Yep, we’re still NOT working on the house. It’s lovely. I have seen my friends and family more in the last few months than I have in years! The house is nearly spotless… no drywall dust, no caulk guns lying around, no extra lumber being stored in the kitchen. The physical and mental chaos created […]
Category Archive: First-Floor Basics
From the archives: holes in the walls
Waking up in someone else’s house
When I hopped out of bed this morning and my feet landed on smooth, beautiful hardwood floors, I felt like I was at someone else’s house. Having just returned from a week in Bar Harbor, the floors are still very new and exciting to us.
The endless hours of work have already been forgotten, and we’ve […]
Hardwood Floor Update: Done with the sanding!
We are officially DONE sanding floors downstairs. It was the longest weekend in recent memory - the only other time I remember working this hard was when we were laying tile floor in preparation for our open house. We worked straight through the weekend, except for a quick run to the local townie bar to […]

