My House

Posts about our little house in a series called "stories of a house":

making an entrance	meeting the neigbours	it's a boy	our holiday traditions
center of our world	altering the furniture	trimming the cabinets	when not to DIY

too bee or not too bee

taking chances on a mantle

painting in cold weather

no-sew DIY curtains

stepping on stones

golden treasures

dirty painted planks

the way it was

wherever you are

our chalkboard backsplash

nautical tie backs

our ladybug houses

painting spaces

dish rack display shelf

we faked it

my herb garden

hello, hello

hand scraped wood floors

office in a box

or native plant hedgerows

Hi there and welcome to our home! My husband, our son and I are fixing up this little house and it has taken us since 2005 to get to here. It's been an amazing journey so far, come have a look at what we've done:

Front yard - we rebuilt that porch, made the walkway and the rock wall. I painted the entire house, it was all white before.

Side of house - we made a see-though fence to separate the backyard from the front to contain kids. The gardens were neglected when we arrived here, they are all happy & healthy now!

Garage - also known as Man Cave. I have no idea what's in there!

Front yard - we built a picket fence and a driveway gate for the entire width of the property.

Front door - we have an enclosed porch that works as an extra room in the warmer months.

Porch - I chopped the legs down on a day bed so we could lay there & read and not be seen from the road.

Living room - it's always changing, I haven't quite "nailed it". I realize our sofas are too big for this space but this has to be our tv room as well. 

Living room - we made the coffee table out of old pallets and we've altered the built-ins but they're not quite done either.

Living room - the entertainment cabinet for now, it changes very often (should I paint this one, hmmm?). We put up the board & batten all around too.

Dining room - it's got a painted table and chairs. I pick up extra wood chairs here and there and paint them white as well for extra seating when necessary.

Dining room - looking from the living room and into the kitchen. The"rug" is just a piece of linoleum, I'm looking for a way to finish the edges of it.

Dining room - to the left is my office & computer cabinet and to the right is the door to the two bedrooms & bathroom.

Dining room - my little office cabinet, for now. That skirt hiding the computer below were the old curtains in the house when we bought it!

Kitchen - it's all Ikea (sink, faucet, cabinets and counter) and we added the corbels and trim. The backsplash is just chalkboard paint with a piece of trim to finish it.

Kitchen - our floor is porch painted strips of wood we nailed down and the colour changes often (usually to match whatever window treatments are going on).

Kitchen - that's the coffee counter and behind there are stairs down to the unfinished basement and laundry area.

Kitchen - looking towards the back door. That old telephone was in the basement when we bought this house and I had it rewired so it works.

Master bedroom - an old wicker chest nightstand doubles as extra storage for blankets.

Master bedroom - it faces towards the front road and the side towards the driveway. One day it hopes to have a bigger closet.

Bathroom - the tub & shower were pushed out towards our sons room as it was way too small. This was the first room we worked on at it was really ugly before.

Bathroom - that cabinet was a second hand dining room hutch and then our media cabinet before it was here.

Bathroom - one day that transom is going to be windowed to let some light into the hallway. That's another one of my photographs hung there.

Sons room - the wall behind the bookcase is where the bathroom bumps out. One closet is a reading fort. He's really into fishing so it has a fish theme.

Sons room - one day it's going to be my office, we have some plans in the works...

Back yard - here's the back door going out from the kitchen with our patio below. The steps were rebuilt as well as neither the front steps or these had landings.

Patio - at the bottom of the stairs. We poured the concrete ourselves and layed in those pebble "tiles" and installed fence posts for edging.

Patio - our Summer living room, looking towards the garage.

Patio - close up of the pebbles and herbs from my world famous (to me) herb garden.

Herb garden - the birdbath was already on the property and I made that crooked trellis thing from an old picnic table!

Herb garden - it's got so many textures and colours and the scent is amazing!

Back yard - there are 3 apple, 3 cherry, 2 plum and 2 pear trees here (and several wild bunnies). The gardens and lawn are watered by our well.

Back yard - that's the view looking back towards the walnut tree. There is A LOT of mowing that goes on! To the left in the back are the bee hives.

Gazebo - hubby built that with an old wood stove so we can hang out in there in the colder months too.

Bee hives - we have 2 hives producing honey for my seasonal allergies (it works!).

Playhouse - up top playhouse, underneath a lawnmower/pool storage shed & a fully functioning outside bathroom which is perfect, we're outside a lot!

Back yard - I made this sign from beach wood and hung it at the very end of our yard in the gazebo.

Bye - from me, I hope that you've enjoyed the tour and check out some of the before photos below: