Yikes – what have I actually been doing? It’s been a month and there are no pictures on the walls, nor shades on the lamps. I’ll tell you what I’ve been doing… yard work. There has been limited progress indoors for several reasons of which one is that I’m not currently employed … and the…
Obviously a house is never really done – ever. That is one of the great and terrible things about houses. You can and will always change things. But, there is kind of a baseline that might be needed for “stable” home decor. Like each room kind of needs to have a rug and lighting and…
Yikes – it’s been quite awhile. I’ve been doing a lot – and not – all at once. It feels like I’m in this phase of home ownership where I do something and then wait for the results of it. Two weeks ago I sprayed the crab grass… I’ve had to wait for all the…
It has been quite a while since my last batch of scones. I just haven’t really been cooking much this summer – and I normally make scones when I’m having people over for breakfast. My traditional scone recipe is rather intensive. It yields incredible results – but you are at it for a while. Lots…
I’m just going to start by saying that I’m very pleased with my tomatoes this year. Of course I have too many – but I’m incredibly pleased with the varieties for this year. It’s a Grade A+ assortment. Not to be outdone, the flowers are also putting on quite a show. It’s like the whole…
I need a new sofa for this beloved stress trap of a house. I need it so that I can decorate and organize around it. It feels like an incredibly fundamental next step in getting this project closer to that non-existent, “You are never really done” finish line. Just like all of the other amazing…
I feel as though finding a mirror is either incredible easy or damn near impossible. I put it akin to when you hear someone speaks five languages and are so impressed and then their response is “it just comes easy to me”. For the three bathrooms in the house, they each presented totally different mirror…
Yikes – it’s been awhile since the last update. Maybe at this point they need to be monthly posts? There just isn’t enough happening to warrant weekly. So what has happened in the last week? A major heat wave. As a result, pretty much nothing else. I haven’t been that inspired to move anything because…
Well this was a big week. Monday = Window cleaning + bonus electrical happened in the cellar Tuesday = movers showed up + first pizza delivery to the house Wednesday = screens went in windows Thursday = more boxes unpacked Friday = my birthday In addition to that, I discovered a bunch of boxes and…
I turned 35 this week – and it went totally fine. There are no secrets about my life really. I’m not married, I don’t have kids. I haven’t adopted a dog. It’s really me and Eleanor the cat. Sometimes I’m insecure about that and other times I relish in the selfishness of my life. I…
