Making kimchi while living in a fixer upper construction zone was a bit challenging, but so worth the labor of love! Well, we finally got a stove at this point in our renovations. We also had an Instant Pot before we got the stove, which was a lifesaver! The stove we added is temporary as we would love to get…
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Making Kimchi While Living in a Fixer Upper Construction Zone
Restoring Old Original Beadboard by Removing Loose Paint and Sanding
Restoring old original beadboard by removing loose paint and sanding was a true labor of love that took time and dedication! In a prior video, we shared how one of our neighbors gave us a ton of old original reclaimed beadboard from her house! What a sweet treasure we were gifted with! She has been such a wonderful neighbor to…
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Continuing Our Cottage Renovations and Lessons Learned Along the Way
Continuing our cottage renovations and lessons learned along the way have inadvertently helped us to gain additional skills! LITTLE PINE COTTAGE We are so glad to have you join us as we continue with our crazy renovations on this tiny fixer upper little cottage. We’re going to be calling it our Little Pine Cottage! We were trying to come up…
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The Results of Our Layered Compost Bin
The results of our layered compost bin gave us a lot of encouragement when we actually saw steam coming from it! It had been a few weeks since we built and layered our very first compost bin and it was time to check it out and see if it was actually composting. We also wanted to turn it over a…
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This is How We Layered Our First Compost Bin
This is how we layered our first compost bin. After researching about the lasagna layering method, we just gave it a try! Here’s the compost bin we built with reclaimed wood from our old original siding. Got the lid up and it was empty. This is where our compost layering adventures began. Very exciting as it was my first compost…
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