We are getting closer and closer to putting down some roots at this house. Landscaping roots that is. I have a love hate relationship with landscaping. One of the reason’s I moved from the city was to garden and more easily get my hands covered in dirt. That being said, I don’t like things that…
I made a list yesterday of all the lighting fixtures / options that I need to pick out and buy. How it is possible that there are still so many things to select? Yes, I get it. We took absolutely everything out of this house except the stairs… so of course I have to pick…
I realized this week that thinking about tile work very legitimately raises my heart rate. I was at the dentist last week and the hygienist was like “hi yeah, you need to get this under control. you are 34. did you eat Chinese food last night? or are you under a lot of stress?”. The…
I’ve been to the tile store I think like 5 times now. I have rather legitimately changed my mind each time I went to the store. Fundamentally, the design is the “same” but I always come away with something slightly different. I’m an iterative person so this isn’t super surprising to me but I really…
Let’s do some quick math. 28 divided by 4 is 7. So we are 7 months into this project as of now. A whole lot of that time has been spent on rebuilding this house from it’s slightly dilapidated state…. and now it looks brand new. At this point, it feels like there is both…
Yowzers. This was quite the week. It’s getting redundant to say that each week feels like the house is becoming more real. First the walls, then the plaster… and now it’s all the trim. Things that happened finished plastering started to install 2 sub pumps hung all the doors installed all the trim on the…
I’m really beginning to love this bathroom. I have always liked the big natural light coming in during the day, but as the design takes shape more… I’m falling in love with it. And – the most recent piece of the puzzle makes me even more confident – for now…. at least. I found a…
This uneven, crooked old beach house …. is really starting to look like a house people can live in again. This wasn’t a huge week for house progress but it was a huge week for me sending emails. Turns out the most responsive people in the world are shower door salespeople. Man, they really want…
I love this house. I really do. I am so excited for almost each and every corner of it. I love each wall. I love all the windows. I still love the front door. I very much love the tub. But, just as much as I once hated shower valves and bathtubs. I now hate vanities.…
Candidly I’m having a hard time designing the master bathroom. I literally have no vision for it. I know what the first floor bathroom looks like. I know what the hall bathroom looks like. I have no idea about the master bathroom. I love my tub. I like the windows. I have zero vision for…
