“The Summer of George”
Though we’ve had enough time to write lately, we just haven’t had enough time to do any projects TO write about. (I …
Small projects make a big difference: repainting the fireplace
It’s awesome to have a fireplace in your living room, right? Cozy fires in the winter and saving money on gas bills …
A Cheerful Place (Unveiling the Nursery, Part Two)
(Read part one.) We’ve come a long way in the third bedroom — now the nursery — since we first saw the house …
Get yer basement stairs refreshed, now with more storage!
Our basement stairway has been a sore sight for as long as we’ve owned the house. All the same layers of wallpaper …
Oh, right, we never unveiled Lily’s new room!
This is going to probably turn into several posts for a few reasons: because we’re not getting any new projects done these …
A 360 view of blowing stuff up
Our neighborhood in DC, like many neighborhoods across the District, turns into a something akin to a warzone around July 4th. Before …
Finding a solution for the roof hatch and finishing it up
For the hatch that leads to the roof on the sleeping porch, I was having a hard time figuring out how to …
In which I learned that I was actually building a boudoir
At some point during the long slog through this upstairs sleeping porch project, maybe while picking out light fixtures for the ceiling, …
And we’re back! Plus one
It’s been a few weeks but we’re back online and ready to unveil a few finished projects and tell a few house …
Poppin’ and lockin’ (and polishin’)
Note: Uh, yeah, so we had our baby just a few hours after I wrote this post but before I could get …