Well, I caved and merged two weeks. In my defense, they were light weeks so it didn’t feel like I was missing the opportunity to share a million pictures or updates about pocket doors. I could just summarize week 11 by saying – too cold. I ended up being home from work two days this…
I am rather firmly planted in the online shopping camp. My Amazon shopping history includes everything from batteries, to paper plates, to kayak paddles. But, you really can’t buy kitchen appliances online. Or at least I can’t. I need to see all the nooks, crannies, and details of my big purchase before I pull the…
Week 10 might be one of the biggest weeks we’ve had so far. So much happened – and the things that happened really signaled strong progress. Strong progress = happy homeowner = less stuff in storage… in the hopefully not so distant future. We are almost getting to a point where we are running out…
I’ll be honest. I’m writing week 9 while we are in week 10 – but both weeks are so good that they deserve to be on their own. Maybe in week 21 I’ll change my mind and start merging things again. BUT, week 9. We started the back deck and I died with excitement. Not…
I’m meeting with a new potential kitchen designer in a few days. During our initial conversation, it was interesting to reflect on how far this new potential design is from the old one. A world of difference and I love it. This new kitchen placement just feels so much more natural to me. As a…
One of the best features of this house has been sticking around for over 100 years – the stairs. You can’t build stairs like this. Well, you can – but it just would not be the same. I’ve loved these stairs from the beginning. I love the two landings. I love the window at the…
How is it week 8? It feels like it should be both week 3 and week 12 all at once. This was a bit of a slower week with Thursday being a holiday. I haven’t been able to really get back inside the house because all the ladders are actually inside the house and I…
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…
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…
