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Secondhand Furniture Find: Green Mid-Century Modern Chairs at Gideon’s Gallery
Our first secondhand purchase from Gideon’s Gallery in Syracuse: a pair of midcentury modern green chairs.
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The Realities of Buying an Old Home: Our First Year of Homeownership
Wonder what our first year was really like in our 1915 home? Here are some of the reality checks we got in our first year.
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Choosing and Installing Our Wood-Burning Stove
When you find out that your fireplace and chimney are crumbling, what are your options? This was how we chose a wood stove for our house.
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Work In Progress Wednesday: Living Room and Life Update
Another #WIPWednesday. This time: living room ideas, an update on why we’ve been MIA (hint, hint: drip, drip …)
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Work In Progress Wednesday: Waterproofing, Windows, and Gutters
A post about the nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes efforts.
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Loveseats to Pair with the West Elm Eddy Sofa (and a Eddy Sofa Review)
If you’re like me, you own the Eddy Sofa and you don’t want to go overboard with the West Elm couches. So what do you pair it with?
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Before and After: Dining Room
We wanted a lighter, brighter dining room.
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Removing Paint from a Brick Fireplace: pt. 3
The process of removing paint from bricks was a series of trial and error, with the final success coming from using Citristrip. The method involved patience and effort, but yielded satisfying results.
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Removing paint from a brick fireplace, pt. 2
We don’t recommend sandblasting your brick to remove paint, but oven cleaner is promising.
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Removing paint from a brick fireplace, pt. 1
Removing paint from brick? No biggie! Oh wait, actually this might be the world’s most tedious project.
Modern renovation and old house charm in our 1915 Dutch Colonial home