Tyranny

After three days, you might be asking yourself, what was that great surprise? You may ask yourself, where is that beautiful house? You may ask yourself, where does that doorway lead to? And… Continue reading →

The Dream Team

It’s Half-Time in our marathon renovation session, and i’m starting to feel like somebody on a bad HGTV show, except we don’t have the bad jersey/canadian accents, emotional onscreen meltdowns, and prerequisite camera… Continue reading →

Down to skin & bones

Well, just bones really. Broken thumbs’ dad came to help us with the house and did a good job cleaning up the last details. I think I’m starting to see the light at… Continue reading →

This post is dedicated to Robert

We LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE our new maple tree, thanks to Robert. After we brought it home, pointy shoes found and removed cigarette butts, ABC gum, and trash in… Continue reading →

Smash the Magnavox

We spent the weekend removing the top cabinet. It looks better already! and wall siding/door framing brown poo-ness. Here’s an action shot of pointy shoes removing the tiled countertops. I hope this never… Continue reading →

Do you likey?

After much futzing and frustration, this is the final layout. We decided not to get Ikea sink and faucets. instead… BEHOLD! I know a stainless steel sink is nothing to write home about,… Continue reading →

Squirrels & Birds

What happens when you ask a squirrel to build a bird’s nest? You get a not so great kitchen. which is why the chef, pointy shoes, has designed the kitchen below. Broken thumbs’… Continue reading →

Zee Germans and Svedish

Feeling out of place, surrounded by wanna-be chefs with too many LVs on their bag, we found “the one” we had been looking for. To be honest, we had already found the one… Continue reading →

Kitchen Ideas

This is what we have so far after taking some better measurements. We have our hearts set on white tile floors, and Ikea Cabinets, but we’re pretty unsure of what we’re doing when… Continue reading →

This Hammer was Made for Smashing

Yes. We’ve been very busy with things other then our dilapidated house, however with an impending visit from the house building authorities of our family, we got back to work this past weekend.… Continue reading →