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skinny seating for a skinny home.
one of the more milder projects we have embarked on is to start to make the dining room look as sophisticated as our kitchen . . . last spring, i started looking into alternatives to the standard dining room table … Continue reading
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Tagged baltimore, church pew, city, construction, dining room seating, maryland, narrow kitchen, remodel, renovations, row home, skinny home, upcycle, walnut
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we resolve to stick with this resolution. . .
four months late. so its been over two years since we overhauled our kitchen and over a year since we updated this blog . . . our sincerest apologies. between tiny human, work endeavors, the incessant desire to attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in location, progeny, renovations.
Tagged baltimore, construction, remodel, renovation, row home
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for your viewing pleasure.
wanna know how to you work a sexy tube television in a 13-foot wide home? you don’t. you buy a flat-screen television. when my husband and i first bought our home in baltimore in 2007, we knew that purchasing a … Continue reading
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Tagged baltimore, exposed brick, flat screen television, hdmi, maryland, plaster, recessed, renovations, row home, small living space, space saving, vintage, vizio, wallpaper
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a handy-dandy pot filler.
. . . cause that is what everyone needs . . . in our initial design of the kitchen, we took into account all the things we wanted and all the things we needed. during those initial discussions, we resourced … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, faucet, galley kitchen, kitchen, location, pot filler, potfiller, preparation, renovation, row home, stove top sink
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so long darling dish washer.
you served the house well . . . did an excellent job at keeping up with the wife’s cooking escapades . . . a remarkable effort was shown in eliminating traces of beer tasting events . . . i thank … Continue reading
the touch, the feel of . . . granite?
being married to a stone carver makes for an interesting adventure when picking out stone. i am, by nature, a fairly conservative individual when it comes to style — especially when it comes to spending substantial money on something that … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo verde, countertops, granite, installation, kitchen, quartzite, renovation, row home
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go towards the light.
. . . all you filthy, nasty stovetop grease. when looking at appliances, we debated on what combination of features would work best in our narrow space. we decided that the gas range with double ovens, and an over-the-range microwave … Continue reading
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Tagged microwave, microwave vent, remodel, row home, samsung, wall vent
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and the award goes to . . .
my husband. while away on a trip with my mother, my amazing husband accomplished this: he relocated recessed lighting (ugh, rookie mistake here, see future post), added electrical plugs, had the plumbing finished, and installed our stone countertops! (posts on process … Continue reading
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Tagged countertops, kitchen, narrow kitchen, renovation, row home, verde bamboo light
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do-it-yourself: how to make a “stick” into a handrail.
in my husband’s own words: step 1. find stick (do not be alarmed if the stick is firmly attached to ground and, depending on the time of year, has leaves attached to smaller sticks growing out of it, this is … Continue reading