Outside renovations have been happening this winter (I started this post with good intentions, it is now fall) . Remember way back in March of 2021 when… Read more “It’s a Whole New House!”

We are all set for Christmas. These last few years have been hard for everyone and I am one of those people who pulls joy wherever I… Read more “Christmas at the Lake, Boat Parade Sequel, and an Exterior Renovation Begins.”

I have had several friends ask about the console table that my husband made for our narrow cabin hallway. If you are interested in creating a table… Read more “DIY Console Table”

The first part of our outside renovation is complete. DeBord construction started the process by marking the wall in the shape we wanted. Next cement was poured… Read more “Stone Retaining Wall”

Getting to know our new community has been one of the best parts of our move to the lake. We joined a local Facebook group and have… Read more “First Annual Watauga Lake Christmas Boat Parade”

It’s Christmas time again at the lake. The outside of the home doesn’t look very festive right now. I added a wreath to the front door, but… Read more “Christmas 2021”

Fall is gorgeous here at the lake. We have been enjoying the last few unbundled boat rides. We will boat all winter, but it will involve lots… Read more “Working on the Exterior (Windows, deck and patio progress)”

My birthday present and Christmas gift for the last two years has been the kitchen backsplash at our cabin. Every time the celebrations rolled around and my… Read more “Kitchen backsplash!”

Ever since I was little I dreamed of having a library of my own. The one I have created isn’t quite as fancy as those dreams used… Read more “Loft Library”

We have finished the master bedroom! Trim is on the windows, our new dressers and nightstands are in and the door and floor trim is completed. Master… Read more “Down to Little Tweaks”

We are so close to finishing the inside of the house. Upstairs in the master, we have finished the flooring, drywall, and added a fan plus two… Read more “Sooo close!”

Merry Christmas everyone. We have been making progress all over, but I haven’t had time to do any updates. Here are a few of the things we… Read more “Christmas Eve 2020 Update”

My parents helped us finish up the electrical for outside flood lights, a new AC unit, and other outlets that had to be moved for the new… Read more “Fall Accomplishments”

I realized after adding the post about our exterior paint, that I never posted about how we finished the back of the house where we removed the… Read more “Lighting Up The Outside”

The lake house has been painted! We are so thrilled with how it turned out. Here is a reminder of what we started with. We visited our… Read more “It’s Blue!”

The lake house has been painted! We are so thrilled with how it turned out. Here is a reminder of what we started with. We visited our… Read more “It’s Blue!”

Today our house was power washed in preparation for painting happening this week. I wanted a navy blue and after testing our samples, we are going to… Read more “Exterior painting”

We recently had our new (to us) dock moved to our lake front lot from its previous owners. Along with that purchase we acquired a Catalina 25… Read more “Sailing… because one renovation isn’t enough, one renovation is for quitters”

After coming to the lake for the last year and some change, we found ourselves always deeply regretting when it was time to go home. After discussing… Read more “We’re moving!”

(Scroll to the * to see updates only) Our new gravel driveway was recently finished. They started by grading the hill to make the driveway easier to… Read more “Gravel Driveway {with new updates!}”

When we purchased our lake home there were several items we wanted to replace or fix due to the home inspection. We are down to the last… Read more “Big exterior renovation”

We have a brand new beautiful metal roof! Now before you judge my color choices, please note that the plan is to repaint the cedar siding in… Read more “Metal Roof”

We are trying to finish up the master bedroom before Christmas.  We are spending Christmas at the cabin this year and it would be nice to have… Read more “Countdown to Christmas”

It only took 10 months but we finally have a completed set of cabinets. 🤦🏻‍♀️. Lowe’s sent out a different contractor and we officially have a completed… Read more “It only took 10 months…”

This weekend we were able to make some progress on the closets and bedrooms at the cabin. In an earlier post I showed the shiplap we installed… Read more “Closets and Bedrooms”

We are so excited that the lake house is finished to the point where we can stay here. All kitchen appliances are in and the hardware has… Read more “Actually living at the lake”

Cabinets are slowly but surely getting installed. We had some issues where new doors needed to be ordered to accommodate the huge farm sink. We also need… Read more “Cabinets”

A lot has been happening out at the lakehouse. We moved on to the upstairs where we decided to check out the attic crawl spaces. We got… Read more “More Demo and Floors”

We have been working on getting the kitchen ceiling in for the last couple months. Here is a reminder of what we started with. We started sanding… Read more “Progress”

Today we continued to demo the cabin to make way for new flooring. Dad and Hubby were machines prying up the flooring with their crow bars. They… Read more “Crowbars, Hammers, and Staples…oh my!”

As the boys said, it’s demo day! to remind you of what we started with here is a before picture. We started the day removing the kitchen… Read more “Demo Day!”

Well that didn’t take long. Our first trek out to the cabin to begin cleaning revealed surprise issue number one. Is it really a surprise if you… Read more “The Inevitable Surprise”

The last few weeks have been very exciting for our family. After many years of dreaming and planning, we officially closed on our lake home last week.… Read more “The Journey Begins”