The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
In the ongoing project of refinishing our floors, there are certain things that we had to decide whether or not they needed to go. One major decision of something to keep or not were these built-ins. Now one may look at them and go, “oh, but those look ok”, “ooo, window seat!” or “shelves are […]
Have you ever gotten to a point where you’ve just had enough with how bad something looks in your house that you one day decide “screw research or planning”, brandish your paint brush and tools and tackle it? That’s what just happened when I declared war on our faux brick chimney. It’s actually where the […]
The first week we lived in our new home was an adventure, and not just in doing floor sanding for the first time. We had gone to settlement with our cars packed with clothes, tools, cleaning supplies, food, bedsheets, pillows, and an air mattress. With the exception of a special haul by Karl’s parents with […]
I finally get to show y’all the “butler’s pantry” today and the work I’ve done so far to clean and restore the old wood in it! This room, along with the entryway/vestibule, makes my heart go pitter-patter. Both these rooms hearken to a bygone time that I want to bring back to its fullness in […]
Yup, you read that right! We found a house! If you’ve been here a little bit, you knew from this post, and this, and this…that Karl and I have been searching for our first home for a loooong time. This home was truly worth the wait though. It is our dream home that we never […]
