01/08/2018
Are you guys ready to talk about my favorite subject of all time? PAINT!! I can’t count the number of posts I’ve written on this subject but I feel like there is always something awesome to share. Renovating the Merc has
01/03/2018
Thanks to Home Depot and Andersen Windows for partnering with me on this post! Guys, are you ready to dive into the world of windows? This is a whole universe that I had very little knowledge of before I had
12/27/2017
Guys, we are in the throws right now. I thought things were stressful when the renovation started, I thought they were stressful when we started DIYing stuff, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT STRESS WAS. We’re about a month out from move in
12/14/2017
Let’s get painting now, everyone is learning how, come on and get painting with meeeeeeeee! (I literally don’t know why everytime I sat down to write this post that song pops into my head, maybe because the Beach Boys were
12/07/2017
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, one of our biggest frustrations with the Merc is the road it’s on, more specifically the road noise. Couple that with the fact that the original windows are only
12/01/2017
Oh man alive this post has been a long time coming, and the craziest part is that we’re still not done with the doors. But lets get the ball rolling anyways yes? If you remember, we’ve talked about doors before
11/27/2017
When we took the stucco off of the brick section we didn’t know what we’d find underneath, and we CERTAINLY didn’t know that we’d find the original sign. There was plaster that was stuck to the front of it that
11/21/2017
RIP to the most offensive paint job to have EVER EVER existed. The stucco is finally on the Merc! Well, sort of. The brown coat is on at the Merc! I can’t even begin to tell you how dang exciting it
11/20/2017
We all know that Courtney Gubler is near perfect. He’s a supportive husband, he’s a fun dad, he’s handy and is definitely the better half of this marriage. But Court Gubler has a flaw. One we’ve known about for a
11/10/2017
Removing drywall dust from walls before you paint, is up there with the west jobs EVER. Its labor intensive, frustrating, and dirty. But I’ve got a trick that is going to blow your mind. It’s crazy, but it works. When