Luckily, we made very few mistakes in the whole ground floor reno process. One of the few was putting some of the halogen pot lights too close to the kitchen cabinets. Hardly a mistake really, more like a fudge, a little boo boo. But still it required some patch work as well as the services of our favourite Hungarian curmudgeon, László, to make it right. True to form, László entered the Tall House without even so much as a hello:Cutting...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Monday, 22 November 2010
Looking for fixer upper?
Mr W, our ancient, crotchety old neighbour with the heart of gold has moved out and put his house up for sale. We saw the pictures online. Save for the staircase, there are no original features, just an empty shell. There is nothing to show for a lifetime of living in that house but a bunch of linoleum flooring and some bare walls. Growing...
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
We're in!
All the trim still needs paintingThe range hood needs to be installed. The smoke alarm goes off every time we open the oven......we're missing the backsplash tooOne day we'll hang the real plates, these are just photocopies...The future coat closet. The antique doors need to be hung and painted.We've been living in the new space for a couple...
Monday, 8 November 2010
The summer of the great Stejoine
Behold the great pirate shipArgh! And she shall be christened the StejoineThe Jolly Roger flying aloftThe summer of 2010 will forever go down in Tall House history as the summer of the great pirate ship, The Stejoine. One fine august day while I was busy unpacking and organizing the first floor, Manu came up with the most inspired idea to...