• Plans are only good intention unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. ~ Peter F. Drucker
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succomb to your master

The master bedroom was a nicely sized room, but with a sink in the corner of the bedroom and an oddly angled doorway to the bath (which was about 4′ square and included a bidet, toilet and a spit sink) it needed a serious re-do. The master closet entered into the room as well and [...]

the kitchen…before

Back and forth, back and forth like a tennis ball at Wimbledon. Let’s put the wall here, no, let’s not because it blocks the view. Let’s put the stove on this side and the fridge on the other. No, that won’t fit. Let’s put a window in here and french doors here. No, that will [...]

our new house-pet: a whiskered screech owl?

Hootie and the Sanchez on the Lil’ Giant ladder  So Jeff was at the house tonight and we have more wildlife infiltrating our lives. We’ve identified our newest member as a Whiskered Screech Owl and named him Hootie and the Sanchez (cousin to hamster Hammy Sagar Sanchez.) Jeff was just a few inches from it, [...]

Wrap it, baby.

fireplace viewed from the living room   fireplace viewed from the old dining area/new kitchen area   We LOVE the wrap-around fireplace in the living room and kitchen area or what was formerly the dining area. Although it was suggested we remove the fireplace by more than one person, we couldn’t bear to do that [...]

yes, we are voyeurs (or maybe the other way around)

One of our favorite parts of the house are the windows, windows, windows. They’re in the front, in the back and up high which is good for those late night trips to the refrigerator sans p.j.’s. living room windows The windows above are in the living room and look out the back of the house [...]

let’s start from the very beginning, a very good place to start…

I found a quote that pretty much sums up what it is to remodel a house: “Plans are only good intention unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” Funny thing is, we didn’t start this project with a plan (except for the one Jeff scribbled out on a napkin.) And yes, it certainly has proved [...]

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