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{the renovation} hookin’ up the gas heater

April 22, 2011

When we bought our little M’ssippi cottage, there were two old gas heaters left by the previous homeowner. One was some sort of funky art deco heater (with too many broken/missing ceramic inserts); the other was this cool wrought iron faux coal basket gas heater: gas heater on our master bedroom hearth We tossed [...]

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{the renovation} exterior paint: finished!

November 3, 2010

Another blog silence – sorry! Since my last post, I took a few calligraphy classes (definitely not a pro yet), cleaned and organized the house a bit (still a disaster), oversaw carpet installation in the second bedroom (nothing fancy, but no more sub-flooring!), and took an RV with friends to the infield of Talladega (so [...]

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{the renovation} more master bathroom

August 12, 2010

I left you hanging a few weeks ago with a partially finished master bathroom…sorry! I’ve been diligently working on prepping walls and trim (and quickly losing motivation), so no final-final pics, but how about some pics of how it was when we moved in, hmmm? The last pic I shared was a completed vanity, finally [...]

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{the renovation} finished floors

August 9, 2010

Hi friends! Sorry again for my general blog silence…moving in – especially when everything isn’t finished – is tough work! I spent most of the weekend sanding away 90 years and a rainbow of old paint on the trim and door in our master bathroom (don’t worry, I was wearing a mask!). The previous owners [...]

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{the renovation} counter tops are in!

July 28, 2010

I know, I know, where are the renovation updates?! If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know Husband and I have been spending A LOT of time at the house getting her move-in ready. But we’re not even close to done. Pretty much every minute outside of our day jobs until very late at night, [...]

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{the renovation} master bathroom progress

July 20, 2010

So last night Husband scolded me for not keeping the blog updated!!! I didn’t even realize he regularly read it! Apparently when he was back in DC at his main office and wanted to show people our renovation progress, he kept having to explain how much farther along we were when showing them my blog! [...]

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{the renovation} floor progress

July 14, 2010

Last week I gave you a peek at the progress on refinishing the floors of our little cottage. All of the floors of the house (except the now-bathrooms) are original tongue-in-groove red pine flooring – bea-u-ti-ful! Today is another peek at them from last week in their sanded-but-not-yet-stained state. Because we all love a good [...]

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{the renovation} kitchen progress

July 13, 2010

Things are wrapping up at the house! Pretty much all that is left is PAINTING (oh my goodnight that’s going to take us forever!!!), kitchen counter tops, and installing our appliances! But I’m not going to reveal everything just yet. Here are some kitchen progress pics from early last week! (Sorry they’re grainy – [...]

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{the renovation} faucet dilemma!

July 13, 2010

I feel like I haven’t really shared much of my decision-making process for the renovation, but don’t worry, I plan on going back and sharing more about that. Right now, however, I’m in the middle of a kitchen faucet conundrum! – and I need your help! With the kitchen just about done (except for counter [...]

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{the renovation} hello floors!

June 30, 2010

The old tongue-in-groove pine floors in our house were covered up in tile in part of the house and layer upon layer of brown latex paint in the rest of the house. Well, those floors made an appearance today! Or…at least the edges did. In the master bedroom… In the living room… And in the [...]

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