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80 Year Old House Remodel 11: Finishing Trim

May 5, 2025 by Erika Leave a Comment

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 ...

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Part 1: Why Local Garlic

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Old House Remodel 9 – Colour!

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Summer Squash Success

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80 Year Old House Remodel 10 – Epoxy Floor

March 31, 2025 by Erika Leave a Comment

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 ...

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80 Year Old House Remodel – 1

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Best Ever Homemade Iced Tea Concentrate

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Harvesting Chokecherries and Chokecherry Syrup

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80 Year Old House Remodel – 5

August 3, 2024 by Erika Leave a Comment

This edition of our 80 year old house remodel is full of big machinery. The basement is backfilled and our trusses are raised. High. Check out the video on that! We start with backfilling The Hole with a rented skid steer. That is a relief – one ...

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Grow Your Own Dry Beans

Ground cherries and grond cherries in husks in a bowl on a place mat on weathered wood with a plant

Ground Cherry: Tropical Taste in Zone 3

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Homemade Chicken Salad

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Wonderberry: Is this Success or Failure?

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Summer Squash Success

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Part 2: How to Grow your own Garlic

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