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HOUSE: Newburgh

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    Should I be belting this?

    This is a pretty hot look, right? Yeah, this is my basement-demolition suit. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me to buy one of these things five years ago, because…

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    Weekend to-do.

    My Dad’s old drawing table & my favorite mug from Design House Stockholm. Evan and I (especially Evan) have both had a couple of really busy weeks at work, and we’re both…

  • How to cut an ENJE roller shade.

    I sort of feel like this has been done already (um, probably because it has—see the links at the end of this post!), but so may of you have asked me for…

  • Don’t look in the basement.

    As I mentioned the other day, our basement is a total horror show. It’s the one part of our house that I can honestly say looks worse now than before we owned…

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    Ceiling medallion.

    I know, you’re probably looking at this photo and wondering what the problem is for it to be tagged “before”, but don’t be fooled: that light fixture is hideous. I don’t remember…

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    Weekend to-do.

    Look how much snow there is in the garden! I love how pristine it is. Not even a single squirrel has ventured to cross. I know I should probably bring the Hardoy…

  • Five years ago, part three.

    Part three of my house’s birthday retrospective is dedicated to the little spaces that are so often forgotten: The closets, hallways, pantries, entryways, and other areas that we take for granted by…

  • Five years ago, part two.

    Part two of my little birthday celebration for our house is devoted entirely to the bathrooms. Seldom has any home renovation project taken quite as long as these two did. We spent…

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