Laura Rodgers
The best journey takes you home!
We are home! The weekend before Thanksgiving the chaos began! My sweet home is near finished and with the grace of God and a whole lot of...
LIFE ON MAIN STREET
Laura Rodgers
- Nov 18, 2021
The Weekend is Almost Here!
So, this is what happens when all the stops are pulled to get your house ready to be moved into and your hardwood floors still need...
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Laura Rodgers
- Oct 15, 2021
"Do Something Good For Yourself Today"....Virginia Madsen'
In case you are wondering, no, we are not yet back in our house. Yes, I am struggling with being patient. It has now been just about 13...
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Laura Rodgers
- Aug 18, 2021
A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What can I say, we are still waiting for the house to be completed. Although, much has been done these past few weeks, it feels like so...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jul 9, 2021
“Faith can unlock doors you never even knew existed.”― Gift Gugu Mona, The Essence of Faith: Daily
The last few weeks have been a lot about faith when it comes to our sweet little home. As now 10 months have passed, I have to say the...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jun 6, 2021
Bad News - Good News
Sometimes it just feels like I’m living in an HGTV Show. It’s been 10 months since we moved out of our home and started renovations. I am...
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Laura Rodgers
- Apr 25, 2021
Uniquely Mine
What a crazy month it has been. The house is looking more and more like a house! I thought that I would give you all a little sneak peek...
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Laura Rodgers
- Mar 29, 2021
Slow progress is still Progress!
Over the last few weeks Jim and I have watched our demoed little mud pit become the framed-out workings of our home again. And yes, after...
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Laura Rodgers
- Feb 14, 2021
Pewabic Tile: Detroit's Art Treasure
Renovating our house has brought on many discussions of design, history, and the combination of both. Some of these conversations have...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jan 23, 2021
There's a world out there. Open a window and it's there. Robin Williams
The last couple of weeks have brought some new changes to the house. One of the rooms that Jim and I love the most is the “Lake Room.” It...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jan 2, 2021
New Year, New House!
Happy New Year Everyone! It has been a while since I have updated this blog. I missed my house this holiday season but then again there...
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Laura Rodgers
- Nov 30, 2020
Sometimes it is hard to visit....
I thought it might be time for an update. I have to tell you that some days it is hard for me to visit our house. Jim and I went up to...
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Laura Rodgers
- Nov 6, 2020
What happened to my bedroom floor?
The progress I see each time I visit our house is both amazing and frightening. Today we met with our contractor, Sam Moraco, and faced a...
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Laura Rodgers
- Oct 25, 2020
What a difference a couple of weeks makes
So it has been a couple of weeks since I last gave an update and so much demolition has occurred. It seems as if every floor is gone,...
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Laura Rodgers
- Oct 4, 2020
Old houses are full with memories and that's why they resist to collapse! ........Mehmet Murat Ildan
It seemed to me that most of the projects I had personally seen up until this point in my life, involved more renovation than...
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Laura Rodgers
- Sep 28, 2020
Sometimes, all you can do is say "Wow."
So much was done this week on the house. Jim and I stopped on Saturday and really, all we could do was say, Wow! I think we said it at...
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Laura Rodgers
- Sep 21, 2020
And so it begins...
Just like that, our belongings were moved into a POD and they were whisked away for safe keeping. The POD was delivered on a Thursday,...
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Laura Rodgers
- Aug 17, 2020
When life gets to be too much, hit the pause button and pick some blueberries.
I have decided that renovations are not for the faint of heart….nor is the planning for renovations. Did you know that lumber prices have...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jul 25, 2020
"Renovating not only restores the house but restores the story of the home" Ty McBride
It’s been awhile since I have been able to add a post. The beginning of July met with many wonderful days and nights as my family came...
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Laura Rodgers
- Jun 23, 2020
“Everything happens in the kitchen. Life happens in the kitchen.” – Andrew Zimmern
It is a cool night here in Clarkston, tonight. The kind of night that Michigan is known for. A night where a sweatshirt is required and a...
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