RENOVATE – REMODEL – DECORATE
Do you really need ice? The first weekend we tore up the kitchen (read about that here) we moved the refrigerator across the room to let more light into the room. We never hooked the water line up and we were suddenly sans ice. I thought Dave was waiting on moving the water line, but I… Continue reading The Cult of the Porcelain Light Socket: This Old House Part 4
This is what I learned about making decisions for your own home: nothing. My last blog post on my kitchen was a little over two weeks ago and in that time decisions were made but indecision and anxiety have sidled into my life like long lost friends. I lost sleep the other night over faucets. … Continue reading Indecision and Anxiety: This Old House Part 3
It's been 2 weeks since we took out a wall in our kitchen (if you missed that post, you can read about it here). We have a small, 1930's cottage-style house and taking this wall down only served to let much needed natural light into the kitchen. It did not join it miraculously to the… Continue reading Kitchen Renovation Saga: This Old House Part 2
We live in a "charming" 1930's cottage on a good sized, overgrown and kind-of-crazy lot very close to Downtown Littleton. It has the kind of backyard that if a neighbor's kids ball goes sailing over the fence, they might shrug and say "Oh well". We are working on this and it has gotten better, but… Continue reading Small, Vintage Charm: Embracing the Quirks of a 1930’s Cottage
The Colorado Nest 