A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
Though I don’t own a “tiny house” (which is usually described as under 500 square feet), at 1,300 square feet, my house is only about half the size of the average single-family house. I have found there are many benefits to owning a small house. Soundtrack for this post here. =) Coziness- With a small [...]
Yes, I had to include the before and after pictures of the bathrooms because so much work has gone into them! Upstairs, we took out the heavy trim and replaced it with lighter, decorative trim to match the smaller scale of the alcove bathroom. We also installed a vent fan (which took way more work [...]
"If ever I had a house, I would have old furniture...It is not as expensive as modern furniture, and incomparably handsomer and better made."-Beatrix Potter I hope you enjoyed my art room tour last week. The next step was to redo the two upstairs bedrooms that are mirror images of each other. Both needed to [...]
It's time for a room by room tour. Now that most of the renovations are done and the little carriage house is starting to feel like home, I think I can finally share some before and after pictures...which I'm sure is why most of you are following this blog anyway. I'll start with the art [...]
The open concept floor plan is the current dominating design and remodel trend and it looks like it will be around for a while. There are certainly many advantages to open concept. The home feels larger, it allows for more time together while family members can be doing different activities in the same large space, [...]
One of the things I enjoy about historic homes is that they were usually custom built and the craftsman paid close attention to quality and detail. My house is relatively simple inside as far as historic homes go. Because it was a carriage house, it was designed to be functional. The people who lived here [...]
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. -Cicero When I first started thinking of moving out, I quickly ruled out renting and was looking to buy a house. I was not considering condominiums at all, but I'm so glad I stumbled upon the condo I ended up buying. So [...]
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.-Louisa May Alcott If you are looking at purchasing a fixer-upper or just a slightly dated house, you are probably looking at putting some work and money into the kitchen and bathroom. Though these may be the biggest transformation areas, you [...]
The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.Robert Louis Stevenson Undoubtedly, one of the down sides of living in a historic home is the lack of closet space. As I was moving stuff in, I had to use both my closet and an [...]
Home is the nicest word there is. — Laura Ingalls Wilder It was a long process, but this week I moved into my own place. Now that some of the whirlwind of the process is past, I want to slow down a bit to write and reflect about some of the things that I've learned [...]
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