The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
Last week as we were making some great headway in our dining room renovations, we had what one could call a series of unfortunate events. It involved our kitchen, basement, electrical, and dishwasher. …and water. Lots of dirty water. The events started as I was doing the exciting task of washing dishes in the sink. […]
Our dining room renovation is under-way and, dare I say it…going fast! See what we accomplish in Week 2 and what our dining room plans are. It started last weekend with wiring the electric for a switch and the antique crystal chandelier with the help of our friend Keith. It’s a good thing he was […]
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 […]
This past Winter we had six house projects we wanted to tackle. One never happened because we didn’t find an antique pedestal sink (boo), and another is still in the planning stages. However, most were successfully completed (go, us!). . Let’s see what we managed from that list: 1. Replace Vestibule & Bay Window Lights Done […]
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 […]
