Category Archives: house
A few pictures
I once again have the writer’s block. When in bed at night, my mind is FILLED with subjects I want to write about. But as soon as I drift off to slumberland, the blog imp comes and steals them all … Continue reading
Uh, that was weird…
I just went into my upstairs bathroom, flipped on the light, and was promptly greeted with an explosion. The light bulb on the sconce by the mirror blew up. I have never known that to happen before. Anyone of you, … Continue reading
Kitchen pictures
I’m in a knitting slump. I made a sock, it got set aside, I finally picked it back up and made it too short. I pulled out the toe and re-knit it, made it longer, and it’s still too short. … Continue reading
Too humid to paint, so I’ll show you some progress pics instead,
I need to paint another coat on the wainscot. (This is a fancy misnomer. It’s really beadboard-shaped paneling installed by previous owners. It was a very dark wood color before I got paint-happy with it.) Unfortunately, we’re having an excessively … Continue reading
Can’t talk now
Too busy ripping apart the kitchen. And as always, every little job ends up ballooning to thrice its original size. But finally I’m seeing progress. We’ve repainted the lower cabinets and wainscoting, and after several days of humidity finally were … Continue reading
Something to report!
Sorry folks, for being absent so long. I just had nothing all that interesting to write, so I didn’t bother. But this weekend saw something done to the house, so I took pictures. On Saturday I got all twitchy about … Continue reading
Thanks to yesterday’s comments
I’m now faced with a real hankering for blueberries. I even woke in the middle of the night and thought about where I could put a couple of blueberry bushes. It didn’t help that it was 46 and sunny yesterday, … Continue reading
The front room is nearly done!
Before (this is the day we moved in): From front room After: From front room Obviously I need to recover those chairs to make them match, and I also need more furniture for the other end of the room (it’s … Continue reading
I love caulk
More specifically, I like caulk’s ability to make my rickety house look less bockety. What pushes me into the realm of gushy squishy disgusting love is this, my newest toy: From front room I bought him yesterday morning, and I’m … Continue reading
Blogstalking is back!
I found out that the folks over at Knittyboard started up Blogstalking again. For those of you not in the know, it’s just a fun deal in which we all post on the same topic once a week. I missed … Continue reading