Archive for October, 2007
Happy Howl-O-Ween
Corny, I know, but considering how many times Burger makes an appearance on this blog the title seemed appropriate. Anyway, a few days ago John and I had a ball decorating the front porch with faux spiderwebs (while Burger barked his disapproval).
We even switched out our lemon wreath for a goulish greeting.
Hope you all have [...]
‘N Sink
Making over the kitchen meant that we had to say bye bye bye to our old farmhouse sink in favor of a sleeker undermount stainless steel model. We loved our old one for its depth (9″ is more than enough space to hide loads of dirty dishes) but this new double bowl undermount stainless version [...]
Light My Fire
I’m still not used to the weather here in Richmond. Growing up in Jersey and living in New York for 6 years taught me that come September, mother nature means business. Up North, it routinely dropped from the high 90s in August to the low 50s in September, and I hardly ever got to beak [...]
It’s A Wash
Our new kitchen faucet could not have been a better deal. We snagged it on ebay (at our contractor’s suggestion) for an unbelievable $200+ below retail. We’re at the fun stage of the kitchen renovation where we get to choose hardware, fixtures and faucets- but the fun part can add up quickly so we’ll take [...]
Playing Plumber
The weekend kicked off with what seemed to be our biggest plumbing project ever. Mainly because it required turning off water to the entire house (which involved me sticking my hand down a muddy, bug-filled hole in the front yard with a tiny wrench as my only weapon.)
We were fixing a small leak the [...]
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