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Sunroom Renovation Before and After

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020by Marti18 Comments on Sunroom Renovation Before and After
Sunroom Renovation Before and After

I've covered virtually every detail of this renovation in my previous posts, so now it's time for the big payoff: a boatload of before and after photos. Let's start with the exterior – we've come a long way since 2015. Such a sad window. Of course, the house hasn't looked sad for the past few [...]

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DIY Moulding and Painting in the Sunroom

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020by Marti2 Comments on DIY Moulding and Painting in the Sunroom
DIY Moulding and Painting in the Sunroom

We're in the home stretch! This post is all about the finishing details I tackled myself. I chose to do this part to save a bit of money and because I wanted to be hands-on for at least some aspects of the space. Note: some of the DIY work happened before the painting crew arrived, [...]

Sunroom, Windows

Sunroom Renovation – Floor Installation and Painting

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020by Marti1 Comment on Sunroom Renovation – Floor Installation and Painting
Sunroom Renovation – Floor Installation and Painting

After all the work of Weeks 1, 2, and 3, you might think our sunroom was as good as done. Cool your jets, because this was our view on Saturday morning. Our new hardwood floor material had been delivered several days earlier and was acclimating in our living room. We used unfinished solid 2 1/4" [...]

Sunroom, Windows

Sunroom Renovation – Week 3

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020by Marti3 Comments on Sunroom Renovation – Week 3
Sunroom Renovation – Week 3

We've arrived at Week 3, pals. This week was stressful. Our entire house was a construction zone, and there were two curveballs thrown at our west wall of windows that set us back a bit schedule-wise. The first setback was that a special Marvin part needed to connect the brick moulding that went around our [...]

Sunroom, Windows

Sunroom Renovation – Week 2

October 28, 2020October 29, 2020by Marti2 Comments on Sunroom Renovation – Week 2
Sunroom Renovation – Week 2

I took time off from work for Week 2 because I knew I’d be too distracted to focus on my job when there was so much excitement happening around me. There was also DIY work for me to do to help push things forward – for example, I demoed the dining room window trim in [...]

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