Last Saturday Rob and I put up our Christmas tree. As we “labored” (as Rob likes to say) we drank hot apple cider out of some festive Spode mugs. The mugs were my favorite part of the day; they have handles that look like candy …
Last weekend we spent four days (Friday through Monday) painting the dining room, a project associated with our big kitchen redo. See, there used to be a pass-through from the kitchen to the dining room (it was essentially a big hole in the wall), and …
Rob and I spent last Sunday organizing our new kitchen cabinets. I had fun arranging my Fiestaware into bright, shiny stacks and asking Rob questions like, “So, what’s your favorite color of Fiestaware?” (I always like to chat and bug Rob while we’re working on …
Well, we finally got our kitchen remodeled. It was a bit of an ordeal. For about a month we had to wash our dishes in the bathroom. Oh, and, of course, we didn’t have a stove. I lived mostly on birthday-cake-flavored Oreos. In July and …
Recently we had to have all our porch and step railings replaced because they’d rotted. It took months to get them rebuilt and painted. Now that all the work’s done, I wanted to show you some “after” pictures and tell you a little about how …
Last weekend Rob and I bought three rugs—one for the back bedroom, one for the dining room, and one for the back hall. I was really excited. We’ve wanted rugs for a long time, but we’ve put off buying them because we have a lot …
Lately I’ve made a little project of adding some finishing touches to the back bedroom. I’ve been scouring eBay for vintage solid-brass switch plates, curlicue picture frames, and Roseville and McCoy pottery in blues and greens. Boxes have been arriving on our doorstep, and I’ve …
