More on the kitchen floor project
The kitchen floors are almost done, just one coat of poly shy of being totally complete. They wrapped things up on Friday, …
Thankful for Friends
As you may know, this house purchase and subsequent renovation have been full of unexpected hiccups and delays. As we prepare to …
Kitchen floors well on their way
To the guy at Universal Floors who told me that the cheaper pine floors in our kitchen “would never look very good” …
Pantry is in, pocket door fits perfectly
The pantry has been enclosed and drywalled, with our lucky find pocket door installed. It works like a charm. The trim will …
Ah, now that’s the right color
We asked our floor guy to give us a natural, clear finish upstairs and a darker finish downstairs, but we didn’t get …
Lessons From My Parents
You may have heard that Mom, Dad, sister and bro came up last week (bro only for 48 hours, really) to help …
Well, hello beautiful
It’s been a long time since anyone has seen just how purty you are. Glad to be bringing you back to life. …
Living room pictures
Before and after
What a week, what a family
After tomorrow afternoon, the weeklong blitz will be complete — though the work is far from over. This seven day period that …
We’re making so much progress, we just don’t have time to write about it or take enough photos
This is really just the tip of the iceberg. After tearing the plaster ceiling out of two rooms on Saturday and Sunday …