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The Victorian House: Entryway, Double Parlor, and Dining Room 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Let’s just get this out of the way: I have no plans to paint the woodwork in the house. I know that I have become notorious for painting wood because I did it to the trim in my last house, but that wo...
The Victorian House’s Floor Plan: Entryway, Double Parlor, and Dining Room 25 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
Photos are coming tomorrow, as promised! I wanted to put a partial floor plan up first though so that the rooms will make more sense. I’m not going to post a full floor plan of the new house, because...
Honor Roll 24 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
Comparison is the thief of joy. Lisa’s thoughts on this really stuck with me. There’s a trend of houses selling with everything and the kitchen sink. Would you buy a house fully furnished? To me, tha...
We Bought the Victorian House! 23 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
Brandon and I had our closing yesterday. One hour and a million signatures later, we were the new owners of a very old house. My usual Honor Roll will go up tomorrow, and I’ll begin processing the hu...
The Lake House Bathroom, After 21 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
(With DIY Vintage Yardstick Wainscoting) The vintage yardstick transformation into DIY wainscoting is complete! The family lake house bathroom is looking pretty dang fantastic. There is no natural l...
How to Make Yardsticks into Wainscoting 21 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
The vintage yardsticks that my mother-in-law has been collecting for the lake house’s bathroom have finally become wainscoting. Three years after she mentioned the project to me, and at least six year...
Honor Roll 19 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
Abandoned monuments in what was Yugoslavia. Futuristic modernism meets decay. Are they hot dogs, or legs? Funky fresh in Lisa Frank. Hey, I just noticed that I now have the little boy’s haircut tha...
The Lake House Bathroom, Before 15 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Last night, I started a fun DIY project at the lake house. If you have a very good memory and have been reading here since 2010, you may remember this post, in which I wrote about my mother-in-law’s i...
Perennial Antiques, in Wisconsin’s North Woods 14 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
We went to Perennial Antiques last Saturday, per this suggestion. (Thank you, Tina!) It’s an antique shop about halfway between Rhinelander and Minocqua, in Northern Wisconsin, and only open Thursday ...
Cooking on Vintage and Antique Stoves? 13 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
I’m sure some of you have (or have cooked on) vintage stoves. Care to share your experiences? When I think of vintage stoves, I think of sweet mid-century models like these. 1 // 2 // 3 What is wait...
