We’re starting on a new project!
These are the befores:
OK, these are really more “the durings” at this point. The carpet is already ripped out. Most of the furniture and junk has been moved out.
The wheels are turning as we’re trying to figure out how we’re going to turn this mess into something beautiful.
We’ve got our work cut out for us this time, same as always!

Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.