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Budget Breakdown + All the Times I Changed My Mind in the Scary Bathroom

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 27, 2018342Views 0Likes 15Comments

I hope all of my American friends had a nice Thanksgiving. This year, we invited friends over, and we had a low-key, no-fuss celebration. The Christmas decorations have made their way upstairs from the basement, and Hannukah starts in less than a week. The whoosh that is the rest of 2018 is officially here. Also,…

The Front Door: I Think We Are Painting It.

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationAugust 21, 2018697Views 0Likes 37Comments

Perhaps the title of this post caught your attention. We are painting the front door? Well, maybe. Andy and I have been working on the front door, on-and-off, since the summer of 2015. Probably the most important post that we wrote was how ice dams damaged the door and how we fixed it. That post started the…

A Fresh Coat of Paint is Like an Eraser

Living & Decor, MaintenanceJanuary 17, 2018188Views 0Likes 14Comments

The progress is steady in my closet. I have been posting real-time updates on our Instagram story, but it is hard to describe tasks in ten-second segments. Right now, the project is on target for a reveal next week. It's time. Ten days in, and I am good and tired of seeing the mini explosion of…

Wrapping Up 2017 – A Project Report

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, MaintenanceDecember 21, 2017226Views 0Likes 8Comments

Hanukkah is behind us, and Christmas is knocking at the door. During 2017, we passed the three-year mark of owning BHH. As far as planning went, my to-do list was not as well-formed as it was in past years. Still, we managed to make a dent in it, and I offer this post as a year-in-review. Before…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Reveal!

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 16, 20172KViews 0Likes 104Comments

The past seven weeks went by in a flash. Moments of quiet and slow with my paintbrush merged with the fast lane of getting everything finished on time. As usual, I was tapping the walls with a touch-up brush and fussing with the decor until the last second. Now that it is finally reveal day,…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 4

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 26, 2017306Views 0Likes 20Comments

I promise not to make this entire post about paint colors, but ugh! The breakfast nook is only 10'X4.5'. Why is it taking so long to paint? How is it that I have worked every spare moment of the past three weeks, and I have so little to show for it? These are questions for…