Chronicling my adventures restoring and updating a quirky old Philadelphia rowhouse
So, here it is. A clawfoot tub! Pretty exciting. Tub aside, it’s definitely the worst room in the house. What’s not to like? Well, to start, this shower faucet. Not sure exactly what’s going on here. Is this a sink faucet? Also, it leaks. And then the shower head? EEK! Where the tub crunched through…
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First off, did you miss me? Some of you may wonder what happened. Basically, I had some techinical difficulties, and with the pandemic, work, and spending half of 2020 with Tito’s family in north central Florida, I just… abandoned it. I’m still having more trouble uploading images than I used to, but hopefully I’m back.…
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This wasn’t part of the plan, but the dishwasher decided to turn itself into a dish rack in the middle of this project. And giving it a bit of thought, we decided that while we’re at it all the appliances should be stainless steel. As proud as I was of buying the opposite of what…
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Well, yes. working on the kitchen the last time around was miserable and I wanted to do as little as possible and get on with my life. But still. We’ve been living with woodwork that was just primed and then partly sanded off and marked up with the Irishman’s notes and further damaged from years…
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So, apparently part of not challenging myself is not sticking to a regular posting schedule, but I will be writing because stuff is happening! Remember these secondhand Formica countertops I picked up at the ReStore and cut up with a saw to fit the space? Early this year, we were finally able to thank them…
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Hi everyone! It’s October and I’m writing my first post of the year. There’s been a lot of awfulness that I don’t want to write about this year, so I’ll just give you the bare minimum. My mother-in-law bought a house. We spent half of 2020 in Florida, mostly helping her. I have no love…
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So you saw the headboard I bought in the back bedroom before, but since it’s been so long I’ll show you again. I bought it from a small-time dealer. She messaged me later that she had a mirror that matched it, and she had stuff piling up enough that she was giving it away to…
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At 960 square feet, the Crooked House is too small to have spaces that we don’t use regularly. Meanwhile, Tito and I both have demanding jobs and I have a soul-crushing commute and both of us would do well to have good space to work from home when we need it. That means a comfortable…
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So it’s been a bit, and what I’m about to write about is old. After we finished the bedroom, it might have been a good time to stop working for the holidays. But I was thinking about the unfinished state of the linen closet. I wanted to do it twice before, but life (as in…
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Well, we could call the room done, but we’re still having heating issues. So the same project that started early gets to finish late. Not my favorite job. And now for the good stuff. Getting the rug and all the paintings together made decorating the room a lot less intimidating. With the bookcases and the…
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