Home Improvement

I spent many weekends this Summer overhauling the back door which leads from the Laundry Room out to a public garden, and overhauling the back steps, which I’ll talk about in a future post.

I haven’t posted much over the past few weeks but I have a lot to catch up on. Here’s 5 small[ish] projects I’ve completed over the past 2 months.

This project started WAYYYYY back in September 2018.  It entails my mission to replace all gold colored & brass hardware in our house with silver colored.  It has morphed into a MUCH larger project than I anticipated, but it’s OK because I love the results!

I figured it would be a piece of cake to drill the hole in the door frame for the deadbolt to slide into. NOPE!

For the past few years I’ve wanted to install a deadbolt on the door leading from the master bedroom out to the deck. I bought a kit on Amazon and was able to do the job myself. Not easily, but I did it!

Back in June 2018 I added 2 pieces of fake grass to our back yard. This year I added 2 more. It’s starting to look like a real yard now!

For a couple of years now, “rebuild the back [yard] steps” has been on my projects list. In early May I finally got around to starting the project and when I pulled the top step away from the wall I knew I had to elevate the job to our local handyman because rot.  SO much rot. 

Building on my last post, here are 5 more little projects I’ve completed in the past couple of months. I also photographed my “honey do list”, at least the first page.

In May 2019 I started de-mousing our foundation.  I got as far as doing the right side of the stoop and part of the front wall of the house while Darwin helped. In December I did the left side of the stoop, but it got too cold to do the front. I finally finished last week.

In May 2016 I completed a DIY screen door for the master bedroom. After 4 years of sun & weather the door is still going strong, but the paint DEFINITELY needed some TLC.