New Old House | Simmer Till Done

1-Year Blog Birthday: New Old House, Simmered Till Done

Posted in birthdays, blogging, cake and cupcakes, new old house on Sep 7th, 2008

One whole year? As in photos and recipes and 260 posts about nothing, fluffy as frosting? Impossible.

Finished Kitchen in Rare Form

Posted in kitchen, new old house on Jul 2nd, 2008

It took a year to build the house and a little extra to finish this, but much like Neutrogena, the kitchen certainly got an energizing boost from copper. The range hood and bar counter were made by a local metal artist who does incredible work. For him the actual fabrication was child’s play – dealing [...]

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Got a few hours? It was kind of a long year.

Posted in blogging, new old house on May 3rd, 2008

Sometimes you have to start from scratch. When I started Simmer Till Done, my old blog and blog program absolutely positively refused to let me import the old entries. That means new readers couldn’t discover our crazy year building a new old house, and old readers couldn’t revisit the highs and lows – really, who [...]

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Making a New Kitchen Yours

Posted in kitchen, moving, new old house on Apr 21st, 2008

Yesterday the new kitchen officially became my kitchen. We had drawn every detail, every door and knob and pull, but it took months of living to make it mine. I would like to say it was the perfect batch of brownies or the waft of blueberry pie, but it was a pool of dirty water. [...]

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Rolling Out the Green Carpet

Posted in marriage, new old house on Apr 2nd, 2008

Our house this morning, 7:34 am. I am just running Cleo out when I turn and snap a picture of our dirt. A truck pulls up and the driver watches me, but short-shorts girl across the street doesn’t bat an eye. Walking that dog with a camera again. What-ever! Since we moved in on December [...]

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