On Saturday we returned to our roots and put in an all-out, full-throttle, no-holds-barred day of work at the house. Back in the day when we were young and fresh, we’d do at least one of these every weekend. We regularly knocked out 24+ hours of work on our two days off, but that was […]

Got a hip house-loving mother to buy a gift for? (Mother’s Day is Sunday, don’t forget!) I saw these on  Etsy today and had to share: They are handcrafted “This Way Home” earrings by The Muses Jewels. I think they’re very cute, and can represent both a house and an arrow pointing you home. There’s […]

That, my friends, is our grass. I didn’t even Photoshop it to knock up the green, I swear to God. After the @#$!!# blizzard in early April, we had a whole bunch of rain. And when the rain stopped and the sun came out, everything in our lawn shot up about two feet overnight. You […]

We have entered a remodeling blogging contest over at RemodelingMySpace.com. The voting just opened up, so now would be a great time to show us some love and go vote! And then if you really love us, you can vote again every day for the next 4 months because the contest runs until September 1st. […]

Tell me this isn’t the most hilarious garden gnome you’ve ever seen. His name is George. Apparently those crazy gnomes work so hard, they can’t even slow down to take a crap!  And we thought we had it rough… He is out of stock until May, but I’m bookmarking it so I can get one […]

The bad news: Today’s the last day to get your taxes filed. The good news: After you finish filing, you’ll have worked up an appetite. As luck would have it, today is Free Cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. See? Life isn’t so bad.

When I tried conning you guys into buying one of the beautiful old houses around here, the response was “Ooooh! So tempting. But what about the snow?” Yeah. What about the snow? Normally I’d try to tell you that by early spring, everyone has forgotten about the snow because it’s so idyllic here. I would […]

We’ve been in drywall-dust-hell for a few weeks now, perfecting the craft room walls and ceilings with multiple rounds of light skim coats and even lighter sanding. Every time I sand, even if it’s only a small little section, I have to shower immediately afterwards because I come out looking like the White Witch of […]

Having trouble talking your husband into a clawfoot tub? Send him this! (It’s an ad for Axe body spray. Too funny not to share. Sorry, Gram!)

From the moment we moved into this house (almost 2.5 years ago) I knew the exterior paint scheme had to change. It’s not awful, mind you – the paint is not peeling or blistering. And it’s not neon orange – the main color is a robin’s egg blue that is almost (but not quite) charming […]