More Furniture Finds After buying the lovely table at Michaan’s I started visiting in person during their preview hours and thanks to a… Continue reading “More Furniture Finds”…
Blue Room Refresh: Part 2 Continuing on from Monday’s post, back in early February of 2019 we ordered a Murphy bed from murphybeds.com and it… Continue reading “Blue Room Refresh: Part 2”…
Lick the Cookie One of bits of decor we’ve added to the house is a long (and growing longer) row of patent plaques… Continue reading “Lick the Cookie”…
Console Tables (Sorry, no witty-punny sort of title came to mind for this post.) Back in early 2019 I started scouring the… Continue reading “Console Tables”…
Teaky Teak Before the teak that runs through most of the main areas of the house could be refinished a lot, and… Continue reading “Teaky Teak”…
Craiglist, Chicago and Lumber Liquidators It’s been a while since regular posts have been going up, and even though we’re under a shelter in place… Continue reading “Craiglist, Chicago and Lumber Liquidators”…
Under the House After the furnace work was completed I took a lot of pics and videos of what is under the interior… Continue reading “Under the House”…
The Pantry Revisited Before the dust had even settled from the great furnace replacement project we had to start putting the house back… Continue reading “The Pantry Revisited”…
Getting Off the Diesel: Part 1 Back in May of 2018 we started the very large project of decommissioning our twin diesel furnaces. It seemed like… Continue reading “Getting Off the Diesel: Part 1”…
Replacing the Second Hot Water Heater In December of 2017 we had the second water heater replaced. Our house has two water heaters: one for the… Continue reading “Replacing the Second Hot Water Heater”…
Last Studio Details: Blinds and Curtains Continuing on from the last two posts, as part of the studio renovation we ordered in remote-control motorized blinds via… Continue reading “Last Studio Details: Blinds and Curtains”…
Studio Painting Before lights and rugs and blinds were installed in the studio building, we had our regular painter come and give… Continue reading “Studio Painting”…
Sealing and Lighting the Studio The long, drawn-out saga of the studio building has taken longer to write about than the actual work took to… Continue reading “Sealing and Lighting the Studio”…
Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 3 One last recent addition in the kitchen was so simple I installed it myself the same day Agent Smith and… Continue reading “Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 3”…
Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 2 The last post covered the simple fan controller changes we did in the kitchen, which got me thinking about the… Continue reading “Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 2”…
Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 1 The previous owners of the house had rather questionable design taste, as evidenced by the kitchen and bathroom remodels they… Continue reading “Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 1”…
Finishing Touches in the North Office Continuing on from the last post…after my office space was repainted there was still work to be done. I decided… Continue reading “Finishing Touches in the North Office”…
Office Recoloring When we bought this place just about every room was painted in the same blah color of light poop-brown. My… Continue reading “Office Recoloring”…