Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture, part two
After just about a week of work, the full radiator cover/bookshelf combo is finished and installed. I think I started buying materials …
When it’s all over it just begins again: the master bedroom
We always joke that each room renovation in the last 22 months has been done a little better than the last. Which …
Covering the radiator in the nursery
You might remember the plan for a radiator box I had jotted down in my trusty home journal a few months ago …
Creating vital new storage in a small rowhouse
Our basement is so full of stuff right now. It’s the one part of the house that’s barely changed since we moved …
Pulling back the curtain on the nursery. Halfway.
If you keep tabs on me via Flickr or Facebook, you’ve seen the evidence popping up there already, but the nursery is …
I can’t figure out how to write a post title about stripping that’s not a double entendre
But stripping is what I’ve been doing for the last two weeks or so in the seemingly never-ending quest to remove all …
Basement renovation brainstorming
The basement renovation has begun. And by “begun the renovation” I mean that we’ve measured the space and started to toss around …
Almost ready to unveil the nursery…which will soon be home to…
A baby girl! We found out yesterday with our 20 week sonogram. Everything looks good, baby is healthy, mom is healthy, and …
Nearing the finish line on the baby bedroom
Progress is chugging along on the room I’m supposed to call the nursery, which still sounds a little weird to me. Maybe …
Bedroom dilemma: more construction time and brighter room, or quicker/cheaper completion?
Things are plugging along in the third bedroom, the soon-to-be nursery at the Old Rowhouse. But the recent work has left me …