Baby It's Cold Outside: Fireplace Reveal
Even in the early days of planning for our home addition, we knew we wanted a fireplace in the great room. In fact, you can see it in the...
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WELCOME TO HAVEN HOUSE
Building a haven from a hovel
You are invited to explore the trials and tribulations of updating a lake house from the 1960s. I am grateful to have the opportunity to share in this journey with you.
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Clever Cover Up: A Built-In Reveal
After the contractors left in mid-July 2022, we (read: my handy Mr.) did a lot. A lot. Including: insulating and re-siding the exterior,...
Kitchen Reveal
After almost 3 years, we finally achieved the updated kitchen we had been hoping for. Woot! From this vantage, you can see the Ikea...
Building The Kitchen Island
We knew when we started the remodel that we were going to take out the "L" wall that had separated the kitchen from the dining area in...
The Return of the Living Room
Those who have lived through a major home renovation will be familiar with the fact that during construction, you will largely be...
Siding Update: Front of Haven House
Recall that the Mr. and I decided to use a vinyl shake product for the front of our house, which is different from the CertaPlank product...
Siding Update: Back of Haven House
Wowza, haven't updated this since early July. Welp. Here we are at the end of August. The large exterior insulation/ siding project...
Interior Painting: Lessons Learned
Today is 7/3/2022 - happy holiday weekend y'all! Unfortunately for me, we are deep into the painting part of our house project and not...
Siding Progress!
Selecting siding was a process involving compromise for us. We knew we wanted a low maintenance option and while I like the look of LP...
Drywall Days
Here we are on 6/10/2022 and, after 2 days of drywall work things look much different around here. Different-good, that is...but don't...
Exterior Update
Most of my recent posts that include pictures have all been about what is going on in the inside of the house, so I thought I would...
When You Need an Alternate Solution
In a large project like ours, particularly a large project that involves tying into an existing structure -- there is a high likelihood...
The Exciting World of...Insulation?
It is Memorial Day weekend 2022 and since I last posted, the electricians have been through to get the wiring done and last Friday the...
After the Walls Came Tumbling Down
At this point in the project, the interior walls that we wanted gone are completely out and the new staircase is in! It really is wild...
Being Extra
If ever you have considered doing major work to your house like adding on or doing extensive renovation work, the internet and smart...
Gut Job
Alrighty, if you have been checking out our project - then it is worth noting that we aren't just adding on to our home, apparently that...
Taking Shape
The framing stage of our addition project is now well underway and so far, this has been the most exciting part! Those of you who have...
From the Ground Up
Ok, after a long wait. I finally have a construction post and I can even include pictures! Our project broke ground on Friday March 11,...
Getting Our House In Order
I know, I know another post about the process -- but this is where we are at right now. In the post about selecting a contractor, you may...
Contractor Selection/ Permitting
I think it has been a long time since I last posted, so I wanted to write an update. About a year ago we decided to postpone our...
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