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And in the shower no less.  Prrrrrrr. Seven years ago, we bought our 1891 house in New Bedford from people who flipped it.  We saved them ...

Or the other title for this post "How to keep shit away from my crazy toddler."  I swear, he's like a raccoon, scavenging with...

My upstairs bathroom has had a vinyl roller shade in it for about 7 years.  Pretty ugly but functional.  Little did I know that those shades...

I'm upgrading the pillows on our couch since the old ones are fugly and came free with the couch.  Thanks, Raymour and Flanigan but....n...

Trendy as these are, I still love 'em.  They appeal to my love of the design themes of science geek/Steam Punk/Victorian cool kid.  Reme...

We have this nice built-in hutch in our dining room, which we love and use a lot.  We need that storage.  But in 7 years of living in this h...

After much scraping and pulling and soaking, I finally got down to the bare skull on this 50 year old rack.  And....it was yellow. Very yell...

Like the itch you can't help but scratch, I finally caved and painted our half bath.  The color was BM Bronzed Beige that I painted abou...

....and did I mention cleaning it?  Yuck.  Don't read this post if you're feeling queasy. My husband's grandfather shot...

( houzz ) probably in another world, or in another home, one might be jealous that we have wall sconces. probably. but, I despise them....

I'm craving it. big time. feeling trapped by all this cold and snow with little bean, wren. so, I day dream about our decks when she nap...

readers, it has been ages since I've posted. much has happened. my husband and I moved from california back to chicago where we bought o...