I know, you’re just dying to hear about our adventures this past weekend. Unfortunately, it’s pretty boring stuff. More parging of basement walls, and more floor jacking. We wrangled Teague’s father into helping us again, and between the 3 of us we made good progress. Teague and Don continued work on the back end of […]

I know, you’re just dying to hear about our adventures this past weekend. Unfortunately, it’s pretty boring stuff. More parging of basement walls, and more floor jacking. We wrangled Teague’s father into helping us again, and between the 3 of us we made good progress. Teague and Don continued work on the back end of […]

I’m a magazine junkie. I buy cheapo subscriptions (usually for about $5) because I KNOW I’ll be suckered into buying them for $4-5 a pop if I have nothing to look forward to when the mailman comes. Since buying the house, my magazine tastes have changed. I used to read fluffy girly ones like Lucky […]

We’ve grown so used to our house’s slopes and valleys that we hardly notice them. But when they go away, it’s hard to miss! Teague and his father, Don, spent last Saturday crawling around in the basement jacking the back side of the house. This is the hardest part to reach because it’s partially blocked […]

I was prepared to write a post about our foundation jacking progress, but first I want to say hi to all the Canastota High Schoolers who must be learning about blogging in their technology class! I think it’s very cool that their teacher, Mr. Lasnicki, is sending them our way. By the time these guys […]

The first words out of Teague’s mouth this morning were “I swear, I took them off at the front door”. He was marveling at the plaster-caked footprints from one end of the house to the other. But his work boots, parked guiltily in front of the back door (the end of the trail) say otherwise. […]

Thought I’d make myself feel better by posting a before and “during” (because of course, there’s always more work to be done to ALL our rooms) of our living room. It’s not great now, but it is MILES away from where it started……. For two young newlyweds on a budget, paint is the best thing […]

These days, if we’re sitting on the couch we’re probably watching HGTV. We know half the shows by heart and will even sit through reruns to see a particular tile color or paint finish we really liked. Our coffee table is stacked with magazines… the days of Jane and Cosmo are over. They’ve been replaced […]

These days, if we’re sitting on the couch we’re probably watching HGTV. We know half the shows by heart and will even sit through reruns to see a particular tile color or paint finish we really liked. Our coffee table is stacked with magazines… the days of Jane and Cosmo are over. They’ve been replaced […]

I am thrilled to report that this giant gaping hole in the wall – that the previous owners had covered with a manilla folder and taped down with brown packing tape – is GONE!!! Before: After: Teague did all of the plasterwork, and I did the sanding, priming and painting. Oh, and we replaced the […]