Style from the Sticks

I apologize for the lack of recent posts.  I was hacked and my site went down and it was a just a really pleasant experience for me.  I w...

Enough time has passed now I think I can talk about the front door situation without muttering any cuss words under my breath.  I’m half ...

It’s crunch time at the fixer upper before snow flies so we have been busy, busy, busy!  Thank you for being so patient with my posts. Af...

One very, very tiring weekend, we installed all of the windows and two doors.  It was amazing what we accomplished with a small crew but ...

Some small updates…I’m starting to lose track of what’s been done and what I’ve written about.  Oh and what week we are really on!  🙂  B...

Last week we were slowed by some family get-togethers.  We had to attend two birthday parties, one wedding and one funeral.  Sounds like ...

Here we are on week 14 and we’re still working away hard on the inside of the place.  I’ve had a few panic moments that soccer starts a m...

Right before we were to receive our renter, we had started working on our stairs.  More on that later… The stairs, when we purchased the ...

Yes!  I do still have a blog!  I know I keep you guessing but what I can I say?  This summer has been a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda...

Time slipped away from me this week.  After we had the kitchen cabinets 85% done, the flooring began! Here’s a little better picture of t...

The kitchen is…in! Bottom Corner Top Corner Side Cabinet Above the Appliances Here are some pictures.  It looks terrific.  There is still...

We finished most of the work in the bathroom thanks to some extra hands this week. Here’s the vanity with the faucets installed.  It’s lo...

Wowza.  We have really hit a block.  Not much is happening on the fixer upper lately.  I only have a few cool things to show you. First, ...

I had to laugh a little when I wrote that title.  Chip and Joanna would whip out a fixer upper in, at the most, a month’s time.  We are g...

Progress has been slow lately as all of our kids’ activities have been picking up.  That’s right.  Upon this writing we have: Four kids Tw...

This week some fun things began to happen.  As the designer of this place, I had to make my paint color choices! I’ve been through my mou...

This week was demo week.  And for that we called in some recruits.  Thanks to my brother and my dad for bringing in some muscle to this m...

One thing that I noticed right away in our fixer upper was that in true 70’s fashion, the kitchen was closed off from the living room by ...

As promised, here is a tour of the main floor of the fixer upper.  It is your typical 1970 split level and looks like it was in the proce...

I know you are all curious to see what the new house is all about. We bought the house adjacent to our property with plans to do a little...