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An Englishman has been in our house! And although I can’t smell his blood like the giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk,” I can tell you that he installed the…
Read moreAn Englishman has been in our house! And although I can’t smell his blood like the giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk,” I can tell you that he installed the…
Read moreRecently, we completed a remodeling project that left the song “2 Become 1” by The Spice Girls in my head. You may be wondering 1) Why do I know the…
Read moreFive years ago, I walked into a home with paneled and paisley-wallpapered walls, ancient knob-and-tube wiring, deteriorating windows, the world’s ugliest bathroom and crumbling plaster ceilings. Ten minuets later, I…
Read moreBefore we ripped it off the wall, this was my sink. Pardon the mess underneath it. I washed dishes here for 4 years, in an original 1913 farmhouse sink. I…
Read moreI am happy to say I no longer have a kitchen. My oven is gone, as is the sink, and the walls have vanished along with the ceiling, plumbing and…
Read moreOur oven is trying to get itself adopted by a new family. Last night I found it sitting outside on the curb trying to entice new owners with a “FREE”…
Read moreYou know those commercials where a mom is panicking because her kids drew all over the walls, and thank goodness for the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser because it removed their…
Read moreDidn’t it turn out great? Surprised you didn’t see any photos of the progress of this project? There’s a good reason for that, and it is best summed up by…
Read moreThe miraculous has happened. After months, maybe even years, of struggling to create a new footprint for our kitchen, we’ve finally found one that will work! Joey and I put…
Read moreA few weeks ago, a very nice carpenter named Ken stopped by our house to investigate our kitchen. His task? To determine if we could reconfigure the two staircases in…
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