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Couldn’t Wait…
I hung my beautiful giant clock up in the kitchen. I had promised myself to wait until the kitchen was completely finished, as a means of motivating me to keep on keeping on with this endless project, but I just couldn’t wait. I couldn’t!! The clock was BEGGING me to go up on the wall. [...]
Continue reading...Great Bed & Bath Store
8. October 2010
I got my towels from DonnaKaranHome.com last week. They are super! I’ve never had such luxurious towels. I am getting so spoiled, I tell you! These are from the Bamboo Boucle Towel Collection. And they are in *ahem* plum. LUSH, I tell you. LUSH! If you’ve been wondering where to get some really exceptional linens, [...]
Continue reading...New Curtains From CurtainWorks!
7. October 2010
My new curtains from CurtainWorks came in! They go marvelously with my living room, don’t you think? I am ecstatic at how beautiful they are, and how very well made they are. The kind folks at CurtainWorks gave me three sets for my living room. I absolutely LOVE these curtains! They are the perfect color, [...]
Continue reading...New Kitchen: The Laundry Alcove
5. October 2010
In the new kitchen is a laundry closet, or “alcove,” as we sometimes call it. Honestly, I didn’t want the laundry appliances in the kitchen… but I had no where else to place them. We had to shoehorn the closet into a small corner of the kitchen. It looks “OK,” but it’s not the best [...]
Continue reading...New Kitchen: The Island Workhorse
29. September 2010
Chuck from Secondary Roads noticed my island in the new kitchen. So I thought I’d mention it. The island is a big one, on great big casters. I cut a portion of the butcher block countertop slab to fit on it. Originally, I was going to use a simple table, sheesh maybe slap together wood [...]
Continue reading...New Kitchen: The Beverage Center
28. September 2010
While designing the kitchen, I had complete creative freedom. Of course, I did have some limits: the door here, the drains there, etc. But overall, I had an open space 12 x 23 feet to tinker with. Oddly enough, the floor plan I eventually ended up with strongly resembles the floor plan I originally sketched [...]
Continue reading...Dining Room is Finally Done!
25. September 2010
We’re in! In one final blitz of a day, we finished painting, finished installing the baseboard trim, cleaned up the furniture, and moved things back in. As soon as we got the entertainment center in, the boys set up their Playstation console. Glory to God, it is MAGNIFICENT having a dining room back again. I [...]
Continue reading...The Shopping Search Engine Extraordinare
25. September 2010
I spent a LOT of time renovating the downstairs of the house. I also spent a LOT of time comparison shopping. Ugh! I am so sick of shopping I could scream. It was hard work, believe it or not! I hadn’t known that a neat website called ShopWiki could have saved me a ton of [...]
Continue reading...Choices, Choices
23. September 2010
Well, I’m stumped. I can’t make up my mind about a clock for the dining room. I have a gorgeous (and HUGE) one for the kitchen, and the living room already has a nice swinging pendulum one… I want the dining room to have a classy, elegant clock. I’ve been surfing through the collection at [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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20. October 2010
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