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The Staircase Reveal: Before / After

Tom Petty once said the waiting is the hardest part. Well Tom, you were right. If you remember, I shared I’d be doing my hardwood flooring installation in phases. Due to the kitchen leak, we knocked out the downstairs first, then scheduled the upstairs second. With how I live in the house, I really use […]

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hardwood flooring reveal

In the five years I’ve lived in this house, I can confidently say that the new hardwood floors are the biggest transformation to date. I’m so excited to share the final reveal with you today! The first morning I padded across the new floors in my bare feet, I giggled because it was the first […]

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white oak plank paired against swiss coffee painted walls

If you’ve been following along, you’re up to speed on how a small leak has changed my entire house (seemingly overnight). After I had a minute to process what was happening and just how much damage it caused, I decided to lean into the situation and look at it as a blessing. In truth I’ve […]

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mitigation kitchen leak

It’s an ugly picture, isn’t it? I think so too. This is a cautionary tale about how a refrigerator leak turned my house upside down, what mitigation really looks like and my options for the restoration. It happened while my parents were visiting. While leaving for work one morning I spotted a puddle of water […]

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