1900 Farmhouse

As I mentioned before in an earlier post, I travelled to St. Louis where my family is based. My mom had gotten this clock when I was just a...

This rainy and cold afternoon in Portland was spent outside chopping wood to smaller more usable firewood for the woodstove . After being on...

On Saturday morning I woke to a fairly large puddle in the downstairs bathroom. Such a drag. Fortunately, I didn't have any solid plans ...

Now that I got this blog up and running again, there's no stopping this next post. After all, this is a house blog, and toilets are a pa...

Last year at Labor Day, I used the 3 day weekend to paint part of my house. Since house painted is such a daunting task, I decided to break ...

While waiting for the paint to dry during the Labor Day project, I took a bike ride downtown to Art in the Pearl , where I had found the ...

For Labor Day I decided to celebrate by being laborious. Actually, the truth is that the wet Portland winter is just around the corner and I...

The new chandelier from Hubbardton Forge in Vermont arrived yesterday. Based on the comments from my mom, dynochick and one Ted Morgan , th...

On Labor Day last year, I went down to Art in the Pearl in downtown Portland to support some fellow irish musicians performing there. While...

Lately, the focus of the blog has been on the dining room remodel. In fact, that's actually the reason for creating the blog - a means o...

It's a pretty sure sign that the dining room is close to completion when I start hanging pictures on the wall. But it's actually not...

Several years ago, I came across Hunter Douglas honeycomb blinds through my friend Chris Berg . I remember how excited he was and he went ...

For part of my weekend, I was able to obtain the chairs for the dining room. They're nothing fancy since I've already gone a bit ov...

As I was waiting for the floor refinisher a few Wednesday morning's ago, I had a chance to see and capture the miniature lilies blooming...

The reason why I love my house as much as I do is because of all the character it has: the many corners, the funky roof lines from with i...

Last weekend I painted the den walls, the panel wainscoting in the dining room, the den ceiling and finally the dining room walls. It was a ...

I had posted something before regarding the new floor vent, but just had to show the finished product with the new paint job against the new...