The Nest on the Hill

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Roeshel

One of my most favorite things = old homes. Not that I don’t love new homes! Some days I’d trade old and drafty for new and energy efficient in a heart beat but being a DIY girl and owner of an old farmhouse, recycling and fixing up something already built is my passion. So, imagine my excitement when I “met” blogger Shannon from The Nest on the Hill. They are making their 1914 Victorian home theirs. Since June, they’ve been DIY-crazy and doing a beautiful job. Here are some before and afters!

Front porch, door and landscaping before

After

Hallway and Stairs Then

Hallway and Stairs Now

Living Room Then

Living Room Now

Dining Room Then

Dining Room Now

Master Bedroom Then

Master Bedroom Now

Upstairs Bathroom Then

Upstairs Bathroom Now

I love how fresh the front door area is with the new mailbox and how neat landscaping is now. It’s so welcoming!
Carpet on the stairs before 2, finished wooden stairs after 10!
Bare and no personality in the livingroom before. Modern and comfortable after place to relax now!
Boring dining room to WOW!
Master bedroom: Plain Jane to Fun and Colorful! What a wonderful way to wake up everyday.
All white clean slate in the upstairs bath to oo-la-la spa. Check out that tub now!

Shannon & Dan – you two are doing a super job! Keep up the good work! I love seeing the progress and I think you have the perfect name for your blog. The old Victorian is transforming into your Nest on the Hill! A labor of love and the rewards are big!

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Stop back! I’ll be doing a CSN giveaway in honor of the DIY Show Off readers. I appreciate you so much! Your support when I started this blog about our DIY journey was so helpful. Especially when we tend to look at what’s not done, you remind us to celebrate what we have done instead. I love seeing your creativity and DIY projects. You’re so talented! You’re always so quick to offer comfort. You worried right beside me about Niski when she was paralyzed and your prayers = miracle. She’s walking. Your thoughts and prayers for peace for my dad and family through this sad time mean the world to us. Since I can’t offer you an individual thank you gift, this giveaway is the best way I know to celebrate YOU. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Foyer Transformation

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Roeshel

The transformation you’re about to see is a beautiful! transformation right before your eyes! Pretty but outdated wallpaper to light beautiful simplicity. That’s the results of the hard working team at With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart.

Here it is before:

Lucky L – the wallpaper came off in less than 2 hours for her!


Wallpaper – gone!

After stripping the wallpaper and scrubbing the walls, she have spackled and primed the walls, painted the walls and gave all of the trim two fresh coats of paint. I love the new color and fresh white trim!

These once carpet covered stairs got a new look! Don’t you love the detail? So unique and pretty!

But L cracks me up! The design reminds her of a peering man with a mustache after staring at the design so often while applying it. Things like that happen to me too! She couldn’t live with twelve angry men looking at her each time she went up the steps, so she covered it all up with primer and paint, re-measured the center and stamped them with this pretty fleur de lis.

Some more DIY skills, creative thinking and finishing touches (see her original post here)…

Looks like a photo straight out of House Beautiful to me. Don’t you love the fresh new updated look? I love her decorating and accents. Walking in the front door every day must put a smile on her face. 🙂

Wainscoting and Picture Frame Molding

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Roeshel

I love this DIY project at Impatiently Praying for Patience! Here is Katie’s post:

Foyer…check!

One more project is complete…Hallelujah! So lets go back and remember how boring the foyer looked before.

Then we started to put up wainscotting.

Then we got the wainscoting up.

Then we got it painted.

Then last but certainly not least Mr. Genius finished the wainscoting for the rest of the foyer!!!!

Sorry about the bad photos…it started raining when I finally had a minute to take the pictures. Not that I am a photographer or anything but I do know that natural light makes it look so much better.