I mentioned in last week's goal renewal post that renovation progress at #L2HQ is high priority this year because I've hit the line in the metaphorical construction sand of my ability to be able to handle consistent dust. The good news is that...
I mentioned in the 2017 goals post that, after taking over a year off from renovations to save up, this year would be the year for all of the exterior work on the L² Design Lab. And so it has been that ever since the beginning of July I have...
So much has happened in the first year and a half of ownership. If you want to catch up on all of the work that’s been done, check out the archives. Today I wanted to give you some insight on the broad goals for #ThisOldHouse this year (and...
The first year in #ThisOldHouse has come and gone. In many ways it feels like I scaled a mountain…only to reach the top and realize I was at base camp one, now just beginning to see the actual summit intermittently through the clouds above...
I wrote in a previous #ArchiTalks post about crafts that I always enjoy seeing the Pinterest fails. The HGTV effect, or the Martha effect…the insane amount of DIYs available that are made to look easy for the everyday person…masking...
I looked back recently and realized, outside of my #ArchiTalks post on #ThisOldHouse, I haven’t written about #ThisOldHouse progress in over a month! I’ve been a busy bee working on the house towards some impending deadlines I...
I realized last night that it’s been 4.5 months since the last official blog update on the renovation progress of #ThisOldHouse, though if you follow along on Instagram or Twitter you’ve probably been keeping up. The projects...
As most of you who follow along on twitter or instagram know, the first major project has begun at #ThisOldHouse. The (second floor) full bathroom has officially started demo/reno. Before I even bought the house, I’d had visions of what it...
As I was talking to an architect friend about layout options for the full bath, she was asking all sorts of questions about what was around it and the general layout of the spaces. It was then I realized that, despite all my efforts in taking...
I decided to try out a DIY craft that I’d seen on Pinterest a couple times to give to dad as a Christmas gift. Having just retired from teaching, I figured he would like the school-relation that this piece takes on. The first task...