Orchids are amazing plants with beautiful flowers that you can find everywhere, from big box stores like Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Walmart, to grocery stores. They come in a wide…
Follow our journey as we transform our three-season room into a beautiful plant haven. Discover how we tackle challenges like mildew, water damage, and flooring fixes to create a cozy,…
The journey of our basement makeover took an unexpected turn when we reached the bathroom. Despite its small size, we assumed the project would be quick and easy. How wrong…
In our recent updates, you’ve been joining us on our basement makeover journey. We completed the living room floors, but there’s still work left in the rest of the basement,…
Our basement makeover journey began with a major point of contention: carpeting. Its tendency to trap allergens, pet fur, and lingering odors has always been a concern for us. Initially,…

Revamping Our Main Bathroom: A Fresh Green Makeover Tale

Welcome to our home renovation adventure! Today, we want to share with you the exciting transformation of our main bathroom. As you can see from the pictures, it was due for a much-needed update. Our goal was to maintain the house’s original charm while giving the space a modern twist. After careful consideration, we settled […]

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Structural Revamp: Transforming Our Home, One Support at a Time

When we moved into our new house, there were a few pressing projects that demanded our attention, and the supports for the 3 season room topped the list. During the inspection, it became evident that one of the 3 lally columns supporting the room was badly rusted, and another had been substituted with an adjustable […]

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Our First Project: Making our Home Comfortable

Moving into a new home is always an exciting experience, but it comes with its own set of challenges. After settling into our new place, we realized that the airflow during the day wasn’t ideal, especially since we lack central air. Luckily, we have a whole-house fan that helps in the mornings and evenings when […]

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New Beginnings: Our Exciting Journey to a Fresh Start!

If you’ve been keeping up with our previous posts about our old home’s projects, you might be wondering why we decided to leave such a lovely place. Well, as much as we cherished the memories there, we wanted a space that was truly meant for our future together. So, after tying the knot in October, […]

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Outdoor Oasis: Our Journey to Create a Stunning Backyard!

Hey there! If you loved the inside projects we shared in our previous post, get ready to be blown away by what we did with the outside of our old house. We turned a wooded property into a backyard paradise, and we’re thrilled to show you! The first step was clearing out the brush in […]

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Interior and Exterior Upgrades: Our Home’s Complete Overhaul

Interior and exterior upgrades have always been a passion of ours, and as we start this new blog journey about our current house projects, we can’t help but look back at the incredible transformations we achieved in our old home. It was a true blank canvas when we moved in, with pristine white walls and […]

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Welcome to Our Suburban Dream!

Hello and thank you for stopping by Our Suburban Dream: Tales of Moving and Renovating in a New Neighborhood. We are Greg and Chuck, and we just bought our dream home in Upstate New York. We met in 2015 after both going through a divorce. I owned a home in a small rural town that […]

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