The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
After all our progress with our floors and then the bit of a break from house projects the holidays provided, this past weekend we were ready to jump back in with the next project: painting our living room. [learn how to prep a room before painting] For the most part, I feel rather confident when […]
Happy 2016 y’all! Hope everyone’s year is off to a good start. So far ours has been a gain in square footage – for the first time since we moved into our home 2 months ago, we are able to exist on the main floor! With the exception of our kitchen, we have been living […]
A deadline is sometimes the best kick-in-the-butt you need to get something done. Right now we’re kicking it into gear with getting our floor sanding done as we’ve scheduled to have the floors stained on Tuesday. As in, the 22nd. As in…tomorrow. Yikes. Note: This post was intended to go up this past Monday (21st), but […]
After many hour scraping (and aching), it has come to my attention that to remove wallpaper means to be in battle. I feel like I need to give a general PSA about this: if you are considering using wallpaper, for the love of all that is good, DON’T. Those pretty wallpapers that lure you in […]
Yes fellow Doctor Who geeks, we went completely Dalek on our built-ins. (go here for “before” pix) Cue the carnage: Karl unbolting the pipe from the 100+ year-old floors me, taking off the hinged radiator covers #ijustwantplaster the radiator is frreeeeeee! Trust me when I say this: it looks SO. MUCH. BETTER. The room feels […]
