Good news on the bathroom. Drywall is done. Taping and texturing—done. Priming—finished today. Tomorrow paint—on ceiling and upper walls. I’ve decided put a beadboard wainscot on the walls, repeating the pre-existing … Read more…
Jerry, my contractor, asked for two weeks off so he could work on other jobs. This is the second week. Actually, I’m glad, I needed a timeout. I’ve been doing … Read more…
Well, we’re in—more or less. We’ve still got a lot of stuff in boxes with no place to put it, as the reno is still in progress. We now (as … Read more…
I’ve been running around like a chicken…so sorry for the slow updates… I finished painting the upstairs bedroom that will be my new office. Here are shots of work-in-progress. I love this room. … Read more…
I’m not fond of breaking things. So demo day (June 20th) is not my favorite time. The plus side is that my (I hesitate to call it mine) gross kitchen … Read more…
I’m under the gun now to get as much of the painting done before the demo starts (maybe next week?) and I lose the kitchen sink. I first painted the … Read more…
I’ve been meeting with a lot of different people in the last couple of weeks—a revolving door of tradespeople— contractors, the landscape maintenance guy, the floor refinisher, the gutter guy, … Read more…
We got the keys last Friday! Yay! Since Monday we’ve been cutting back the overgrown jungle of a yard to discover the underlying landscape design that the previous owners left … Read more…
What do Sarah Richardson (Canadian interior designer extraordinaire) and Craigslist have in common? Well, for me it’s clawfoot tubs. If you saw Sarah’s House on HGTV a couple of years … Read more…