Our college-bound kid leaves for California on Friday. Even though he does not start school for about a month, he is going early to spend time with friends. This week, I will not be writing a regular post. Instead, I am helping him pack, and we are all spending time together before he leaves.
If you…
Last week, we kicked off our three-year "housiversary" with a post about the breakfast nook. This week, I head upstairs to a room that we have never shown on the blog. Now that I have just spent more than an hour fussing with camera settings and dealing with external flash woes, I know why. (Note…
A couple of weeks ago, I nonchalantly tacked onto the end of a post that we just passed the three-year anniversary of living in Blake Hill House. Three years! I asked you, our readers, what you wanted to see here on the blog. We received several answers in the comments section of that article and…
Living in a whole house restoration and renovation project has taught me a lot about letting go and living with things as-is. We move through our days dodging work zones and turning a blind eye to the unfinished projects. Lately, though, I have noticed that we are reaching a stage of this restoration and renovation…
Almost two years ago, I wrote a series of posts about cleaning and organizing the basement. I did not want to take you back down here, but one of our faithful readers asked me to (Hi Ame!), and it relates to yesterday's post about our summer project.
There are no new photos of the workroom, but…
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It is too dry to pull more weeds outdoors, so I am working on some easy indoor projects until the next rain storm.Â
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Throw pillows are expensive! As I was searching for pillows for the guest room, I had two problems:
1. I could not find exactly what I wanted in a…