Is A Single Sink Better Than A Double Sink?
As our arms continue to recover from our recent kitchen priming and painting marathon (shared here this morning) we thought we’d take it do…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
How We Painted Our Wood Paneling
About a week ago (after we painted our brick fireplace) our kitchen looked like this: Then we removed the desk and upper cabinet (that will…
Priming Our Wood Paneling
And now, for the dang paneling update. Hold on to your hats ladies and gents. This post = wild ride. As you probably know, we’re no strange…
Tips For Hosting A House Party
Paneling = oy. Update tomorrow. But while we’re here… Can you believe that the kid’s b-day bash was the largest party (weighing in at 25 at…
A Beautiful Office Full Of Inspiration
The bleeping paneling is taking a wee bit longer than we expected. Le sigh. Hopefully we’ll have an update for you soon. In the meantime… E…
Removing Cabinets & Patching A Vinyl Floor Tile
the studio’s junk drawer switcheroo was actually just the beginning… the beginning of our kitchen makeover. At least the first phase of it.…
Live From Our House, It’s Saturday Night
Yup, it’s another random weekend post about stuff on tables (remember this one from a few weeks back?). I have a new mission in life: to ke…
Planting Leyland Cypress Trees For Added Privacy
Have we mentioned that our house has something lacking in the privacy department in certain areas? If not, consider this the first of sever…
A Custom House Portrait And A New Stroller
Ah yes, the much awaited Father’s Day post. First off, thanks to all of those who wished me a Happy Father’s Day on Sunday. Here’s a belate…
Junk Drawer Organization
Sometimes one big drawer of junk isn’t nearly as easy to navigate as two smaller drawers full of half the junk each. So in that vein I deci…
How To Use Weed Blocking Fabric
Yeah, we’re those neighbors. You know, the ones who are so busy working on the inside of the house (slash baby-wrangling) that our yard is …
“That’s Richmond For Ya”
Upon moving to Richmond 5 years ago, we quickly learned that “Oh, that’s Richmond for ya” is the appropriate reaction when one of those sma…