The stairway project has been a bit slow going, but we are making progress! Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of pretty things to show you yet. We are almost back to square one with the upper walls. The drywall is up, but still needs to be taped and mudded. And on the lower portion, I started […]
Stairway makeover: Removing the wallpaper
First step in my stairway makeover is removing the ugly, stained and torn wallpaper. But this space has high ceilings, and I’m not prepared to tackle it alone. I’m bringing in my dad to help on this project. There are two areas here: above and below the trim dividing the two floors. My dad’s assignment: […]
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 […]
Repainting vintage cast iron register
I stripped and repainted the register in our bedroom. And I loved the process so much, I did it twice. Well, that’s not true. The part about loving it, I mean. The part about stripping and repainting it twice is totally true, unfortunately. This original cast iron register had been painted sloppily a thousand times. It had […]
Even more backyard treasure!
When my dad was digging the trench for our new drainage pipe, he just kept running into all sorts of things. Chunks of concrete, old bricks, rocks, plastic bags, trash, etc. This is the norm around here. You can’t stick a shovel down more than about six inches without hitting something. So let’s have a […]