This bathroom has been a long time coming. It actually started 3 years ago with the purchase of an antique dresser, bowl and pitcher. We dreamed we could turn these into a bathroom vanity and sink. And that was the beginning! Next, we redefined the space. We took a little space from the adjacent bedroom […]
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Remodeling, repurposing ,and redesigning are all wonderful words to describe what we have been doing with our 100+ year old house. Most of the time we enjoy it, but sometimes it can get tiresome, frustrating and downright scary. What I find most scary is when there is a hole in the side of the house.
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Here’s a quick story of what happens when DIY home renovations take longer than expected… We have found that there are not too many things more aggravating than having to wait for supplies for a job when you’re ready to start. In fact, it’s second only to getting supplies too early and now having to
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Welcome back! We have been busy here at Carrier House Project working on the hundreds of details that go into each room. Today we are going to invite you into our guest room. This room took a long time to complete but, as with all of our projects, it evolved into something even more beautiful
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It’s that time of year again, when the ghosts and goblins become bigger than life. And when all our friends gather ’round the bonfire and watch scary movies on the big screen. That’s how we do it around here and we call it Scary Movie Night. It has become an annual event here at the
Hi Kids! Hope you are doing well. Today I’m going to follow through on showing you the vanity I painted for a quick re-do of the master bath. This isn’t the final phase. This bathroom will be redone when we get to the first floor. So… When I say ‘quick re-do’ I mean ‘Let’s experiment
Or white… or yellow Or turquoise … Or even red! Can you tell that I LOVE COLOR! Thought you would like to see some of the furniture that I have played with. I say ‘played with’ because, except for the Hoosier, all these pieces were beat up hand me downs or thrift store finds. On
The story of our laundry room… So there we were, just got done ‘Phase 1’ of our house renovation plan; painting and organizing the first floor. ‘Phase 2’ was gutting the entire second floor but circumstances were not allowing that yet. So we turned to the laundry room. And this was one of those projects
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Hey! Welcome back! Hope you have found some fun stuff here at CarrierHouseProject. We love bringing this house back to life and sharing our progress with you. So much has been learned along the way. One of the amazing things I’ve learned is that my best results come from my scariest experiments. My favorite projects
It’s been three years since we bought our house. We’ve have torn down walls, rerouted plumbing and replaced most of the electric wiring. We have replaced windows, doors, roof and some siding. All this and it’s still a work in progress. Geesh! A little more than I originally anticipated. But Hey! It’s giving me lots
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