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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
posted by K | filed under Mysteries, Ooh, Pretty! | 7 Comments
One day many moons ago, we found something cool under our house. It was a cast iron fireplace cover – a little rusty but still in good shape – and upon closer examination, we realized it matched the one on our dining room fireplace. Our house has six fireplaces, and four of them have covers [...]
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Stripping | 2 Comments
This weekend, I discovered my paint-scraping muscles are out of shape. Why oh why didn’t I scrape the bathroom trim at the same time I was scraping the walls? It would’ve made so much more sense. Alas, at the time I was in denial and sick to death of scraping. I thought we could just [...]
Friday, May 18th, 2007
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Commentary | 13 Comments
At dinner with friends a while back, I was talking about my choice to add the English Telephone hand shower attachment on my clawfoot tub. A guy – of course, it was a guy – said he didn’t see the point of hand showers. At the time, I made a not-too-convincing argument in favor of [...]
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Lights, Ooh, Pretty!, Sink | 9 Comments
Our very first Rejuvenation light fixture is now installed! It’s the Three Forks light with polished nickel finish and 5-inch ridged satin shades. I debated whether to buy a Lowe’s fixture or spring for the fancy (read: pricey) one from Rejuvenation, and it’s clear now that I made the right decision. The light and sink [...]
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
posted by K | filed under Finds, Ooh, Pretty!, Shopping Disease | 4 Comments
Several months ago, I went on an eBay spree and bought several old postcards of Alabama scenes, many of them with writing on them. I especially like the type that look like little ink drawings colored in pastels. I framed these six a while back but never got around to hanging them because I didn’t [...]
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
posted by K | filed under Commentary, Grumpy Bear | 2 Comments
Coinciding with Roach Season is the time of year when I lose my husband to the Lord. I don’t know how much it has to do with God anymore, actually, but nevertheless, Darwin is in a gospel singing group with his father and my uncle, favoring old-time tunes like “This Ole House” (I enjoy the [...]