Monthly Archive: July 2015

Jul 27

Keep Friends Close and Anemones Closer

From the moment we walked into the house during our first walkthrough, I knew I needed to get rid of what we came to affectionately name The Fishtank. I’m pretty sure at this point that this strange terrarium thing has been here for all 60 years that the house has been standing, but it just …

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Jul 20

Whole House List

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Now that we’ve closed on our new house, I figured it was time to share what I’ve been working on since we signed our purchase agreement. As I mentioned in my post about buying this house, it’s been a rocky road to where we are now, filled with lots and lots of excitement, and lots and …

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Jul 13

The Before

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In order to properly chronicle the changes we’ll be making to the house, we of course have to post the before photos, so here they are! Front of the house: Living and dining room: Bathroom: Master bedroom: Craft room: Spare room: Basement: Backyard: Driveway and Garage: What do you think? Stay tuned for many, many …

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Jul 06

Whole House Color Scheme… Again

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A few days before closing, we headed over to Lowes to buy doorknobs and get some paint swatches so we could get an idea of our color scheme before closing, and all we could find in paint swatches in the HGTV Sherwin Williams colors, which are great, but I could only find one of the colors …

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