The doors
We have a front door. I think it’s been used 3 times. Not because we don’t have any friends or family and no one ever comes over, but because it’s perhaps the most oddly placed front door in the world....
View ArticleThey know me well at the painter’s counter
I’ve made three visits to the paint section of Home Depot over the last week, and I can’t imagine how the clerks there must picture my house, what with me walking out with colors like Riesling Grape,...
View ArticleGetting to know you.
We’ve been living together for 10 months now, this mid-century house and me. And I think we’re really starting to get to know one another on an intimate level. Of course, it’s not a perfect...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Couches
The little-known mid century Karlstad couch makeover would win a doodle award for excellence in ikea furniture customization if there were such a thing. There’s not, but there is my complete copying of...
View ArticleRethinking countertops?
Notice that I said “rethinking countertops?” and not “rethinking countertops!” That question marks means I am in the thinking stage. Not in the doing or acting stage or...
View ArticleSecondhand Sensations
Our Memorial Day weekend was pretty excellent on all counts and though not quintessentially American, at least was quintessentially us. There wasn’t hamburger grilling or lake going, but there was...
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