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 work out I love the look of barn doors and...
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. If you are interested in installing or replacing a railing,...
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 and gadgets I have currently added to the house or are...
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 hidden closet door again. But, because of the structural reinforcing...
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 was thinking about. EcoSpas have a hot tub that is...
My great grandfather, Elmer Ferson, built this beautiful house in 1895. My grandmother and my mom were both born in the house and it was my childhood home. The home is situated on the top of a hill surrounded by a grape vineyard. My great grandfather called the farm “Mountain View” because of it’s unobstructed view of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams. Although it has...
This simple online floor planner is amazing! I use it to design and reconfigure the floor plan. Then… I can see what everything looks like in 3D. You can access it at: https://planner5d.com/
We are trying to keep the style of the vintage house with our upstairs bathroom. The sink will be a re-purposed antique wash table. We are installing a vintage tub and an old style toilet with the tank on the wall.
I love soaking in a hot tub each evening. So, I’m adding a deck for a hot tub off the master bedroom. I’ll have an awesome view of the vineyard from the deck.
We are adding a new walk-in closet off the master bedroom. There will be a cabinet on the utility room side of the closet with pass through drawers and cabinet.
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