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 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…
I’m losing track of time. I think we might technically have wrapped week 3? Yes, I’m going with that. Week 1 = Demo started on October 6 … but was supposed to start that Monday Week 2 = More demo Week 3 = Demo finished and leveling began In the last two weeks, we went…
I’m into this thing that I call “window moments”. It makes me feel a little ridiculous even talk about. The translation of “window moments” is essentially “beautiful, thoughtful windows”. You know it when you look at a house. It either just sings, or it looks like a house with windows. I spend a fair amount…
I still have a pretty big backlog of posts that could be written – but since we are officially one week into this project for real – as opposed to for fake…. let’s summarize what’s happened. After a series of false starts, the demo officially started last Wednesday! When I had been invisioning this day,…
I’m supposed to be writing a post about windows right now but it is just not very inspiring. Windows are super important but I’d rather think of something fun and enticing. So that’s how we landed powder rooms. Also known as a half bathroom. Also known as where you run to after speeding into the…
Oh shutters! Be still my beating heart. There are many things that I love about my old house – but the shutters are my jam. The current shutters are a majestic and deep shade of green. To add a little more charm, the shutters have little pine trees on them. I think I looked past…
