Welcome to our week 7 recap! I’m writing this a few days later since it’s been a busy couple days – which makes it harder to actually remember what happened. But when I look back on the pictures, it has been a pretty crazy week. So much happened and with even more progress. Every time…
I’ve been itching to make scones for several weeks now – and today was the day. When I put up my Christmas tree last week, I felt like I had some gingerbread scones on the brain. But with Thanksgiving happening, I pulled a switcheroo and went with some pumpkin. I am not a “pumpkin” person…
Welcome to the Week 6 recap. It feels like a big week of change – but maybe not. When I stand on the lot, it feels like things are really happening. After months of talk about things hypothetically, we are actually seeing the fruition of our conversations and plans. When we did the demo, it…
One of the things that I’m pretty stuck on is not wanting a house that feels new. Thankfully, the bones of this house are 100+ years old. My hope is that even with all the “cosmetic surgery” we are doing, you’ll still feel like the house is super old … but not from poor insulation…
The house has this original 1900s-ish era fireplace. You could see it in a lot of family pictures. But admittedly, there wasn’t much special about it except it’s age and emotional significance. Those are both important factors to be clear, but when making decisions about the future of those house… they don’t necessarily win out.…
Oh Week 5. You were a real gem. We had an ant infestation, beams all the way until the house, and found a lucky penny. All winners – even the ants. There wasn’t a whole ton to describe this week because it could mainly be summarized as: (1) try to fix crooked stuff and (2)…
Everyone loves a good before and after shot right? This project will have probably about a million of those – but the very first one came over the summer. After years of just hanging out, all of the overgrowth on the lot needed to go. I’m a saver / restorer by heart … but even…
Welcome to Week 4! It’s pretty funny to me that one of the contractors I talked to said this was a 4 month project… and while I found that hard to believe then, it’s laughable now. Silly you. This week was really all about telling me how things weren’t perfect. If the first couple weeks…
I had broccoli cheddar soup the other day for lunch and it was pretty solid – but like grocery store solid, not like “make at home” solid. It reminded me that I had this recipe flagged from last winter but had not gotten around to it. To be clear, this is absolutely not a broccoli…
I told my contractor last week that I was a “big front door person”. I’m not exactly sure what that translates to but I think it is the truth. Here’s how I break down my interest in front doors: I prefer to use them over side doors / back doors to enter a house I…
