Posted in new old house, Vintage on Mar 11th, 2008
First, we have Greg to thank for the classy post title – it was actually the subject line of an email he sent me a few weeks ago: Sadly it was not a randy compliment for his hot, ageless wife; it was a link to something on eBay, a very important thing that we needed [...]
Posted in new old house on Jan 28th, 2008
The sideboard-vanity was lonely, and bored. She needed the kind of drama that only a good, solid, supporting cast can bring. Character players. We discovered these beauties – unknowns! – in a lucky sale find at Target. The vanity was dismissive – such a diva – but she soon realized they would soften her age [...]
Posted in new old house on Jan 7th, 2008
We would encounter a thousand small issues in the year we built our new old house, but back when we started, in May 2007, there was only one major problem: tornado season. We live in northeastern Kansas – tornado country. Not quite at the center and not quite as severe as our neighbors in the [...]
