Archive for the ‘House Projects’ Category

31 upstairs remodel: “before picture” edition

This is the story of a 1930s house in an adorable little craftsman and tudor neighborhood who, unfortunately, had some not so nice owners once upon a time. So, we decided to rip everything out of the second story. What, did I skip a step in there? Please allow me to explain. Here’s the thing, [...]

18 I may have taken some liberties with the term ‘mortally wounded’

WARNING: This post contains pictures of blood. (OMW I have always wanted to say that!) No wound shots or anything grotesque, just some DanO blood on a yucky sock in the background. Frankly, I think the dirty sock is grosser (Is that a word? No?) than the blood, but in the interest of full disclosure, I [...]

14 so this weekend we tore out the entire second story of our house.

What did YOU do on Saturday? (Please don’t tell me you had a picnic and a beautiful day at the park with your family. I will go positively green with envy.) (OBaby totally wanted to rush upstairs and “help”.) (Also, here I go with the apologizing again, but this video was rather motion sickness inducing. [...]

38 O My Organization: desk makeover and link-up

I know, I know, you are hoping that this is kitchen cabinet v. AllisonO 2.0, and that I finally conquer those bankity blankin Cheerios, but it’s not. Nope, those snapware containers are sitting nicely on my counter as a reminder that I need to go return them to Costco and then track down some containers [...]