Kitchen Progress: Hidden Hood and Beadboard Band-Aids.
How to install a hidden range hood and cover kitchen soffits with beadboard. You know — the important things in life. Read the rest of this gem…
If It Wasn’t Attached To The Counter, I’d Probably Take It To Bed With Me.
So.
The budget — and I use the term “budget” very loosely — for this kitchen has been stretched tighter than the belly skin I burned at the beach yesterday.
(I’m really bad at similes.)
Why We Chose Laminate Counters And How I Feel About Them.
Money Money Money Mon-ay — Mon-ay!
Sing it. You know you want to. Read the rest of this gem…
Progress Like Molasses.
Me: I’m really wishing I’d been smart enough to keep champagne on-hand — not to celebrate the completion of these renovations, but so that when the flooring guy calls, like he did this morning to say he won’t be here until tomorrow, I’d have something acceptable to drink before 9:00 a.m. Read the rest of this gem…
Therapy For The Domestiphobe And Other Ways To Cope.
Truth: When it comes to home renovation (or decorating or craft or basically anything) projects, I’m a wee bit of a massively overbearing perfectionist. Read the rest of this gem…
I Found My Happy Place. (In Someone Else’s House.)
So the truth is that I didn’t post anything yesterday because I was busy lounging around my new favorite room in all of Washington, D.C.: Read the rest of this gem…
I’m Pretty Sure This Will Be The Best Kitchen Ever.
I suppose you might be wondering about what’s going on in our kitchen — whether we’ve painted our cabinets, finished the floors, or are, at the very least, enjoying cooking on our new gas range. Read the rest of this gem…
I Once Was Blind, And Maybe I Should’ve Stayed That Way.
When I was in middle school, our stereotypically gender ambiguous physical education teacher used to make us spread out in an even grid on the gym floor to await instructions before every class. Read the rest of this gem…
Because Sometimes Food And Fluffy Pups Are More Important Than Progress.
So okay.
You might be wondering why you haven’t gotten an update from me about our home renovation situation since we initially launched our assault on the wallpaper and mint green carpet back in December. Read the rest of this gem…
Do They Have Twelve-Step Programs For This Kind Of Thing?
I have a confession.
And it’s not pretty. Read the rest of this gem…