July 31st, 2007
 Some of you may remember when I bought the antique china cabinet on ebay about a month or so ago. The seller is about 120 miles away in Pennsylvania, so it took us a while to schedule a time to meet half way. Having looked at a google map of the route between the […]
read more...July 30th, 2007
Damn! I had so many good pics to share with you this morning.. the after pics of the craigslist dresser and vanity, our porch that has been miraculously cured of all projects and the antique china cabinet that we finally picked up from the seller… But I forgot my camera cord :( So instead I’m […]
read more...July 26th, 2007
It has been a while since I posted a sneak peak of the kitchen cabinet doors installed, mostly because the kitchen was too much of a mess to photograph. But my sister’s visit on Tuesday gave me the perfect excuse to tidy up and snap some pics of the current state of the kitchen. Now […]
read more...July 25th, 2007
There seemed to be a common consensus in your comments about the curtains (say THAT ten times fast!) that some sort of sheers underneath would help the look. Ya’ll are so clever! I had actually been wondering how I was going to replace the ugly blinds that were left by the previous owner with something […]
read more...July 24th, 2007
We’ll start with the armoire/linen closet.. the first refugee from The Porch of Projects has been painted and relocated to its new home in the upstairs hall! First the before, with the much too faux navy blue crackle: Armoire before painting And now, the after: Linen Closet Armoire after Painting Sorry the picture is so […]
read more...July 23rd, 2007
As I mentioned in my earlier post today, we actually DID get quite a bit of work done this weekend (even if I have no pics yet to show for it) for a couple of reasons: 1) My lovely little sister Roxanne is coming to visit the house from LA for the first time tomorrow […]
read more...July 23rd, 2007
Its a lazy rainy monday here in NY.. so much so that I couldn’t take pictures of all the progress we made this weekend, it was too dark out this morning! But I do have some surprising news to share… Last week, the sellers of the antiquey linen closet/armoire told us that our town Nanuet, […]
read more...July 20th, 2007
So yesterday I posted about tearing down the upstairs hall built in and how that necessitated buying an armoire to keep our linens and extra bath products in. Never one to pass up an excuse to shop, I have been obsessively scouring craigslist and ebay for weeks! Finally, a few days ago we hit gold […]
read more...July 19th, 2007
The two 70’s inspired built-ins our house came with are something I’ve only referenced up till now in passing…but they are (well, were) so craptastic that they deserve their whole own post! Lets start with the upstairs built in.. Please excuse this before picture, it was a shot I took of my TV while it […]
read more...July 17th, 2007
So actually LIVING in the house is really quite different than working on it while having another place to stay… all of the sudden it changes from fun side project into your LIFE. Every can of paint you open and leave on the counter eventually gets in the way of crucial activities such as making […]
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