Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As everyone who peeps in our windows is already aware, our dining room curtains have been up for about three weeks. They’re handmade, but thanks to Missy’s deft touch with a sewing machine, they look absolutely professional. Watch out, Sri Lankan 8 year-olds – you’ve got competition.
Since our kitchen only has one window, we went [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | 12 Comments »
As Josie mentioned, I’m not too shabby at Craigslist. That’s a lie – I’m actually the best Craigslister in the octo-county region. Here’s how I do it – Part I: How To Be an Effective and Morally Sound Craigslist Buyer.
Google Reader/RSS feeds – I wrote in a previous comment that if you’re not using RSS [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | 14 Comments »
You know what? I’ve been feeling guilty for writing so many furniture posts. Shouldn’t we be ripping out our downstairs shower? Or retiling the upstairs bathroom floor? I owe it to both of my readers, right? To do something with a crowbar?
But at the end of the day, I can only blog about what’s actually [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What makes an entryway great?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged citristrip, stickley on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Everything feels like it’s moving at a glacial pace – given the cold snap we just got through, maybe I’m not far off the mark. We’re still hoping to prime and paint the dining room, kitchen, bedroom, and upstairs hallway in the next few weeks, which should give us time to paint the kitchen cabinets, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Craigslist, stickley on January 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
We sold a lamp on Craigslist a couple weeks ago – a faux-antique Shopko job that had been sitting in the canning room since we moved in. Unfortunately, I got an e-mail later that evening saying it had a short and kept blowing out bulbs. My fault – I really should have double-checked that it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Five dollar….five dollar….five dollar ottomaaaannnnnnnnn!
And, hey – same fabric as the rocker we recovered. That’s a nice coinkey-dink, eh?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Why do I write my own blog when it’s so much easier just to steal from Decorno?
Decorno says, if you have those wall-mounted thingies in your house, choke down a vodka tonic, pull up your Brave Pants and tear them off the wall. Tomorrow you are going to bravely spackle and touch-up the paint on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In my quest to turn the office into an old-timey library, I’ve been looking for a second desk. You see, what I’m using as a desk is actually a library table, and that’s just not a good long-term plan. No, what I need is a teacher’s desk for the spot where the library table is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Our friend (and regular De-Victorianization reader, plus fellow blogger) Jane graciously offered us her set of Pfaltzgraff stoneware, which she grew up using and her mom had passed down to her. As casual and laid-back as our current mismatched dishes are (“Go ahead, guests – break your plates. Let’s have more wine! Ha ha!”), we [...]
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