by R. Scott Bronstad | Aug 15, 2025 | Decor, Doors
Custom Sign Install & Huge Barn Door Tackling Heavy Home Improvement Projects: A Tale of Two Installs Here’s the thing about home improvement projects – they always look easier on TV. You see those perfectly staged reveals, and it seems like everything just… fits....
by R. Scott Bronstad | Aug 7, 2025 | Home Improvement, Portico
Side Door Fiasco: Rebuilding a Collapsed Portico The Importance of a Properly-Built Front Door Portico This past week, I’m working on a job that shows why it’s so important to build things the right way. A frantic client calls me after their front door canopy crashes...
by R. Scott Bronstad | May 28, 2025 | Decks & Sheds, Home Improvement
Custom Cedar Railings: A Blanco Porch Transformation Here in Blanco, we know a thing or two about rustic charm. So when my neighbors, Gary and Kim, wanted custom cedar railings for their newly finished casita porch, I knew it would be a fun challenge. Their porch...
by R. Scott Bronstad | May 27, 2025 | Decks & Sheds, Home Improvement
Expanding Our Blanco Farmhouse Deck: A Hog Panel Railing Renovation Here at the Blanco farmhouse, we’re always looking for ways to enhance our outdoor living space. Our latest endeavor? Giving our front deck a major facelift and expansion! This project involved a...
by R. Scott Bronstad | May 26, 2025 | Floors, Home Improvement, Kitchens, Refinished Flooring, Rooms
Refinished Wood Floor From Worn to Wow: How We Revitalized Our Pine Wood Floors Giving Our Old Pine Floors a New Lease on Life (and a Proper Refinish!) Our farmhouse in the country is always a work in progress, and the latest big undertaking involved extending the...
by R. Scott Bronstad | May 22, 2025 | Home Improvement, Kitchen Accessories, Kitchens
Crafting a Cedar Wood Stove Cover: A Christmas Surprise Here’s what I call a “labor of love,” and it began with a hint from my wife, Niki. She spotted a wood stove cover on eBay, but it was just cheap, stained pine with a vinyl sticker for the design. That just...
