The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
As we draw closer to the end of another year, it’s a time that many of us find ourselves thinking back over everything that happened. For us, it was a year of many “firsts”: our first year in our current beloved foursquare home, first time taking on a restoration of a home, as well as […]
We’ve officially decided to wait until Spring to finish sprucing-up our porch so that we can do everything necessary in one big push. Didn’t see that one coming, didja? (note: sarcasm). With that, we’re thinking ahead to the indoor projects we’d like to turn our attention to during this coming winter. We’re trying to keep […]
Two weekends ago our front porch was “jacked up” in the most literal sense: both in its bad sinking on one corner, and the jacks we used to support it when work was started to fix it. To bring y’all up to speed, when we bought our home we could see that the one corner […]
Going by the title of this post reading “front porch” and not “master bedroom”, you may be asking why we’re starting another project when you have yet to see the finished master bedroom and closet. You would be right to ask. We did finish the principal parts of the bedroom and managed to move ourselves […]
Can you believe it, folks?! Fall (and Fall decor) is officially upon us!…which I’m excited about because it is hands-down my favorite season! Fall has the perfect-temperature weather, blue skies, colorful leaves, lots of Autumn festivals (and auctions, hehe)…not to mention my birthday is in the Fall! ;) Just as we’re trading our blouses for […]
