I have grown to appreciate how the living room opens into the kitchen, the kitchen opens into the dining room, and the dining room opens into the living room. This allows my kids to ‘orbit’ the house – which is particularly important on cold winter days. Funny though, they always seem to orbit counter-clockwise. I’ve learned to enjoy this –… (more…)
So, you bought the house from the [insert previous owner's last name here]‘s. You may or may not have been lucky enough to meet these people to put a face with the name. All of the pleasantries of closing are behind you – they have moved on, and you have moved in. Now you really get to examine the place.… (more…)
Well, maybe its not the best analogy, but I’m guessing that if you sat down and talked to Eric and I for a few seconds, you’d figure out what our house must look like. As soon as ‘architectural salvage’ spilled out of my mouth – you could imagine that I’m the kind of person who wants her home filled with… (more…)