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    Trash bin love.

    After much debating, hemming, and hawing, we broke down and bought a Vipp trash bin for the bathroom. It’s a lovely little thing, beautifully constructed, and (I hope) something that will last…

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    The scavenger returns.

    I just won this old Persian kilim on eBay for $3. $3! I love deals like that. I’m not sure where it’s going to go yet, but I have taken note of…

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    Still moving forward.

    I’m still struggling a bit to get over the trauma of the plumbers canceling this morning. I realize in the scheme of things it’s not THAT big of a deal, but after…

  • Mostly for me.

    Too tired to take photos! Here is an update on this list, just so I can cross things out and feel a sense of accomplishment. → coat visible knots in wood with…

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    Shower curtain!

    I had a bit of a freak-out last night when I went in the bathroom with the shower curtain I’d been planning to use (and which I bought three years ago, mind…

  • Ordered and done!

    We finally made a decision about a ceiling fixture for the downstairs bathroom, and it is (of course) the one that we originally considered many months ago—the Alabax surface-mount in black porcelain…

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    Priming and caulking done.

    I know this photo kind of makes the bathroom look like a whitewashed underground bunker, but it does look quite nice in person. From Friday night to Sunday, we sanded all of…

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