We are going to have some FUN with the master bathroom. Located off the master bedroom, this bathroom will have dual sinks, a separate shower/toilet compartment, hidden mirror TV, and oodles of storage. During our last remodel of our current house, we added a TV behind the mirror. It is pretty cool. We can watch […]

I’m excited about having a walk-in kitchen pantry. The plan is to take the large bathroom off the dining room and dividing it up into three separate spaces. A small 1/2 bath for visitors, a ensuite bathroom off the second downstairs bedroom, and a pantry off the kitchen. It pencils out… but hopefully, it will […]

The upstairs master bedroom is going to serve a dual purpose. My wife is going to be using it as her sewing room but we also want to use it as a bedroom for guests. Space for sewing and a bed for sleeping… a murphy bed seemed like the best option. Most of the time […]

One of the projects that scared me the most… yet I was the most excited about doing was installing a new stair rail. The existing railing was not even close to code. I debated about hiring a craftsman to build the railing but with Google and YouTube at my side… how hard could it be. […]

I have been a techie since I purchased my first computer, a Commodore PET, in 1997. I paid $800 for a computer with a 9 inch black and white monitor, a cassette tape storage drive, and a chicklet style keyboard. I upgraded the memory to a whopping 8K. Below are some of the technology gizmos […]

The bathroom upstairs had not been used for over 30 years. It was used as a catch-all junk room and was in desperate need of an upgrade. We used an original antique dresser from the house for the bathroom vanity. We chose a toilet with the tank mounted on the wall. We a visitor uses […]

The upstairs master bedroom features a five window turret. The views of the countryside and vineyard are amazing. This is the room that started the entire upstairs remodeling project. See the post – Upstairs Master Bedroom – Construction/destruction Begins The pictures below chronicle almost a year’s work.

When the house was built, my great grandpa put a hidden closet under the steps in the entryway. The house was remodeled in the 60s and the open stairway leading upstairs was closed in. The hidden closet was covered with a real closet. During the remodel, we opened the stairway back up. This exposed the […]

I go out in the hot tub almost every night. A must have for the new house is a hot tub. I’d like to add a door from the master bedroom to a deck for the hot tub. A outdoor, frost-free faucet nearby would be nice. Here are a few of the other things I […]