Lake house remodel before and after

Be part of our journey as we renovate our lake house. Learn from our successes and mistakes and get inspiration to improve your home.

I’m not usually one to write Saturday posts however on this particular Saturday I don’t have to work (fist pump) and am currently just wasting time until I am forced to get in the shower. To help pass the time I thought it would be fun to share with you our current before and after […]

Step inside our lake cottage for a before + after photo tour! Learn how we turned this 90s home into a family friendly modern lake house!

As soon as Hope Mendes and her husband saw their Cobb, California, cabin, they knew it was the place they’d been searching for—a home they could use for vacations and also list as an Airbnb. “Although it needed a ton of work, overall it had good bones and only required mostly cosmetic work,” Hope writes. “We knew with a little TLC it would become the perfect rustic and charming retreat we had been wanting.”The couple’s goals for their renovation?

Remodeling our lake house into a bright welcoming home surrounded by the woods taught us flexibility and patience.

With all this time spent inside, there's been a return to tinkering away at little projects: baking a loaf of bread, say, or stitching a quilt. Or, if you'

Be part of our journey as we renovate our lake house. Learn from our successes and mistakes and get inspiration to improve your home.

This 1960s ranch in Maine was "bland and boring," not to mention tiny, with only 750 square feet, but now has the charm and curb appeal of a cozy cottage.

One inexperienced couple renovates an old and outdated lake house. This is our lake house remodel story with details and before and after pictures.

We purchased the Connector house in the fall of 2017 and sold it in the fall of 2018. It was our sixth home remodel. All of the textured ceilings in the house were sanded down, re-mudded and sanded again. Then, of course multiple coats of fresh paint. All of the stained woodwork in the house was removed and replaced with…Continue Reading→