So the house is not done. Theoretically, a house is never done right? Always a little project in the works. But – I’m feeling incredibly conflicted about the fact a moving truck is showing up tomorrow with a shit ton of stuff. You’d think I would be so excited and bouncing off the walls. It’s…
It’s been quite a hot second since the last garden update… and things are doing well. I hate to say “Great” because I feel like that is the fastest way to jinx anything – especially a garden. So how are things going? Pretty solid. Last year there was this period of crazy rain the first…
This beautiful house that we’ve designed and built has two glass shower doors. I remember during the design phase it was something that both architects called out. “Are you okay with glass shower doors?” I might have hesitated briefly but said I was fine with it. In the long run I absolutely am, but in…
Hey, remember when I said we’d have an occupancy permit two weeks ago? I was a liar. This is why you shouldn’t have expectations. It was an especially quiet week at the house. I feel like I really need to push to close out this last phase. I don’t need everything 100% complete but I…
It really feels like a lifetime since I did a recipe post – but here we are … and I have one. Actually I have several but here is just the one I can write up right now. This recipe also comes with me admitting something. I might like Oreos. I’m always a proponent of…
… otherwise known as when I held my brother and his girlfriend hostage… and made them do everything I wanted to do. But actually, it was a really great day. One of these days I’ll have to actually stick around the island for more than 24 hours and relax more – but until then, I’m…
So if this house was a baby, we would be ready to deliver…. and since this house is my baby… that is actually close to true. According to Jim the Contractor, we should have an occupancy permit in the next week (or so). This was a pretty weird week given the big holiday smack in…
Sometimes during this project, I’ve reflected back on the moment where I lost it on the streets of Somerville. It’s comical to me at this point that I lost it so early on in this process. Nothing had even happened yet. We hadn’t discovered a rotting foundation. I hadn’t seen bill after bill after bill.…
Oh the hardware. The decision to save the hardware last Fall was rather last minute. I thought about it a few times and almost didn’t do it. There were A LOT of handles to remove. But it turns out, it is very fast work. All you need to do is just borrow your dad’s power…
One of the best parts of this project has been the revitalization of the stairs. I’ve always been intent on saving them. I love standing on the landing and looking out across the “parlor”. In some ways it feels like the soul of the house. A couple months back, I did a retrospective of the…
