home improvements slideshow

Our family's Christmas presents to us this year were several projects for our new home in Georgia. Our sons worked on clearing the backyard fence and trees of some pesky monster vines, possibly English ivy - no one seems to know for sure. The last of the vines were cut at the bottom of the trees about 2 months ago now, and the vines still look green and healthy - maybe in another month they will die. Another project was to repair/replace the flooring at the entrance. The previous owner had cats which did not know how to use the litter box. So the floor at the entrance and coat closet had cat urine soaked into the sub-flooring. Josh and Stephen cut out and replaced the sub-floor and by the end of the week, Stephen was able to finish installing a new porcelain tile floor. We really enjoy the look of the tile and it blends very well with our stone fireplace in the living room.