it makes us feel like we’re… Read more
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Lake House Update: Year Two
Sooooo, everything’s been taking a lot longer than we had hoped and expected but this past weekend truly felt like a turning point. We have one bedroom nearly complete, the new interior stairs framed and the kitchen cabinets painted and installed. We even have hot water! John had installed a tankless hot water heater, powered… Read more
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Lake House Update: A Year In
We’ve been all sleeping in the unfinished loft. Well, we’ve owned the house for a little over a year and the progress has been much slower than we expected. The yard had clearly not been cleaned up for several years. It was a bit like an archeological dig uncovering different layers as we raked and… Read more
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Lake House Update: Week One
One week after purchasing the house, we have it just about cleared out and ready to be gutted. It was pretty nasty. John went up with his BFF Eric and cleared out 15 mattresses. There was also a large number of cleaning products under the sink, most with bleach. Here’s some of the “gems” we… Read more
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We Bought a Lake House
So, we did it, we bought a lake house (insert wow face emoji here). Still kinda reeling from the whole thing. Doesn’t seem quite real. Closing was easy peasy. Actually, whole process has been that way which makes it just feel “right.” We’ve been looking for a vacation property since August, after deciding we didn’t… Read more