We’re gearing up to start our master bathroom soon, so I’ve been gathering design ideas and inspiration. We have approximately 1,254 “kitchen and bath” magazines lying around the house, which helps. They are pure house porn, fueling dangerous fantasies of the very best in fixtures and furniture. Similar to the way flipping through Cosmo leaves […]

I mentioned yesterday that we’d gotten some new toys at our house in the past week. The first is something I’ve been lusting after since the day we moved in. An adorable, bubble-bath worthy clawfoot tub. It’s the perfect size – not too big, not too small. It’ll be going in our master bathroom (yes, […]

Us housebloggers have discussed our love of secret hiding spaces before… maybe we watched too much Webster growing up. Maybe it’s the uniqueness of it that appeals to us. Or maybe it’s just an unconscious desire to have once place that feels safe and private in an age when privacy is anything but. Whatever the […]

Wave goodbye to the boring old aluminum mailbox we used to have, and say hello to our newest pride and joy – an antique cast iron mailbox made by Griswold Mfg of Erie PA: The photo is a little fuzzy, but you can see that it’s marked “Standard, No. 2”. The little floral piece at […]

I am completely in love with our homemade tombstones. They came out great! We only made three this year, but if we make 3 a year for the next few years, we’ll have a full-on cemetary in no time. The neighbors will love us, I’m sure. After carving them out, we rolled gray primer on […]

This is going to be a random, but useful, post. I’ve been coming across some good stuff lately, so I thought it was time to share some links with all of you…. Last weekend, we installed new baseboards in the kitchen. We were too lazy to share the full process, but This Old House has […]

My rug obsession is ongoing, but the demons have been quieted a bit thanks to our newest purchase – a semi-nice oriental rug from my favorite discount store, Marshalls. I couldn’t resist since it matched the dining room paint color perfectly and was the perfect size. See? You can tell it’s not quite as fancy […]

This weekend was extremely productive, unlike the last few where we were either sleepy, hungover, traveling, or just plain bored with fixing the place. Our house-energy has a definite ebb and flow, and right now it’s at a high point. We’re taking advantage of it while it lasts. For starters, I finally refinished our second […]

One of my goals in life is to make our interiors look Victorian, but not too Victorian. To come up with some type of modern take on all of it, something romantic and creative and fun… and not quite so fussy. A decor that requires very little dusting of knick-knacks and does not involve overwhelming […]

I’m a huge fan of Halloween. Anyone who knows me can attest to this. So can the neighbors, the people who own the masquerade store, my dogs (who have their own costumes), and the pumpkin farm we drop loads of cash at every year. It’s my favorite holiday, mostly because it involves costumes. I love […]