Victorian House Renovation in Bloomingdale, DC
We have had our wheels spinning a bit between the fireplace and the damn dryer that may never get its (gas) hook up.
so, naturally, we thought to hell with it all, we’ll just redo the kitchen. we are sort of serious. we are going to be coming into obama money (the $8k homebuyers credit) which could help us quite a bit with that. my imaginations wheels are in high gear, although right now i am overwhelmed with all the options and considerations.… Read the rest
First let me just say that PoP, a DC blog about DC, is awesome for taking questions from readers. We have submitted two, and both times recieved awesome feedback from his readers.
Now, to the matter at hand. As per suggestion from PoP readers, I was able to get in touch with Sergio, the chimney/ fireplace expert. He has a top hat!!! i just can’t get over how awesome/knowledgeable he was and he has a top hat!… Read the rest
we will be checking out the situation (sorry couldn’t resist) in Jersey Shore and then capping the week off in Philly. As always, I will try scour a few house/design related finds. In honor of that, i’ll be checking out design*sponge guide to philly
if anyone has further suggestions on where i can find some cool stuff in philly, please drop us a note!… Read the rest
I had realized awhile ago that I learn best from a lecture, then from reading with pictures and worst all, is all text. thankfully the internets is an amazing resource when it comes to how-to videos. including gardening videos. after some research, I stumbled on this nursery providing videos on roses. this one is especially useful for first year of my roses. stay tuned for training climbing roses, and pruning climbing roses installments this winter/ early spring.… Read the rest
rain, rain, you can come back now!
Hey-o,so we got our rain barrel installed today. Apparently it won’t help that much with flooding issues. But at least it will gather 132 gallons of water for my future garden and roses.
You can see here for more info on the DC government Storm Water program — the cost is minimal $30 instead of $300 — and if you don’t want to wait 6+ months, you can install one yourself and get a rebate from DC Green Works, the company that installed our barrel.… Read the rest
Thank you to friends from near and far for coming to the VIB housewarming!
it was so good, we are afraid our deck will have a hard time recovering… )
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So, this happened. At a housewarming party in DC.
There is something about fireplaces and old, turn-of-the-century homes.
Today, the chimney people came out to give us an estimate – we are looking at the same price tag as the A/C for two separate chimnys- hmmmm.
If we go through with rather expensive chimney work- we can apparently have either wood or gas. So we are thinking wood in dining room (chimney #1) and gas in the bedroom (chimney #2) – cause its so nice to wake up and turn on the warmth of fire!… Read the rest
remember our to do chalk board?
well, to have even more incentive to be productive, I am starting a monthly chalk board series – to chronicle our to do lists (at the beginning of the month) and our achievement/ failures (at the end of the month). This one is a bit backwards, because I don’t have a picture from beginning of the month. But this is what we’ve done over September:
I know some items are cryptic and some may be hard to read.… Read the rest
who’s there?
its me, a FIREPLACE!
On Sunday morning, we were having breakfast with a friend, who suggested that we investigate what we have behind the plaster of what appeared to be a fireplace. So we did. After layers of plaster, we found some bricks:
After just a few minutes of scraping out mortar and hammering at the brick, sergey was able to push half out to reveal that behind was indeed a fireplace!… Read the rest
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