Carolina Split

Your home reflects your personality so let it shine through! My aunt Faye loves houses.  She’s the kind of person who will drive by a beautiful house and stop to ask them if she can see inside.  I was with her once…mortified…but it was very cool going into a stranger’s house.  I’m not sure why [...]

This is the front “formal living room” to Carolina Split with its new hardwood floors.  I sometimes refer to it as the “library” because ultimately it will be more of a library with a smaller television and comfortable couch in it…but for the next year or so, it will just be your basic television ce

Bruce Hardwood and Cork flooring Yesterday was the big day…the start to our hardwood and cork flooring installation. Estimate by  Lowe’s  to do the job is three days (Wed.-Fri)…I had fantasies of it being done in ONE day because I seem to enjoy setting myself up for disappointment.  In my fantasy, t

Budget Blinds..but still not cheap Last week (after a four week wait) our blinds arrived.  Yes.  Four weeks with towels and temporary blinds!  An eternity!  I was particularly excited by the prospect of having a window covering on the door to our deck since it directly faces my neighbors house.  Mos

Here’s a few photos of our empty house on Pepperhill after we’ve done touch ups and painted over the living room…the bathroom got a whole new color because we could NOT get a good match to the paint.

Carpet Removal at Carolina Split This Memorial Day weekend we spent some time doing a few projects.  1) Removing carpet from Lakeside so hardwood and cork can be installed this week.  2)  Painting and preparing Pepperhill for renting. Carpet removal photos:  

bat removal leads to head banging afternoon… So Monday was an eventful day here at Carolina Split.  We’d called in a humane animal removal service to come in and remove bats (potentially in the attic)… oh..you don’t know the bat story? [skip this paragraph if I told you this already] Well we’re outs