Monthly Archives: August 2011

Project Restoration:: Front Door, Stone Fireplace and more……

Do you have any idea how tired my girls are of being toted to the job site? And how they hang on my arms and say five hundred times, “Wheeeen are weeee leeeeaaaving?” But last night, for some reason, they entertained themselves and pretended like the house was a castle.   And they ran and...

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Project Restoration:: The Anatomy of a Baluster

This week we’ve turned a corner in the building project. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I think it’s the hardwood that makes it feel like home. We love the light floors.   White oak, unstained, random width. We also got our porch railings and the outdoor fireplace framed...

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Cheese Tortellini Soup :: for Caiti

Taylor and Caiti were home this weekend for the Verity’s last concert and we had one of our old favorites—cheese tortellini soup.   I think my friend Sue first made it for me and then I just took the idea and figured it out for my family.    My finicky nieces even love it.  (Right,...

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