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UGLY. My lawd! Painting this brick was a much needed thing. Not only is the color ugly, but was also had to patch a lot of brick in after we cut windows and doors. Read More

After we painted the brick white, the ugly red roof stuck out like a sore thumb. It’s been driving ME CRAZY since the house was painted. We wanted to do a black roof to tie in with the back doors and window frames. Read More

Two acres really isn’t THAT much land, but when it’s in horrible shape… it’s a lot to catch up on. The property wasn’t kept clean for a few years. The weeds were so tall, I had to selfie with them! For reference, I’m 6’3″ so that’s one freaking tall weed. Read More

One of the plans for having some land was to have chickens, room for Blue to run… and maybe some goats. The chickens are move #1.

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Building a house… out of the shell of a garage poses many problems but none more obvious than having a giant garage door.

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I think this goes without much explanation. This pool was NASTY. Obviously, we called in the pros on this one. A friend referred me to ASP. Their crews were always on time and super helpful. I’ve learned a ton during this process.

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In the cabinet post, I mentioned wanting to build an island that was 12.5 ft long. That’s all good, until I realized that I was going to need 16 ft boards and I don’t own a trailer. Dustin “The Friend With A Big Truck” Tharpe to the rescue again.

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Praise God for a Lowe’s cabinet sale and a military discount. We were able to buy stock cabinets for the price of a couple cheese burgers.

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Now the fun part! We decided to shiplap a lot of the house, but not so much that it looked like a cabin. It’s an rv garage after all. I did all of this on my own. It took a lot longer than I anticipated, but I’m really happy with the way it turned out.

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I’m a brave man and a hard worker, but some thing I’m calling in back-up for.  I really wanted this project to be by the books, professional and up to code. Again, with the help of Dustin, I found killer contractors that were willing to let me do the grunt work.  Just tell me what to cut out, dig up or move and I’ll do it. Then have the pros come in and do their work.

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