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Newburgh

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    Blooming.

    All at once, the purple aster in the front garden is in bloom! Fall is definitely coming. The days are already getting shorter, and I need a coat when I leave the…

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    The! Hallway! Is! White! So! Relieved!

    When painting walls, my gut usually tells me that everything in my living space should be white. I love white, it’s my favorite color (along with black, gray, green, yellow, red, pink,…

  • Frustration.

    The Citristrip is not working. The Peel-Away 7 is not working. The paint is gone, but after three applications of the above products, the brown mastic (it’s 1/4″ thick, and rock hard)…

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    Bathroom grossness.

    So, um, I really hope this is one of those photos I’m going to look back on in a few years and have a good laugh at how revolting my beautiful bathroom…

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    Poor Bruno.

    Bruno has had a very stressful week, defending us from the likes of plumbers, junk haulers, and oil tank replacers. A tee shirt helped to calm him down a little (seriously, it…

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    Upstairs bathroom.

    Yesterday our plumber came to disconnect the clawfoot tub and corner sink and move them to the back room so we can get started on renovating the bathroom. The beadboard needs to…

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    Marché aux puces.

    The Middletown flea market proved to be better than awful! Our finds have been relegated to the “guest room” (also known as the room we have yet to renovate!) for the time…

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    Shoe closet (before).

    Our little dressing room has its own closet, in which we are going to build shelves for shoes and bags. So I am in my painting clothes!…

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