renovating a townhouse & raising twins
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It’s done! The house is painted! Our ugly duckling has really come into her own. Here’s what the house looked like shortly before the painters arrived. Not bad, eh? When I last told you about painting, we were eight samples deep in our quest for the perfect gray and crossing our fingers for lucky…
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Has the neon bandwagon stopped at your house? I hopped on a while back with these: Then it rolled through again and I made these wrapped branches. My wrapping streak started on one of countless trips to Home Depot to pick up supplies for who knows what project around here. I spotted rolls of…
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We’ve been hard at work turning our backyard into someplace we actually like to spend time. Our little oasis, if you will, and every oasis needs water. We had “some sort of water feature” on our wish list from the start, but it took a while to settle on the right kind for us. Our criteria (in…
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I believe I mentioned I have a thing for contact paper (Yep. Mm-hmm.) I’m back at it, this time sprucing up our entry way. When we moved in, there was a small coat closet immediately inside the front door. Here’s the only photo we have of that situation. (Sorry, Sweetheart.) As you can see, the…
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Since we’re having the house painted (in two days!), I’ve been thinking about what to do for a house number. Here’s the standard issue that came with the place. That was ripped off nearly immediately during initial demo. Then we went without a house number for a while, relying on the prominently…
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OK, folks, it’s decision time. Big time decision time. This isn’t the minor leagues, deciding what color to spray paint a flea market knick-knack or even choosing colors for a room. Those can be undone fairly easily. Oh no, I’m venturing into a 5-7 year paint commitment. As I previously revealed…
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When we started the home buying process in 2008, we were pretty sure we were condo people. For one thing, we loved the idea of a nice spacious balcony with lush potted plants, but shuddered at the thought of caring for a real yard. We had a yard at our first place together. Let’s just say the…
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You know when you finally resolve a small but lingering irritation in your home and it feels disproportionately thrilling? Like when organizing the utensil drawer or getting that rug to stop slipping feels almost as good as, say, painting a room or something that just seems like a much bigger deal?…
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I thought I’d never utter such a phrase, but I am bursting with excitement about our curb appeal. At least the potential ; it still looks a little sad at the moment. But soon, friends, soon I will feel less shame. And that’s an improvement. Some background: When we assumed ownership of our house in…
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I recently purchased this mirror to fill what has been an irksome empty wall space in our living room. But I’m conflicted. photo from Home Depot On the one hand, it’s a pretty decent looking sunburst mirror, it fits the space well, and it was very reasonably priced. That’s a lot of look for $35…