Monthly Archives: December 2011

Back to that bathroom

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

We’ve been playing tour guide a lot in the house in the two weeks since we and the boxes moved in, showing off our new-old floors and the still-gleaming kitchen. The stove and the washing machine consistently draw favorable comments, … Continue reading →

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Super special specialty storage

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

If truth be told, the cold room at the front of the basement was one of the reasons I fell in love with the shell in the first place. It was a pretty damp and dismal place before the spouse … Continue reading →

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Message to Old Man Winter: We’re ready

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

In one of his many previous incarnations, the spouse installed pellet stoves, boasting about the efficient way they burn up the waste wood from sawmills and places like that. So not installing something like that really wasn’t an option when … Continue reading →

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Bring back the booze

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

I started this blog with champagne when we bought our shell a million years ago or so, so it seems appropriate to celebrate our move home with a similar picture as two friends helped the spouse and I drink to … Continue reading →

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Our big splurge

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since we spotted a super-decadent white tub in a bathroom showroom an awful lot of months ago. But as of this week we have a fully functioning bathroom. At 9 o’clock, as you … Continue reading →

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When the cat’s away

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

The spouse was away for a couple of days this week, which gave me a chance to uncover a few more things, if only to prove to myself that we actually will move in one day. I washed windows, scrubbed … Continue reading →

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Fine and fabulous floors

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

It’s been a while since we saw the floors to the house, so it was a special moment today when I peeled the protective paper away from three rooms (saving it for the recycling of course) and revealed our refinished … Continue reading →

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Things are heating up

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Who would think I could get so excited about heating? But our cast iron radiators are works of art in their own right, and suddenly have star billing in our almost-home. We bought them at the very start of the … Continue reading →

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Toward the finish line

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Three visits to the house this week, and each time I notice the changes as we race toward a move-in finish line that’s less than two weeks away. We had a shell for months, in varying degrees of disrepair, then … Continue reading →

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