Last week we ended the week by prepping for the landfall of Hurricane Elsa. We moved everything not secured to the ground from the dock,...

Last week we had a great week off visiting with my cousin. We spent a day at the beach, spent time in the pool, got caught in our first...

Last week we finished up the trim in the boys' room and moved all the storage stuff back in there. I don't have a photo because the room...

This week felt like a huge weight was lifted off our (my?) shoulders. We finished the (second) guest room floor. When we originally...

If you read our blog weekly you know we missed last week to spend some time with a very important guest, Scott's mom! Our vacation (at...

Before I dive in, I do want to provide an update on the sprinkler leak from last week. The "leak" we had after the sprinklers were turned...

After the mad dash to (mostly) finish the island last week, we took it easy this week, catching up on our netflix/Hulu shows throughout...

We are rounding the corner and the finish line for our island is within our sights!

This week we focused on painting the drawer fronts.

Full room update photos accompany the latest progress update on our kitchen island build!

Work continues on our kitchen island, including starting on the drawers!

Work on our kitchen island (affectionately deemed the "Continent" by Scott's Aunt :)) continued this week. We picked out the paint color...

This week we continued the uber-important project of the kitchen island. The island is what I'm thinking of as a "domino project",...

I missed a week of posting (forgive me?), but had a good reason. Or a couple reasons, really. Last week (and the week prior) Scott was...

There wasn't much progress this week in terms of heavy lifting/hard labor, it was a lot if baby steps. Last week we cut, sanded, routed,...

Last week we started the trim for the entry, yet I'm calling this week's post "Trim part 1" because this week was truly when the hard...

We've made it to the end of our tile saga! Monday of this week Scott and I finished the last step, grouting the tile. We were...

This week FLEW by with very little accomplished until the weekend. I was still getting over a bit of a cold and my energy level was as...

Last week was a rather short week for us as far as work on the house went. We took things easy and didn't start anything major, but made...

This week felt like a lot of little projects that made a big impact. Last week I started work on the hallway by skim coating and priming...