What I have been up to lately: painting, cleaning upstairs windows, chasing children, de-frogging the pool, drinking coffee, and my new true love - power washing. What I have not been doing: sleeping, blogging, and my hair. It’s been a crazy few weeks. Good crazy though. The weather here in TN has been perfection in… Continue reading Our Carpet Chaos, Powerwashing Obsession, and Frog Sanctuary
Pink Farmer
About a year ago, I was at a preschool back to school night for the girls. The kids were a month into their "school year" and we were seeing what our little ones had been up to lately. There were several cute exhibits the teachers had set up showcasing what our preschoolers had been working… Continue reading Pink Farmer
closets…with a few skeletons
If you are planning to gut and redo a house you did not build, chances are you will uncover a few secrets. Maybe you are lucky and find perfect shiplap and original hardwoods. Or maybe you find poorly joisted floors, rotted subfloor, and termites...(no, just us?!) Our gut job in this house began upstairs. As… Continue reading closets…with a few skeletons
goodbye glass & hello garage
Renovations began with destroying what seemed to pose the greatest physical dangers for us (a type of demolition triage if you will): the garage and the "glass house". So, bright and early on day #1, a haul away crew of college-aged guys arrived ready for demo. I was fighting full blown mom-mode as I stressed… Continue reading goodbye glass & hello garage
diamond in the rough
Things moved fast with this house. Ronny texted me one day with the picture below and asked what I thought about a house with a ‘tennis court” and a “pool" (once you see pics you will understand how hilarious that question really is…try a giant concrete slab and a pond). But for some reason we… Continue reading diamond in the rough
a road trip we won’t be taking again…
Here we are, almost 5 months into our new chapter of life in middle Tennessee. Despite being obsessed with planning, we actually don't always plan things so well. In 2019 we sold our beloved CrossFit gym, Ronny finished his online degree, he left a career in medical device, we packed up our home and life… Continue reading a road trip we won’t be taking again…
Our Haven Restoration 