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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Mysteries, Ooh, Pretty! | 6 Comments
One day many moons ago, we found something cool under our house. It was a cast iron fireplace cover - a little rusty but still in good shape - and upon closer examination, we realized it matched the one on our dining room fireplace.
Our house has six fireplaces, and four of them have covers […]
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Stripping | 2 Comments
This weekend, I discovered my paint-scraping muscles are out of shape. Why oh why didn’t I scrape the bathroom trim at the same time I was scraping the walls? It would’ve made so much more sense.
Alas, at the time I was in denial and sick to death of scraping. I thought we could just […]
Friday, May 18th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Commentary | 13 Comments
At dinner with friends a while back, I was talking about my choice to add the English Telephone hand shower attachment on my clawfoot tub. A guy - of course, it was a guy - said he didn’t see the point of hand showers.
At the time, I made a not-too-convincing argument in favor […]
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Lights, Sink, Ooh, Pretty! | 9 Comments
Our very first Rejuvenation light fixture is now installed! It’s the Three Forks light with polished nickel finish and 5-inch ridged satin shades.
I debated whether to buy a Lowe’s fixture or spring for the fancy (read: pricey) one from Rejuvenation, and it’s clear now that I made the right decision. The light and […]
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Finds, Ooh, Pretty!, Shopping Disease | 6 Comments
Several months ago, I went on an eBay spree and bought several old postcards of Alabama scenes, many of them with writing on them. I especially like the type that look like little ink drawings colored in pastels.
I framed these six a while back but never got around to hanging them because I […]
