Finally, the chairs are done. It took three coats of paint, but they’re finished. And with all projects, I learned some things along the way that would make me do things differently if I had to do them again, but I’ll save all that for the next batch of chairs somewhere down the line. The [...]
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Finished Chairs
Posted in Before & After, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, I Need a Nap, Kitchen on March 14, 2012 |
Out with the old. No, Really. Out with the old.
Posted in Current Affairs, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, I Need a Nap, Plumbing on December 29, 2011 |
A couple of days ago, I noticed that it was taking a really long time for hot water to get to the bathroom sink. Then we noticed that most of the hot water had suddenly disappeared from the kitchen. Being the intrepid house explorers that we are, we went down to the mechanical room (where [...]
Found in the Garden on October 18th
Posted in Current Affairs, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, I Need a Nap, Yum on October 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Brought by the heron, which must actually have been a stork, and discovered under a cabbage leaf by the pond: Andrew Ruaridh (Rory), 9 pounds-11 ounces I asked, and we’re allowed to keep him. And thus begins a bit of a blogging break as we find our sea legs. See you soon, Love, 963
Update: The Bedroom
Posted in Before & After, I Need a Nap on October 17, 2011 |
We have finally gotten the master bedroom to a point that we’re pretty much happy with, which happened when we got a bed frame and actual night tables (instead of chairs) over the past couple of weeks. With new flooring, new baseboards, and new paint, the room is coming together at last. Whoo-hoo! Here’s the [...]
Painting Adventures
Posted in Before & After, I Need a Nap, The Inexplicable on September 7, 2011 |
The redoing of renos continues. We painted this shiny bright blue shelf in the Yoda Room the other day (photo from when we first toured the house). But after sanding and priming it, somehow the paint still isn’t sticking. Our best guess is that the caulk between the shelf and the wall isn’t a paintable [...]
Changing the Compost Area, Continued
Posted in Before & After, Current Affairs, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, I Need a Nap on August 8, 2011 |
We’ve been working on the compost area at the front of the house for some time now. First the old compost set-up had to come down, which was a big job in and of itself. (Here’s the old post about that.) Next, we weeded the plot one last time, and moved the concrete planters that [...]
The Fourth Floor
Posted in Before & After, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, I Need a Nap on August 2, 2011 |
At last, the severely sloping floor in the piano room has been conquered. The flooring is down. It looks amazing. Good job, He-Who-Layeth-the-Floors! Full before-and-after pictures will eventually follow once the room is set up so you can see exactly how much things have changed, but here’s a little reminder in the meantime. The Avert [...]
Clearing the Path
Posted in Before & After, Garden, I Need a Nap, Maintenance on June 8, 2011 |
On a lovely hot day of plus 30, it’s wonderful to be out in the garden, working in the shade. Ye Old Path, made of paving stones, that meanders up to the back gate and down to the lower pond, with a patch of grass path in between, was in dire need of sweeping and [...]
The Front Garden
Posted in Before & After, I Need a Nap on April 28, 2011 |
For two seasons now, not much is happening in the front garden, since we have so much back garden to sort out. The most I’ve managed to do is keep the front patch a little weeded and a little watered. But this last weekend, with the help of an extra pair of worker-bee hands, we [...]
Hauling Rocks
Posted in Garden, I Need a Nap on April 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Saturday and Sunday I spent most of the day making a rock pile. We have a slope that falls to the bottom level of the garden that was covered with Virginia Creeper vine and swarming with white flies when we moved in. We spent last season pulling it all out, piles and piles of vine, [...]
