Comments on: Beginning Of A Home Remodel

By: Bird’s Nest Omen | VintageGardenGal

Bird’s Nest Omen | VintageGardenGal — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:24 +0000

[...] on a general “clean up mission” in my front yard, one of the last strongholds of our remodel process, I happened upon an abandoned, cleverly engineered bird’s nest. I intuitively knew [...]

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:47:40 +0000

Rowena, thanks for your kind words….VintageGardenGal

By: Rowena Pike

Rowena Pike — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:02:01 +0000

Enjoy reading your adventures in the garden and all your other projects around your (farm??) Will keep in touch with your mother to see how you are coming along. I live straight across the lake from her. she is a joy. We belong to the same garden club.

By: Heart of the Home | VintageGardenGal

Heart of the Home | VintageGardenGal — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:54:06 +0000

[...] in our home is emerging as “the heart of our home” and our new kitchen, thanks to our remodel. Custom-made shaker style cabinets in a warm, livable gray color echo the simple and rustic [...]

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:53:39 +0000

Susan, your mountain hide-a-way sounds wonderful. I think it really pays to plan well, get multiple bids, and interview your contractors thoroughly. Sounds like you had a great one. Thanks for your great comment….VintageGardenGal

By: Susan (mother nature)@Bears Bend

Susan (mother nature)@Bears Bend — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:50:19 +0000

This is a beautiful, exciting, and monumental endeavour. We had to rebuild and remodel our home in Miami after Hurricane Andrew completely destroyed it. Even owning a Real Estate company and having Architectural and Construction experience, we had a horrible experience and said we would “never” build or remodel again. We certainly changed our mind when we bought 3.5 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains and decided we wanted a log type home. We interviewed builders and closely worked on plans and our final experience was extrodinarily good. Our property is on the down side of a mountain and we never experienced anything like this. The contractor was extremely accomodating stuck to our requirements to the letter and worked with us on everything. It took a little over a year to build and we only visited the site every three months. He opened a web site for us and took pictures and posted them to the site at each major change in construction. This was a wonderful idea, much better then when we were in the same city and had to fight with the contractor to do to the job . The experience of changing your home to accomodate yourselves, your needs and to still keep the aesthitics of the original structure is a very rewarding experience and I wish you the best of luck. And, I look forward to hearing about your experiences. Thanks for the advice about our chicks.

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:29:30 +0000

Stay tuned….thanks for you wonderful comment…VintageGardenGal

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:02:02 +0000

Oh how exciting! I can’t wait to see what you do. New to your blog, but loving it already.