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Girl’s Bedroom: Week 9 – The Closet

Living & Decor, MaintenanceMarch 24, 2016237Views 0Likes 10Comments

For all of the area school kids, this week is Spring Break. My kids are not in traditional school, but it does lighten up our schedule. Many of their normal activities observe Spring Break and they go on hiatus. That means I have a lot less driving to do, and I have more time to…

First Project of 2016

Living & Decor, Maintenance, Respectful RenovationJanuary 6, 2016244Views 0Likes 4Comments

This week we are starting our first project of 2016. When we moved into Blake Hill House, Andy and I agreed that we should get the kids' rooms done as soon as possible. The two back bedrooms meant for our middle boys were completely unusable. During the time that we were repairing plaster and bringing…

The Basement: Organized and Ready

Living & Decor, MaintenanceNovember 19, 2015423Views 0Likes 6Comments

If you missed the other posts about the basement, you will find them here: The Basement Plan, Sorting and Tossing, and Trouble and Treasures. I set aside the entire month of November to complete this project, but here it is, mid-month, and the basement is ready ahead of schedule. I could get used to this. The initial…

The Basement: Troubles and Treasures

Living & Decor, MaintenanceNovember 18, 2015202Views 0Likes 4Comments

The basement project is almost done. I will post the big reveal tomorrow. I am still taking photos and removing the last of the garbage. Today, I thought I would share a short post about some of the treasures and the troubles that we found in the basement. The treasures were happy accidents, and identifying problems…

The Basement: Sorting and Tossing

Living & Decor, MaintenanceNovember 11, 2015198Views 0Likes 4Comments

{On This Veteran's Day, let us remember their service, past and present. Thank you to all of our Veterans. We appreciate your sacrifice.} We are in the "getting worse before it gets better stage" of the basement clean-up and organizing project. This is also the stage in which I am having to make some hard decisions…

It’s Dark. It’s Spooky.

Living & Decor, MaintenanceNovember 5, 2015356Views 0Likes 4Comments

For the next month, I am turning my attention to the belly of Blake Hill House: As creepy as our basement is, I could have made this project into a whole October Halloween promotion bonanza, but my marketing buzzwords for this blog seem to be missed opportunity and regret, and I am following my marketing…