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The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 3

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 19, 2017346Views 0Likes 20Comments

If the six weeks of the One Room Challenge was a complete lifetime, birth to death, week three would be the angsty teen years. This week, I questioned everything about our project. Is it too much for six weeks? Will I finish? When will I find the right color of paint? Everyone is looking at…

An End-of-Season Exterior Update

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceOctober 17, 2017330Views 0Likes 17Comments

I am taking a short detour from posts about the One Room Challenge because it is finally time for a positive update about the exterior of BHH. At the beginning of the summer, I was a starry-eyed dreamer, expecting to call a contractor or two, and poof! All of my wishes would be fulfilled. I…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 2

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 12, 2017297Views 0Likes 20Comments

This week's crisis of faith is brought to you by an on-line paint visualizer. Monday, was all about progress progress progress. I felt fantastic. After a full day of work, I finished priming the walls. I thought to myself; This project is going to be a piece of cake. And the universe smiled, patted me on the…

Restoring Antique Hardware

MaintenanceOctober 10, 2017751Views 0Likes 9Comments

While I am working away on the Breakfast Nook for the One Room Challenge, I find myself grateful for two particular things: The room is small (unlike the library that we restored for the spring One Room Challenge) and, The breakfast nook only has one paint-covered sash window. The upper full-turn fastener holds the original storm…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 1

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 5, 2017531Views 0Likes 40Comments

The calendar goes 'round and 'round, and here we are back in October, Week 1 of the fall One Room Challenge™. I feel like we are still recovering from the spring ORC. Remember way back in May when we worked like dogs to get the library finished on time? All that blood, sweat, and tears…

30 Projects in 30 Days: The Finale

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceOctober 3, 2017397Views 0Likes 16Comments

That's a wrap, folks! The 2017, 30 Projects in 30 Days challenge is over. Here at BHH, it was mostly a success even though we did not get everything marked off the to-do list, and we had to work all the way into the 32nd day of September. How does that poem go? Thirty-two days hath September... Before I…