Back to work on the old house renovation! Summer is well under way, but the siding on the addition is finished. Let’s take a look at what we’ve done! A long time ago, Kent decided he liked the board and batten siding. To be honest, it didn’t ...
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Simple Mudroom
Another very important secondary room! Just like our pantry, this mudroom is designed to be a simple workhorse – a room to hide the mud. Check out what we have accomplished, and what we have planned for this simple mudroom. Small war or post war ...
Build a Pantry
This might be the most anticipated room in our old house remodel. At 6x12 feet, this pantry is almost as big as our old kitchen. Let’s explore how we build a pantry and what we have planned for this workhorse of a space. Our old kitchen was an ...
80 Year Old House Remodel #14 Kitchen
Ok, time for a kitchen update I our old house remodel. In keeping with our country setting and love of rustic, our kitchen is a definite reflection of this, with its green cabinetry and butcher block counters. Check out the progress we’ve ...
80 Year Old House Remodel 11: Finishing Trim
This article is packed with everything on finishing wood, from wood conditioner and wood bleach to stain and polyurethane. Join me on the nitty gritty journey of finishing our trim for our old house remodel addition. I have completed a bunch of ...
80 Year Old House Remodel 10 – Epoxy Floor
We’ve had several projects on the go in our old house remodel. Check out how we applied epoxy on the basement floor, foam rollered paint onto some doors, and got a concrete paver hearth for our wood stove. Things are getting close to being livable in ...
Old House Remodel 9 – Colour!
How fast can an experienced amateur paint a house? As we continue our old house remodel, we add colour, yes, colour. Join the journey! There was one thing Kent and I agreed on – no white paint! He may have regretted that statement. He probably ...
80 Year Old House Remodel – 8 Trades & Treasures
Getting back to the old house remodel. The only thing worse than working slowly, by oneself, is waiting, especially for someone else. Life lessons, kids. In the last few months a lot has gotten done, but it hasn’t seemed that way while living in ...
80 Year Old House Remodel – 7
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated our old house remodel. It seems like there have been a lot of little things going on, but in there, a few bigger things have been accomplished as well. The evenings have been getting shorter and with it, ...
80 Year Old House Remodel – 6
Working on the roof, finding more old stuff, is all in a day’s work at our 80 year old house remodel. And I finally reveal the floor plan for the renovation and thoughts behind the design process, here on the blog. We are getting very close to ...
I'm Erika, I live on eighty acres in the northern prairies of southern Manitoba with my husband and four kids. Here, we enjoy the outdoors and try to be more self sufficient as we try new things in the garden and learn about our land and the world around us.