Unfortunately we’ve been dealing with some roof leaks. Fortunately, we took the opportunity to fix a couple of those issues with beautiful copper standing seam roofing!
We got a little lucky with how unseasonably warm this winter has been – I was very late with mulching to repress weeds in our kitchen garden come spring, but now the job is done!
So, yeah, it’s been a strange winter here in New England. No snow where we are, but for a few flurries. It was 60 degrees last week! Maybe this is the new normal, but it seems very bizarre to me. One nice thing is that all the rain we’ve been getting has created a beautiful muted green landscape around our property …
At this point, I’ve done about 25 different kitchen island designs in preparation for our kitchen renovation. Our current island is a great size, so at least that’s a known quantity, but otherwise style, finishes and functionality are all in play! I’ll take you on a tour of how my ideas regarding function and form have evolved so far…
We have a lot of stone on our property, and there’s been so much deferred maintenance by previous folks regarding its condition.
After one leak became two, and two leaks became two large leaks, it became clear that our guesthouse roof was in need of some serious overhaul. We patched it. We patched it again. No dice. We called in the professionals, and it was clear it was time to peel off the who-knows-how-old orange asphalt shingles, replace the woodpecker-damaged rake boards and some rotting cedar siding, and install a new roof. So the question became what kind of roof we wanted …
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As I continue to design our kitchen in preparation for a remodel next spring, I’m deciding on cabinets I’d like. I’m leaning heavily toward the British-style cabinets that look like individual pieces of furniture with feet.
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Recently I went to an event at an expanded 19th century farmhouse filled with gorgeous, envy-inducing modern art. It got me thinking (and fantasizing) about modern art in older homes.
I constantly feel like I’m making no progress in finding things I love for the house, but then I decide to do another post on recent vintage finds and realize I’ve actually found quite a lot of things in the past few months!
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Our kitchen came with a black AGA range. These ranges are made by a British company and are very on-trend right now due to the fact that they keep popping up in kitchens by British superstar kitchen designers like DeVol and Plain English.
There’s no arguing that an AGA is pretty.