Monthly Archives: January 2012
Little Brick Cottage: Who Knows What Lies Beneath…
Well I know now because, I have been busy with wallpaper removal!!! And I have the bandaids on several of my fingers to prove it. As I was scraping with a wide blade putty knife, I kept scraping my knuckles on the rough plaster wall, ouch.
It was a complete surprise that there was the original beadboard hiding under layers of wallpaper and skimcoat in the dining room. But it’s out now, as the chair-rail height beadboard is now exposed and ready to be prepped for paint. Unfortunately, there was a large area in the NW corner that was Read on…
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Monday’s Simple Cleverness… Cord Covers
Recently, in “Our House” we purchased a surround sound system for our living room. To properly install it we needed to mount the rear speakers on the rear wall, which meant wire management. Fortunately, my son and daughter-in-law were here to help me figure out how to magically ‘fish’ the wires in the space by the heat/cold air ductwork.
That got it to the bottom of the wall by the sofa, but this is what it looked like:
Not my favorite look.
So I went to Menards and was blown away with Read on…
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Little Brick Cottage, Window Treatment Removal Reveals Sad Surprise
In the process of removing the wallpaper in the living and dining rooms at “The Little Brick Cottage”, I also removed the very ugly, dusty and dated window treatments. Excited to get them down to let in the light and behold the beautiful tall antique windows, I was quickly dismayed at the sight. It wasn’t the condition of the windows that was so frustrating, I already knew they were in horrible condition and we’re planning on replacing them, it was way worse.
Let me show you, this is what the ones in the living room looked like:
And without the draperies and hideous box valance this is what we found: Read on…
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Our House, Master Bathroom: The Whole Picture, Chapter 3
As you walk into the master bathroom beyond my vanity on the right is this:
the ‘toilet room’, or as some may say, ‘the water closet’, sounds so nice, but I don’t how many people nowadays would know what a ‘water closet’ was. I’m not even sure how exactly to use that term. Is it the room, or the fixture?
Whatever you want to call it, there has really been quite a transformation by the simple addition of Read on…
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Lovin’ this Valentine’s Day Fireplace Mantel
**Update**
This post was from 2012 when we lived in our former house… Since then we have moved to our new home, a 100 year old home, that I am writing about our renovating projects on it.
Our friend, Beth from one of my favorite blogs Home Stories A 2 Z announced she’s hosting a link party featuring Valentine’s Day mantels. She has no idea how perfect that timing was for me. You see I really wanted to post a dining tablescape for Valentine’s Day, but due to the huge Read on…
