We woke up to this Sunday morning: The amazing Ikea shelf that has been so wonderful for storing our Costco bounty had fallen flat on its face and left a mass of smashed bulk products in it’s wake. Worst part is that we still have no idea how it happened. Pearl is really just not… Read more »
House Projects Category
learning to be home
At 6:25pm DanO and I crossed the threshold of our home without wearing gas masks for the first time¬† in 12 days. It was 12 days ago that we emptied the entire ground floor, packed our suitcases, and went to live with friends. It felt good to be home. By 6:35 I was wearing work… Read more »
dark walnut
In food, I don’t particularly like walnuts, but on my floors it’s perfect. Yum. We chose Varathane brand’s Dark Walnut wood stain. It really goes well with the previous owners’ maroon trim that we discovered behind the quarter-round, don’t you think? Also, due to concern, I would like to state that I was in fact… Read more »
omigosh omigosh omigosh
These were the first words out of my mouth upon seeing the glorious color of my NEWLY STAINED HARDWOOD FLOORS! “omigosh! omigosh! omigosh!” …these were also the words out of DanO’s mouth every few hours when he stopped and contemplated JUST HOW MUCH WORK this project was. Let me break it down for you. Step… Read more »
O, hi there. I’m Allison.
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