Quick Update on the Hallway
Hi again. A super quick update on the hallway but SO important to us, so we had to share. The LAST of the old deteriorated and stained tiles are now “gone.” YAY! Ready now for fresh new tile.
As This Year’s Exterior Work Draws to Close
Hi all and happy autumn! As last year, the fall colors have been incredible and although most of the leaves have peaked and fallen, there are still some beauties out there (and I’m making mental notes of the real gems I would like to see someday in our yard). Thankfully, we are just about done with our “must do” list before the season changes. After the side bay top portion of the window was completed, Paul moved scaffolding around to…
It’s Time to Lean In
Hi everyone! My apologies for the delay in posting this time. We’ve been out of town and had a few other things going on around here, and I looked up to see it was suddenly several weeks since my last post! Let me see if I can catch everyone up… As many of you know, there is a certain crispness in the air these days. And when the wind blows, there’s a subtle change you can feel. The season is…
The Exterior Continues…
While I was working on the bricks below repairing the mortar, Paul was once again, working the high places. The facing boards at the top of the house needed to be prepared for gutters. Many had long since rotted, some boards completely missing near the top and of course the paint was peeling and chipped everywhere. Once again, we picked up scaffolding and he began to work on the high places on the left side of the house (along the…
Foundation Work Almost Done!
Hi everyone! Even with the heat, we have to keep taking advantage of the warmer weather to work on the exterior. As we learned this last year (and our first season here in West Virginia), once winter comes, you have to simply move inside and use your energy where you can work on and complete a project. Some projects outside require a few days, simply because of what they are. One for example is the continuing repair of the foundation….
Here We Are and We’re All In
It’s finally here. After 10 months of scrubbing, tearing out, testing radiators, fixing bathroom leaks, installing heat, hot water heaters and running pipes, we have finally moved into the beautiful ole’ home. She still has a LONG way to go, but it’s workable, actually quite livable and coming together beautifully. There was a bit of a delay since my last post mainly because of the move and we had to get internet setup. Considering how long it’s been since the…
Hoosier Cabinets – Can You Say Storage?
Quick fun side note: in doing our temporary setup in the kitchen, I needed to make use of every organizer we had. That meant every shelving unit, every drawer bin, every thing that had a nook, a cranny, a crevice, (…well you get the idea, lol) had to be utilized in the kitchen until cabinets can come (which I understand can be awhile). I began moving every organizer-y/shelving thing into the kitchen space and decided I should use the Hoosier…
Unfinished Projects and That Gnawing Feeling
Before I get to the new outside work we are beginning, I had a couple of things on my mind. For those who don’t know me, I’m a list maker. When something is worked on, it should be completed. Anything almost done, almost clean, almost…stays on my mind, gnawing at me. I do so like a checked off list. There’s such a sense of accomplishment with it. I know. It’s a personal issue, but I’ve come to terms with it….
Kitchen – Finally! Clean Walls
Hi everyone! I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get back to the blog, time got away from me and we found ourselves involved in a local event. The Greenbrier Valley home tour is this year and we’ve been honored with the request to allow our home to be a part of it! Check it out. https://greenbriervalleyhomeandgardentour.com/ It’s coming up in just two weeks and to prep for the tour, I’ve been doing a little work behind the scenes, researching…
A Look Back – 1 Year Ago
The colors are coming out all over and the foliage is turning once again into that brilliant almost blue green with flowers blooming and trees budding. It’s been present on our minds lately that it was one year ago, April 2021, when we started our new adventure. That was when we took our first trip to West Virginia and discovered this beautiful state, its genuinely kind people and what it had to offer. We had an unexpected pleasure this week….