The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
The first week of our dining room renovation saw a lot of fast progress with plaster repair, electrical, and hanging our ceiling medallion and antique chandelier. This week was about making the room feel cohesive with a very simple but yet huge game changer: primer and paint. In case you missed our other dining room renovation […]
Our dining room renovation is under-way and, dare I say it…going fast! See what we accomplish in Week 2 and what our dining room plans are. It started last weekend with wiring the electric for a switch and the antique crystal chandelier with the help of our friend Keith. It’s a good thing he was […]
Yes fellow Doctor Who geeks, we went completely Dalek on our built-ins. (go here for “before” pix) Cue the carnage: Karl unbolting the pipe from the 100+ year-old floors me, taking off the hinged radiator covers #ijustwantplaster the radiator is frreeeeeee! Trust me when I say this: it looks SO. MUCH. BETTER. The room feels […]
In the ongoing project of refinishing our floors, there are certain things that we had to decide whether or not they needed to go. One major decision of something to keep or not were these built-ins. Now one may look at them and go, “oh, but those look ok”, “ooo, window seat!” or “shelves are […]
