Category: Lake House

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

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

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

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

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

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