The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
If you’re not familiar with it, every Fall and Spring the website Calling it Home hosts what is called the One Room Challenge. Hundreds of gluttons for punishment volunteer bloggers join in to completely transform a whole room in a mere 6 weeks. This year of the Fall 2017 ORC was no small exception for some […]
This entire past weekend I have been researching wood curtain rod brackets for our dining room. Yes. Brackets. Fun…it was not. But eye opening into my psyche when it comes to how I’m suddenly leaning towards breaking my own budget rules for fancy things? Yes. Which is why I am letting you guys into my […]
Never before have I been able to find not just one, but the TWO main pieces of obscure furniture for a particular room in such a short time. In this case, two pieces that seemed to only vaguely live in my design dreams for the dining room. …And that they were in my price range….AND […]
We’ve been covering a lot of ground these last few weeks in designing and remodeling your unique kitchen. It’s hard, right? So much ridiculous thought and detail has to go into it that it can make you feel a bit batty if you’re asked to make one more frickin’ decision between brass or copper door […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our small kitchen and what to do with it since losing a wall of cabinets. Because our kitchen is the hub of our home, I’ve been putting time into researching and planning to try and get it as functional for us as humanly possible (and without spending a […]
