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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Thanks, Greg, for pointing out that my last post was behaving strangely. It took forever to publish, so I’m not surprised something was weird with it. I hope it is working now after a re-publish.
Monday, January 16th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Crafty | 5 Comments
Lately, I’ve had a little trouble picturing the end result of our bathroom remodel. I’ve felt lost, afraid to make any of these big decisions that will affect us and our house for many years to come. But when I was in the shower on Sunday, I got an idea. I always get my best [...]
Friday, January 13th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Clawfoot | 13 Comments
Today I was playing around with the arrangement of objects in our bathroom on HGTV’s room layout tool, and I discovered something disturbing. If we do everything I planned on my old graph paper sketch, there will be no place for a towel bar! This is very distressing because I am a person who requires [...]
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Auction, Finds | 5 Comments
Yesterday I spent a good chunk of time browsing eBay, narrowing my search only with the category Antique and the search term Eastlake. I found some really cool stuff. On the beadboard is the outline of some kind of shelf that once hung at about head height (my head – 5’4″ish). Like this clock shelf. [...]
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, History, Mysteries | 6 Comments
The first house in Eutaw built with a bathroom in the plans was Magnolia on Main across the street, built in 1904. I imagine our home’s owner Mary Julia Dunlap gazing across the street at her neighbor’s house as it went up and thinking, “A bathroom inside? Darnit, why didn’t I think of that?” Worse [...]
Monday, January 9th, 2006
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Mysteries, Paint | 5 Comments
In this month’s issue of Old House Journal, an article cites six reasons why it’s great to live in an old house. One of the reasons is that every time you undertake a project, you discover new things about your house. It’s amazing how many layers we’ve uncovered in one room, in one 104-year-old house. [...]