DC Chronicles

House Project Weekend! Sometime last week we came up with a brilliant idea of dedicat

inside the salvage store

kitchen cabinets anyone?

door knobs

to the roof!

House Project Weekend!

Sometime last week we came up with a brilliant idea of dedicating a whole weekend to house projects so that we can get situated and finally make a dent in our to do list. Well the weekend is almost over – we have done lots. But it turns out that the brilliant idea of getting a bunch of projects done just doesn’t work all that well when you have a million and one tasks.… Read the rest

Treasure Hunt Our house is not comfortable. It doesn’t have hooks, it doesn’t have sh

foyer dresser

lamps

second lamp waiting for a shine

letter opener, russian decorative plate

Treasure Hunt

Our house is not comfortable. It doesn’t have hooks, it doesn’t have shelves, and it doesn’t have that much closet space. (In fact there is not a single closet downstairs – but that’s a whole different post). There’s clutter and stuff everywhere, because we have nowhere to put it.

So this past weekend, I had to have something to go into foyer to catch mail and keys and provide at least some storage.… Read the rest

The Great Flood of 2010 The day we were moving, it was raining – but it didn’t r

The Great Flood of 2010

The day we were moving, it was raining – but it didn’t really start coming down hard until we were done unloading. Someone then noted that it was good thing we were done, as water from the rain was approaching the curb for the sidewalk. Next day, our basement flooded from more rain, but we thought that this was due to our own drain being clogged.… Read the rest