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The Ongoing Saga of our Front Door and Entryway

Exterior ProjectsDecember 2, 2016366Views 0Likes 6Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Please click here to read our full disclosure. We have been working on and off on the front door and entryway for nearly 18 months. In most of my posts, I show off the street side of our house since it is complete. However, the main entrance of the house is…

No Longer The Greenest House in Town

Exterior ProjectsSeptember 13, 2016743Views 0Likes 34Comments

BHH must have been the greenest house in town, and possibly anywhere. Color me surprised (pun intended) when my neighbor, who knew Dorothy well, told me that blue was Dorothy's favorite color. Blue. Really? May I present some evidence to the contrary? Exhibits A-D The old living room: Dining room: The stair runner which continues throughout the hall upstairs: Sunporch: But nowhere…

Timber!

Exterior ProjectsOctober 30, 2015416Views 0Likes 13Comments

We are back from our vacation to Ireland. Wow! I hope to share some of our favorite photos in a future post, but for now it is business as usual. Wednesday, we arrived home to a power outage due to a major tree fall at our neighbor's house. Fortunately, their home was not damaged, and…

Slow as Molasses

Exterior ProjectsSeptember 9, 2015227Views 0Likes 6Comments

If this quiet blog is any indication, work around here has come to a near standstill. No news is supposed to be good news, but sometimes it is simply no news. Some of the kids and I traveled quite a bit in August. Since we were away from BHH more than we were home, projects remained…

One Thing Leads To Another

Exterior ProjectsAugust 17, 2015234Views 0Likes 8Comments

Last week was quite a week for BHH. First, one of the faucets fixtures on the clawfoot tub blew apart and sprayed water all over the upstairs bathroom. Fortunately, we were present, and we turned off the water immediately, so there was no damage other than a wet room. It is nearly impossible to damage…

Wrapping Up the Summer Projects

Exterior ProjectsAugust 5, 2015202Views 0Likes 5Comments

I want to say thank you for all of the kind feedback on last week's posts about the bumpy path that led us to Blake Hill House. All of those memories, good and bad, feel like they happened in a blink. My oldest, who was shown in the Lake Powell photo, is starting college at…