Friday, October 31, 2014
House Hunt Part 3: An American Foursquare with a View
Posted by Alex
Are you ready for house three on our house hunting trip? And since it's Halloween, we'll even give you a little Halloween twist we experienced while we were looking at this house. But before we get started, we're going to make a slight change to our game. I know in...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Spooking it Up for Halloween
Posted by Wendy
It's no secret that Halloween is my all-time favorite holiday. I love the opportunity to transform myself into a costumed alter ego, adorn our home with creepy accessories, and throw a huge bash for our friends and neighbors. While many of my tried and true decorations have come out of...
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Monday, October 27, 2014
Get Your DIY Tips from #LowesFixInSix
Posted by Alex
Are you familiar with the #LowesFixInSix project? When I first saw the hashtag I thought, "Complete a project in six years...I think I can handle that...maybe." As it turns out, I was sorely off the mark. What it really deals with is the sharing of great DIY tips or tricks through...
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Secret Bathroom Cubby Made Possible by Beadboard
Posted by Alex
Beadboard is beautiful in so many ways, but it's also ideal for creating secret doors. In a house as space challenged as our home, we're always looking for little ways here and there that can help us squeeze just a little bit more storage out of any given project. Whether...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
House Hunt Part 2: An Unexpected House For Us
Posted by Wendy
Last week we showed you one of the houses that is a final contender in our search for a second home. As you may have expected from our preferences and our current home, it is an older farmhouse filled with character, charm, and potential. But today we're going to share...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
House Hunt Part 1: A Classic 19th Century Farmhouse
Posted by Alex
After two years of dreaming, online scouring, and in person searching, we finally pulled the trigger and bought a second home that will be both a vacation/relaxation space, and another home for many more projects. For the long-winded explanation of our thought process in buying this second place, feel free...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
House Hunters: Old Town Home Edition
Posted by Alex
So we have a bit of crazy major news we want to share with you. Rather than beating around the bush, let's just cut to the chase. No, I'm totally serious, we actually bought a second home with actual doors, windows, and walls. And get this, unlike that house I...
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Alright...where were we? Our water had heater failed in a glorious manner with a basement waterfall, but our WaterCop saved our butt by shutting off our water. Mending our wounded pride for allowing such a catastrophic failure as theoretically responsible home maintainers, we showered with a bucket for a few...
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Have you ever been working on a project, humming right along and without issue, when a disaster jumps right up and bites you?It's almost like Forrest Gump running thorough the jungle carrying troops, humming right along, rescuing people left and right, and that bullet just jumps up and bites him....
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Our House's Revolt
Posted by Wendy
It seems in the last couple weeks that our house has been revolting against us. Whether big or small, we've had a slew of things go wrong and the mounting list of repairs has me feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and convinced we'll never finish our endless master bathroom renovation, or any...
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