I used FloorPops peel and stick tiles to give my outdated bathroom an update. Check out the results and my tips for using them!…
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3 Things I Learned From Renovating Our First Short-Term Rental Property
Posted on November 2, 2022Six long months after closing on our Catskills investment property, we welcomed our first guests in mid-October. Part of me still can’t believe people are actually paying money to stay at our house. I really, really hope they like it! It was a marathon to get to this point, taking one small step after another after another to clean out decades worth of stuff and get the house in guest-ready condition. Now that we can finally take a step back…
It’s easy to turn any cabinet into a DIY pull-out shelf. I recently did this with an unused space under my kitchen counter to create a slide-out shelf for my recycling bin. Here’s what you need: Rev-A-Shelf pull-out shelf (multiple styles and sizes are available) Rev-A-Shelf door mount kit (this is how you’ll attach the cabinet door) Cordless drill Screwdriver DIY Pull-Out Shelf Instructions 1. Measure To start, measure the width of your cabinet. You’ll want to order a shelf…
Our dream of owning a place in the Catskills is finally a reality. Here's a sneak peek at the 'before' as we work on getting it rental ready.…
Last year, I tried to DIY a barn door using an old, beat up sliding door that was left in our house when we moved in. I don’t even know if you could call it a door. It was basically a piece of heavy plywood that had been painted…badly. I ordered this barn door hardware, which I have no complaints about, but with the crappy door and my haphazard installation it looked about as good as you would expect. Despite…
Replacing our fireplace hearth has been on my to-do list for months. Although it’s a smaller project, I’ve been putting it off because I knew it would be a pain in the butt with lots of steps. Still, seeing the old, dingy-looking hearth bugged me every time I walked into our living room, so this month I finally decided to tackle updating it. Here’s what this part of the house looked like when we first moved in. A few months…