The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
Some of you may have seen it through our Insta-stories, but huuuge progress was made in our kitchen this past week! For the first time in the 6 weeks since our dishwasher flooded, we now have a kitchen floor again! Would you believe this lovely Carrara marble-looking floor is vinyl?! Now we can walk around […]
Ahh yes, the kitchen floor…not our dining room. Our dining room restoration was going swell: we had run new electric, repaired the plaster, primed and painted the ceiling and walls, and hung a ceiling medallion and antique chandelier. Despite having crown molding, picture railing, and paint removal on the trim to still do, we moved […]
I know, I know, it’s the “B” word: “Budget”. It can feel like a daunting task when you feel unsure or stuck with how to decorate a room, let alone what your options are when you don’t want to, or can’t, spend a lot. Decorating your home on a budget can be a challenge, but […]
Lemme tell ya, restoring an old home or renovating a fixer upper is never a sprint, and always a marathon…unless you’re HGTV of course. Ugh. But our dining room renovation has been a work in progress from the time we moved in over a year-and-a-half ago. Within the first few months after moving in we took […]
We’re moving right along with our winter goals list and have been at work trying to figure out how to maximize the space available to us in our master closet (which used to be the spare “oom” – read more about the renovation here). It’s a good-sized room and we have been using it for […]
