House Shots
Here are some pictures I took of the house the other day: In the lower left side of the cabinet, you can see our latest decoy, an eider with a mussel in its beak. I really like that little painted chair. That’s June Baxter on …
Home Improvements and Decorating
Pressure Washed
We got the house pressure washed a couple weeks ago, and on Sunday Rob went around and touched up the spots where the paint had chipped off during the process. The house looks so squeaky clean and perfect now. It’s snow white instead of mossy …
Quincy Green
Last weekend we painted our white front porch rockers Black Forest Green, also known as Quincy Green. It’s the color that folks here in Quincy traditionally use to paint their shutters. You see, pretty much all the houses in town are snow white with black-green …
Some New Little Things
We went up to Havana the other day and found a few new treasures–four very old painted chairs and a floor lamp with a copper base. We got a mahogany plant stand too, with a marble top, but it’s not pictured because we don’t have …
The Tiniest Improvements Yet
This weekend was extra nice because it rained three inches, a welcome relief after months and months of burning, dusty drought. Florida is supposed to be a rainy place. When I was a child, the summer rainy season could be counted on, was always drenching wet. …
More Little Improvements
On Sunday we cleaned the house from top to bottom and made a few little improvements. We’ve now got a chalkboard in the kitchen, a slightly–no, very–tacky tall lamp on the sugar box in the living room, and a fancy, frilly brass and marble plant …
