Making the Great Room Great — Before and After Painting
Below are some before and after shots of the foyer and great room once the painters were done but before…
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 amount of time.…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Three: Priming
Once the drop cloths and sheets of plastic were taped into place the painters got busy. The four interior doors…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Two: Paint Prep
In mid-August of 2019 our regular house painter slotted some time to come up and paint the great room. There…
Making the Great Room Great — Step One: Deciding on Paint
Once the floors had been refinished and the chimney column in the center of the great room was stripped of…
A bit of sad news.
The other night I was doing some research as I was thinking of writing a sort of summary post about…
Venting the Garage
Regular readers know that the primary enticement to buying this place was the big garage. It is used for more…
Last Stop: Zurich
The primary reason for traveling was to attend the wedding of friends in Zurich so on after four days in…
On to Paris
Soon enough we were back in London after two lovely days up north visiting family. We then boarded a Eurostar…
Travel Panorama
Ollerton Colliery Forest
North from London….
After a short day-stop in London, we were up early the next morning to catch a train up towards Nottinghamshire.…
Travel Panorama
Ollerton Colliery
Off to Europe by way of London
We took a break from life here at the ranch during the summer of 2019 and jetted off to Europe…