DIY Projects
Table Triumph: Refinishing for a Stunning Dining Space
As autumn embraces us and the festive season beckons, we embarked on a long-anticipated project we’ve been procrastinating: giving our dining room table a fresh lease on life. While it might sound like a considerable undertaking, we managed to complete it over the course of a few weeks, just in time for the upcoming holiday […]
Reviving Our Home’s Charm: Unveiling the Hidden Beauty of our Front Door
So I know that we haven’t posted a project in a couple of weeks but we have been very busy with a couple of projects that we are so excited to share with you all. So the first is one that I had been wanting to start from the moment we looked at the house. […]
Unveiling Our Ongoing Deck Transformation: Expansion and Creative Pergola Design (Part 1)
Remember that project we talked about earlier involving our three season room and its supports? Well, things have taken an exciting turn since then! Over the past weekend, we dove headfirst into a new venture: expanding our deck that extends from the same room. But here’s the twist – we didn’t just settle for the […]
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 […]
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 […]