Victorian House Renovation in Bloomingdale, DC
Time flies by. It wasn’t too long ago that we planted our climbing roses. This year’s winter wasn’t too bad, so I think they made it out ok. Last weekend, Sergey and I took about 30 minutes to prune and train the bushes onto the fence. This should be done at the end of winter, before plants start budding for spring.
This is how we started out. The plants didn’t even loose all of their leaves,
which I thought should go, to make way for fresh blooms.… Read the rest
while i am on a “dreaming about new kitchen” roll, i figure I might as well share pictures that I have been taking everywhere for inspiration.
The plan is to have exposed brick in the kitchen. i am not sure how that will work with insulation, so that may have to be scrapped. but for now, the idea is that the wall that houses the fridge/built-ins/bench will be exposed brick.and… Read the rest
and so far, not much else.
its been a month since this happened. since then, time spent on VIB = 0.00002. unfortunately, time and resources for all of our projects, from new kitchen to a garden/forest wedding all come from the same source (who knew, average amount of hours spent on planning a wedding? 300! and I am not going to bring up the outrageous cost of the average wedding, which is up there with kitchen renovation budgets).… Read the rest
chalkboard time — her’s our january to dos. not much crossed off (in fact not one item)
so here is our february board:
what can i say. we have been busy.i was actually telling someone that renovating a house and panning a wedding are fairly similar. we have the vision and its awesome (in our heads), but before you get there, there are lots of behind the scenes work, not to mention money, involved.… Read the rest
We are going to take it easy this month, because it feels much better to accomplish everything rather than just some things. and really as long as patio door is finished i would be happy. oh and the first dryer has got to go.
Happy 2011! happy new beginnings :)
Since we have been on a kick with a year of firsts, we decided to do VIB’s own holiday card. The house pictures from last year’s snow storm were perfect, and after choosing one, we sergey used photoshop to enhance the image to make it look as if it were painted.
we also added a short text with our blog address and mailed these to friends and family last week.… Read the rest
that’ll be it for 2010.
we did not get around to a bunch of stuff. but really its ok.
2010 really was momentous. I am looking forward to next year :)
Cheers!… Read the rest
literary. when we took off the old molding and replaced the kitchen door we took the opportunity to add some insulation.
sort of wild that in certain spots you could see straight to the outside. the mortar just sort of crumbled out. sergey now thinks we should take down all of drywall in the kitchen and start everything from scratch to make sure we are good on all 6 sides (4 walls, floor and ceiling).… Read the rest
My wish is for a white Christmas. Though it won’t be our first snow this year — right as we went under contract last year, D.C. was hit with an epic snow storm. We trekked over to VIB, on foot cause all transport even metro was down, to take pictures.
The Brass Knob warehouse was a treasure trove that we were lucky to discover soon after moving to Bloomingdale. You could also get a pretty good deal if you know how to make one (I can’t, my palms start sweating and I get flustered at the thought of having to haggle).
But anyway, a few weeks ago, we got 6 buckets of 100-year old leaded tiles for $60, courtesy of Sergey!… Read the rest
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