NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

A concrete floor in the laundry closet

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Laundry rooms are a necessary evil. Washing and drying clothes are not my favorite things, but I don’t foresee a time when I’ll have a person who does it for us (darn). We’ve lived in several homes and each has had a totally unique laundry situation and when it was time to design our new home, laundry […]

How to Store Leftover Paint

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I am a bit of a paint hoarder. I like to hang onto used cans of paint, for crafting and paint touchups. We often work on small projects, and I like to have lots of choices available without running to the store. But the dozens and dozens of gallons of paint were starting to overtake […]

Installing wide-plank pine flooring

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If you need me, I’ll be in the house, petting our new wood floors. That’s normal, right? If this is wrong, I just don’t want to be right. Once the walls were painted and the fireplace was concreted and stoned (those are totally verbs at the Woodwards), it was time to lay the floors. As a quick reminder, we […]

DIY fireplace hearth and stacked stone wall tile

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Before we install the flooring on the main floor of the house, we wanted to finish the fireplace area – particularly the messy parts (tile and concrete). If you remember, we decided to go with a concrete raised hearth. The process is quite similar to a DIY concrete countertop, so that’s how Ryan approached the process. (Katie […]

Primed and painting

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When it comes to painting an entire house, the idea can be overwhelming. That is a LOT of walls. And don’t even start thinking about the ceilings or you’ll need a drink. But just like eating an elephant, you can do it one bite at a time. And when the plaster was all ready, we still had to […]

Choosing wood flooring for new construction

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For every check off the house building list, there are approximately 1,500 unfinished tasks and decisions to make. And floors were a huge decision when it comes to finishing this house. While we were pretty certain we’d go with carpet upstairs for comfort and noise buffering, Ryan and I have had many discussions about the best […]