Everyone tells you that renovating your house is a pain. They say that living in a construction zone is messy and hard. They say these things, but if you are sick of your house, you don’t care. You poo poo it, and say to yourself that it is bearable, because the end product is going …
Can we talk about bathrooms? Because that’s all I am thinking about these days. Well, not really. It’s what I am trying to force myself to think about to distract me from you know, the whole political climate, and what not. I don’t know about you, but I have spent many a day obsessing over …
We might have gone with our house in its current configuration, if not for the fact that our oldest daughter Sadie has been begging for her own room. My girls get along pretty well, but having your own space does become an issue when you are of “A certain age.” Sadie is eleven years old, …
Alright. Let’s talk details. Our home was actually built in 1891, and not in 1895 as I believed. That means that this ol’ place is 125 years old. Wow! The house is larger than the original footprint though, it’s been added onto at least once. According to county records, it looks like our home was …
The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! I was all excited to start November blogging every day. I believed that our renovation would be starting on the 1st, and it seemed to perfectly coincide. Ha. HA. HAHAHAHAHA! While doing some …
12 years ago today My husband Brett and I closed on our house. I have now lived on this spot on the planet longer than I have lived anywhere. That blows my mind! This is a picture of our house from quite a long time ago. Our house was built in 1895 and has all …
