Before and After Kansas City

If we had better documentation, this post would lead with a picture of the original front door. Then, I would show you the new orange door. ...

One of our most dramatic improvements in the front of our home was the handrails. Old, wobbly and rusty rails were just not working for us. ...

I don't think we've mentioned these details yet, but (1) Chris and I only looked at our house once before making an offer and (2) th...

Becca loves planting flowers. One day in passing, I threw out the idea "what if we made window boxes?" and she latched onto the id...

If you have poked around in enough old houses, you will notice that most homes made before the 1940's have a main floor vent protected b...

I planted seeds for our vegetable garden 4 days ago, so that by the time we have the land ready we'll have plants to put in them. The se...

We've had a lot of small steps toward progress in our backyard in the past week. When we moved into the house, we did a survey which sho...