Tales from the renovation crypt

Now that the house and yard are nearly done from a whole-property, gut-job renovation, it feels like a good time to take a pause and think about the past – ahem – almost 10 years and what we’ve learned from nearly a decade of renovation. But to start, I will say this: while I absolutelyContinue reading “Tales from the renovation crypt”

Moving on…

For the past three years and in particular the last nine months, it’s felt like we have been trapped in a cycle of renovations. Nights and weekends, countless trips to the home improvement store, cleaning around construction materials and somehow fitting in pieces and parcels of life here and there. Renovations have been the tintedContinue reading “Moving on…”

Weekend renos…

For many, it was a holiday weekend. For our little fam, it was renos. But again, we are close to the end. This weekend involved hanging both the hall closet and guest bathroom doors as well as the “big cleanout” of my office to prepare for laying floors next weekend. The thing is this weekendContinue reading “Weekend renos…”

Spring is in the air!

Yesterday felt like spring. The air was clean and a bit cool but the sun felt warm, the day was long and the radiant heat meant that as we headed out for a quick bite to eat last night after working on our floors, we only needed sweatshirts. Even though today’s forecast calls for rain,Continue reading “Spring is in the air!”