I’m hiding treasures in the walls again. It’s like the funnest thing I can think of. Our basement stairwell had been open and wall-less for many months now, after our leaky pipe plumbing problem. It was old splintery wood and kind of crusty, to say the least. The plumbing was replaced in December, and, lucky […]
Buried treasure: Kid’s backyard time capsule
Elise has become kind of obsessed with treasures, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, and generally hiding things. She is constantly inventing “games” related to finding treasures and hiding things like her hairbrush in the mornings before school. Fun times. I’ve been wanting to create a time capsule with her for a while and thought now would […]
Hiding things in the walls, part 2
I love hiding things in our house for future residents to find. We don’t plan on moving anytime soon, but it’s fun to think about someone finding things I’ve stashed in our walls. This time, I printed up before and after photos of our recent kitchen renovation and slipped the page between the wall and […]
Hiding things in the walls
I’m kind of enamored with hiding things in our house for future homeowners to find. Maybe it’s because I would love to find things someone else hid long ago. With the upper stairway walls open, I took the opportunity to stash another piece (the first being under our front porch steps). I printed a recent […]
I found a hidden note!
I cannot believe I forgot to include this in my post about our bedroom’s repainted register. (Well, yes I can. I’ve been forgetting everything lately.) After I removed the register cover, I found this little slip of paper in the vent covered in dust bunnies. Who knows how many years it’s been there. Oh Amber, such […]