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Forever Fixing Up
Our Forever Home
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We're Zach and Kiersten. Thanks for following along as we worked to make the very 2000s home we bought in 2020 more “us.” For three years we've shared everything from quick fixes to more permanent changes, along with projects you can do in your own home. Zach shared all his lawn and garden advice as he started over on the new yard, too.
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We've officially stopped blogging, which you can read all about in our last post. Thanks for stopping by!
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Quick Fix: Telling Pool Time With the Biggest Outdoor Clock
Happy MDW! It's the unofficial start to summer and it's about time. Actually, that's what this quick blog is all about - TIME! The...
Kiersten
May 26, 20242 min read
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Our Top 5 Projects from This Past Year and Initial 2024 Project List
Happy new year! I don't make resolutions, but I do love a project list, so as we turn the page to a new year, it gives us a great chance...
Kiersten
Dec 31, 20233 min read
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5 Outside Yard Activities You Can Do Before Winter Sets In
December is here and it's getting pretty cold out, but you still have time to get these 5 late fall/early winter things done outside to...
Zach
Dec 10, 20234 min read
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Quick Fix: Outdoor Furniture Leg Floor Protector Carpet Sliders
We've gotten a lot of use out of our new big outdoor dining set this summer! It's been great having the extra seating for our big family...
Kiersten
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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Creating a Paver Walkway While Cleaning up the Side of the House That Became a Dumpster
During the pool construction, the north side of our house unintentionally turned into an outdoor storage area. It started as a place to...
Zach
Aug 20, 20233 min read
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Solar Landscape Lighting for the Backyard Patio and Plant Beds
Some of you might remember the difference it made to our front nighttime curb appeal when we lit up the front of the house and landscape...
Kiersten
Jul 16, 20233 min read
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Our 10 Favorite Home Buys from the Past Year to Get You Ready for Amazon Prime Day (Jul 11-12)
Amazon Prime Day is just two days away! If you love a good deal like we do, set your alarms now for July 11 and 12 where you can shop...
Kiersten
Jul 9, 20235 min read
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Our First Official Spring Pool Opening and Pool Deck Reveal
We're so excited that warm spring weather seems like it's FINALLY here for good so we were able to open up our pool for the first time...
Kiersten
May 21, 20235 min read
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Re-painting the Deck with Deckover
Remember when I thought it was a good idea to paint the deck totally white? And then we dug up the entire yard to build the pool? Well,...
Kiersten
May 14, 20234 min read
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Our Top 5 Projects from This Past Year and Initial 2023 Project List
Happy new year! I've never been one to make (or keep) resolutions but there is something about that great flip of the calendar year that...
Kiersten
Jan 1, 20234 min read
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Our Holiday Porch - New Decor and Winter Containers
Our front porch has been a rather sad sight since we took down all the fall decor and cleaned up the freeze burned plants so I was glad...
Kiersten
Dec 4, 20223 min read
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Pool Construction Before and After: Time Lapse
Alright, alright - I promise this is the last pool construction post. Especially because as I am writing this, they are shutting the pool...
Kiersten
Oct 16, 20222 min read
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Before and After Pool Construction: Aerial Drone Shots
Alright, I know I said last week that we were done with pool construction! You were probably expecting my next blog to be about painting...
Kiersten
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Weeks 6 & 7. We're DONE!
That's a wrap on the biggest, most exciting, project we've ever taken on! Having a pool has been something we've been planning for and...
Kiersten
Oct 9, 20225 min read
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It's Getting Spooky Around Here: Fall Front Porch Decor and Giant Spiders
We're SO close to being "done" with all things pool but we'll save our final recap for next week. I've been holding out hope we'd have a...
Kiersten
Oct 2, 20223 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 5
Week five was lit!! Literally. Pool lights are in! Ok bad jokes aside, we're officially swimming!! We're winding down on our...
Kiersten
Sep 25, 20225 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 4
Four weeks to the day from the time our pool construction started and we're almost swimmable! While the "big looking" stuff wrapped up...
Kiersten
Sep 18, 20224 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 3
Three weeks in to our pool construction schedule and it officially looks like a pool out back! While there's been no shortage of big...
Kiersten
Sep 11, 20225 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 2
Time flies when you're tearing up the backyard! Can't believe we're already two weeks into our pool construction. Even with a couple of...
Kiersten
Sep 4, 20226 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 1
WHAT A WEEK! Thankfully, weather was on our side this week so our pool construction crew could CRANK every single night of week 1. While...
Kiersten
Aug 28, 20223 min read
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