Wednesday, August 25, 2010

I N   B L O O M :   A U G U S T

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the garden's really taken a beating the past few weeks with the crazy heat and not
much rain. the basil, however, is going crazy! time for a big batch of pesto!




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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

T O O   C U T E   T U E S D A Y !

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Monday, August 23, 2010

W E E K E N D   P R O J E C T

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hubby was itching to do a little project this weekend. i've had this wood sitting around forever with the grand plans of making a nice little place for the cats to sit by the window (these are the things i think about??). so this past weekend was the perfect time for the cats to get their shelf made, and for chris to try out the electric planer he got for christmas. everybody's happy!!






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L U N C H T I M E   M I N I   T R I P S

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i usually try and get out during lunchtime...go for a little walk and explore.
a few blocks up park avenue from the office is the Scandinavia House cultural center.
There's a museum, a cute restaurant, and a fab little gift shop...worth a little peek in.
and you know how much i love scandinavian anything!





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Friday, August 20, 2010

J U S T   S H O O T   M E

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my good friend emily is building her photography portfolio of interiors. i was honored,
and totally jazzed, when she asked if she could shoot ourplace. how cool is that? here's
some of her shots, but be sure to check out her site to see all of her fabulous work!
She'd be a great contact for any brokers out there, or if you're looking to sell your
house and want killer shots.






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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

T H E   C U T E S T

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even though we haven't renovated our kitchen yet, i'm already shopping for accessories.
i've kind of had it in my head that i would make my own simple little cafe curtains, like
the photo below, with a modern and graphic print fabric.

wouldn't this fabric be so cute? maybe too cute?



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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

T O O   C U T E   T U E S D A Y !

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a too cute double shot...arnold and my nephew Vin.



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Monday, August 9, 2010

C G   H I S T O R I C   D I S T R I C T

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There's talk around town that the Landmarks Preservation Commission would like the expand
the "pitifully small" area that was designated back in 1973 to include all the blocks bound by
court street, henry street, huntington street, and first place...hey that means us!!!
sounds like a great idea!



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Monday, August 2, 2010

U N I T # 3   B E F O R E   &   A F T E R

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we are lucky enough to have 2 rental units in our house. one was already in fairly good shape when we bought the place, but the other was pretty bad right from the open house. we bought our building with the tenants already in place. a good tenant in the good apartment and bad tenants in the bad apartment. not bad as in bad people...annoying, yes. but bad in a dirty, loud, young&naive, why do i have bugs oh maybe it's all the food out, way.

forward to the winter of 2009...when these gems left we fully gutted and renovated the leaky bathroom and 1972-era kitchen. there will be no drop ceilings in my house!
oddly, this is the only part of the house that still has some of the lovely details of a house made in 1901. including some great moldings, original wood floors, and a marble mantle, which is the only mantle left in a house that probably had 3 of them. of course i'm jealous and secretly wish the mantle was on our floor (we'll buy one when we get to that room).
this renovation was alot of work... alot of long hours after work and torturous weekends along with our (somewhat) trusty friend phil and our plumber jon.
it came out wonderfully and has pretty much held up through one set of tenants (although they did cause some damage, through no fault of the materials).
heres to many years of happy, careful tenants.





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Sunday, August 1, 2010

T H R E E   G L O R I O U S   Y E A R S !

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happy anniversary!


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