Archive for June, 2009

My Record Player, COMPLETED!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

After 4 days of hard work on the stereo cabinet, it is finally complete, put back together, set up, and plugged in. Rich loves it, and so do I. Here is what it looks like:

And here is what we did:
1. Removed the lid, speaker panels, and all of the hardware.
2. Sanded down the [...]

Record Player: SNEAK PEEK!

Monday, June 29th, 2009

I’m almost done with it, but here are a couple sneak peeks at the goings-on!

To-Do List: Home Edition

Monday, June 29th, 2009

When we moved in to a fifty-year-old home last winter, we really didn’t know what we were getting into. The house needed updating, but PSHH! We can do that! BRING IT ON.
But when the main pipe out to the street crushed, simply as a result of being old and made of tar (TAR!) and the [...]

My Record Player: Stage 1- Sanding

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

SO today I started work on refinishing my record player. I ended up having to do all of the sanding inside the house – in my studio – because it was pouring rain outside. Seriously. Look:

So far, I have sanded (with my trusty Ryobi), wiped down, and filled the deep gouges in the wood. I’m [...]

Our Hallway, Or, Why I Love My Husband So Much

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

While I was at work today, Rich painted the hallway, and it looks awesome. We hung the new mirror back on the wall, and set up a few things (possibly to stay, possibly to be changed). So here is what it looked like when we moved in:

And then it was this – while less [...]

Mmmm…. PASTA!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

I made dinner tonight. (This sounds mundane, but in my house, Rich does almost all the cooking. Baking, though, is another story.)
My mom’s friend Darby made this fantastic dish for my family many years ago, and I’ve been making it ever since. It doesn’t have a name (that I know) or a written recipe (that [...]

New Fabric!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Rich and I picked out the fabric for the speaker covers on the record player – the Elisabet in multicolor/black from Ikea, for $8.99 a yard. Here it is:
I wanted the Stockholm Blad in pink… but I lost that battle. Rich hates pink. A daughter is my only hope for one day being [...]

Our Picture Rail, Or, Why I Should Never Be in Charge of Measuring.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

We hung this picture rail on Saturday- it’s from Ikea, but I can’t find a link on their website anymore. It’s part of their Ribba series, and is about 6′ long.
This allowed us to revisit my gross inability to measure where my sweet and very patient husband should drill the holes for the plaster [...]

Check out the new stuff!

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

So Rich helped me work on my blog today (because sometimes, when I see code, my brain shuts off), and I changed or updated several things:
-The sidebar text is now larger (and hopefully, more legible!). Oh yeah, and not purple.
-The “Photography” page has a brand-spankin’-new image gallery.
-I added a few things to the sidebar: my [...]

Things are changing…

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

I’ve been an awful slacker about actually updating this blog for the past few months, so our dining room has gone through a couple permutations with no documentation. I know, right? Horrors.
So I thought I would give you a few pictures of its recent changes. Here you go!
This is my yawn-inducing dining room a few [...]

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