Author: stega
Making the Great Room Great, Step Seven: Plants and Bits
I always intended plants to be the main decorative ornaments in the foyer and great room, instead of random knickknacks (although we do have a…
Making the Great Room Great–Step Six: Finding Art
In addition to finding furniture for the great room, over the last two years we’ve managed to find interesting items to hang on the walls–mainly…
Making the Great Room Great, Step Five: Finding Furniture
During the first few years we lived here, there was much discussion about any furniture we wanted to purchase for the Great room. We wanted…
Making the Great Room Great–Before and After Painting
Some before and after shots of the foyer and great room, once the painters were done but before any furniture was put back. Even sans…
Making the Great Room Great, Step Four: Painting
As anyone who has painted a room (myself included) knows, prep work is what takes the most time. Once everything was prepped and primed, the…
Making the Great Room Great, Step Three: Priming
Once the dropcloths and plastic sheets were taped into place, the painters got busy. The four interior doors were removed from their frames for painting,…
Making the Great Room Great, Step Two: Paint Prep
In mid-August 2019, our regular house painter slotted some time to paint the great room. There was much prep work to be done–the old furnace…
Making the Great Room Great, Step One: Deciding on Paint
Once the great room floors had been refinished and the chimney column stripped of paint, it was time to make the room our own. I…
A bit of sad news.
I was thinking of writing a summary post about the history of this place, as I was stuck on mapping out the story of the…
Venting the Garage
Regular readers know that the primary enticement to buy this place was the big garage. It is used for more than just storing our daily…
Last Stop: Zurich
The primary reason for traveling was to attend the wedding of friends in Zurich, so after four days in Paris, we caught a train to…
On to Paris
Soon enough, we were back in London after two lovely days up north visiting family. We then boarded a Eurostar train to Paris. Unlike my…
Travel Panorama
Ollerton Colliery Forest
North from London
After a short day-stop in London, we were up early the next morning, snagged coffee and pastries at a local bakery, then took a short…
Travel Panorama
Ollerton Colliery
Off to Europe by way of London
We took a break from life at the ranch in summer 2019 and jetted off to Europe for a a short trip. We flew to…
Inanimate Birds
While there is still plenty of house/land stuff to keep us busy, sometimes it’s nice to have a scheduled activity to allow us to relax…
Quick Beaks and Quick Fixes
One of the recurring issues we’ve experienced–besides the ineptitude of the previous owners–is the destructive desire of the boys, Tenar and Thlayli. When moving in,…
The wee gopher snake
Concerning stuff under our house–something posted to my Instagram feed but not here was the end story of the snake that lived under the house.…
January Aerial Video
A high-up tour of Purgatory, and details on the recent big storm and resulting damage.
Light under the house
When we did the re-insulation project in the crawlspace, we knew we wanted to do more. The space, now cleared of the huge ducts from…
End of 2020 Video
As is custom, I finally put together our end-of-year video (although a few days late). Enjoy!
Agatha
Yes, I’m still very much behind on posting new content, but I did manage to put this video together. Please welcome Agatha. Last month she…
Downward Facing Birds
I set up one of the trail cams pointing downward at the water bowl outside the kitchen, the same one Frank the Skunk likes to…
At the Birdbath
(Yes, I’m still very behind on posts, but I really am working on that, albeit very slowly.) On the suggestion of a neighbor, I took…