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The finished house: Blood, sweat, tears, paint, and beers
Nearly every day, I browse lovely sites and blogs featuring beautifully styled homes photographed in bright, natural light. They contain hard to come by vintage chairs whose owners have somehow picked them up at flea markets for pennies. Hand loomed rugs with ridiculous price … Continue reading
Posted in The End
Tagged back in the day, bathroom, Before and After, decisions, done, paint, repairs, second floor, the end, third floor
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Waiting for my porcelain luxury
I wanted to call this bathroom update, “Slowly Making Progress” but then I thought, who am I to judge the timeline and the speed of the work? I’m not the one really doing the work. And more importantly, it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in I Can See The End
Tagged back in the day, bathroom, Before and After, decisions, grey, paint, third floor, walls, white
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An endless supply of Scary Closets
Oh, hey, what’s that over there in the corner of the bedroom? A ball of dog hair and dust the size of a tumbleweed? No, not that, the other thing. Oh! A door! Well where does it lead? You don’t know? … Continue reading
Posted in I Can See The End
Tagged arms, Before and After, paint, painting, progress, scary closet, stairs, wallpaper, walls
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Spring colors
Spring has not sprung in New England. But that doesn’t matter. We’re still excited to try out some lovely colors on the exterior of this old, brown, peeling lady.
How do I get to my blog? What’s the password?
I got left at home this fine Saturday morning when Lou went to Home Depot, so here I am, on the blog of all places. We have fun house guests visiting (and I don’t mean the appliances hanging out in … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged dark, drywall, grey, kitchen, living room, paint, update, walls
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Part I: The rental unit, aka back ache and blisters
Finally! After five months, and a few extra days, one floor is done. Those first few weeks seem like a really long time ago. It doesn’t even seem like we’ve done that much looking at it, because we’ve been so … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged back in the day, bathroom, Before and After, beige, black and white, done, finished, first floor, floors, grey, kitchen, linoleum, paint, rental, repairs, this old house, wood
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Everyone panic
The renters move in in 11 days. And as expected, there’s still a lot to be done. So that’s where we’ve been lately – working, not blogging. The good news is, in 11 days, we will be 100% DONE with … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged bathroom, black and white, first floor, laundry, overworked, paint, panic, rental, renters, walls
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Proof of progress
The alternate theme of this post was going to be Things I Hate About This House. Or Why I Hate Living Here. Or I Just Can’t Stand It. But I thought I’d (attempt) to talk about all the positive stuff, … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged first floor, paint, progress, rental, repairs, second floor, this old house, trim, wood
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Clawfoot redux
This clawfoot tub came with the house. It had clearly been painted at least twice, if not more, but only on the side facing the bathroom. Yeah, that’s the bathroom the way we found it. Jealous? Our original plan was … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, Before and After, black and white, clawfoot, decisions, money, paint, second floor, spray paint, tub, vintage
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More hands
Progress is being made on the kitchen. Not the kitchen on our floor, sadly. But a kitchen nonetheless. Two weekends ago, Lou’s family came to town with the sole purpose of helping with the house. A work weekend in Boston … Continue reading
Deep Eaves & Empty Pockets 