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“It started with a fixer-upper and a willingness to try anything…”
Hi! We’re Cathy and Garrett…
…and we fix up old homes in Washington state. After a decade of honing our DIY skills in Seattle, we traded the hubbub of the city for the charm of small-town life. Now settled in our quaint hometown of Ellensburg, WA, we spend our days tackling DIY renovations, embracing a slower lifestyle, and wrangling our 3 kids and we share it all here on the Grit and Polish.
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our renovation projects…
we lovingly restored this beautiful 1912 farmhouse for 7 years while calling it home
Poplar Cottage Remodel
our smallest house and biggest remodel to date! This cute home will be open to guests
follow along as we turn our in-town fixer into our family’s ‘this stage of life’ home
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