home renovation — Journal

Humpty Dumpty: Renovation Takes a Backseat

Well, it has been two weeks since you last heard from me, and unfortunately that is not because I have been too busy with the renovation to sit down and share our fun times with you. I ended the last post with hopes that we would be moved into our new home by the end of the following week, but sometimes life has other plans in store. Just two days after my last post, after I had finished up trying to wash the joint compound out of my hair, I stepped out of the shower to find a message waiting for me. My father had taken a bad fall...

Melinda BrownNovember 8, 2016diy, home renovation, unexpected travel, trip to florida, texturing ceilings, joint compound, painting, lowes, lowes installation, flooring installation, laminate flooring Comments

My Aching Muscles: Renovation Week Two

Week two totally made the fun, paint-filled first week seem like a breeze in comparison as we moved out of the bedrooms and into the living room, which has so many more obstacles like wood paneling, old ceilings and sad sad crown moldings.

Melinda BrownOctober 23, 2016diy, home renovation, this old house, farm house in the making, removing popcorn ceilings, wood paneling, drywall patchingComment