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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw | 4 Comments
If Houseblogs.net were a physical place, it might just be Eutaw, Alabama. Nowhere except online (and on football-loving college campuses) have I ever found such a community of people all obsessed with the same thing.
Maybe it’s this way in all small, historic towns, but I think we love our houses even more in Eutaw […]
Friday, May 26th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 2 Comments
I noticed this morning that another giant branch has fallen off the old pecan tree between our house and the neighbors’. Back in March a branch broke off during a storm, but this time there was no storm.
Makes me nervous that the old girl is doomed. It’s a really big tree, and I love […]
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Tours, Eutaw, Wishing | 5 Comments
Apparently having one old house in which we have completed not a single project is not enough for us. Lately, we’ve been fantasizing about - and worse than that, actually contemplating - buying and fixing up a house down the block from us.
This house, the poor dear, hasn’t been lived in for oh, say […]
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Finds, Eutaw | 5 Comments
Actually, not so “lotsa.” I bought a little less stuff and spent significantly less money at this year’s Antique Alley sale. Still, I am thoroughly pleased with my purchases and today I’m feeling as light as a fat-free biscuit since I didn’t spend a jillion dollars.
My first and favorite purchase was a medicine cabinet for […]
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Finds | 5 Comments
If my mom had a super power, it would be bargain sniffing. She jokes that she grew up in the Depression (she’s actually a baby boomer) because she’s a bit of a cheapskate and hates to throw anything away.
Though it perturbed me in high school when she bought me a generic brand of the […]
