Category Archives: House

• Making headway

  July 8, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  Things are coming along nicely for the shelve’s vamp up. I made a few Billy Buttons as practice rounds – and found I need a good 48 hours of drying time before I can try to mount them on the [...] read the rest.

• Mood Board: Vamp up shelving

  July 5, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  Working on a project for someone where I’ve been asked to revamp some shelving. It’ll involve a bit of antique shopping (SHUCKS!) and lots of DIYing. Here’s what I’m planning on for now: The shelves are from Pottery Barn (link [...] read the rest.

• every so often

  June 10, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  I need to stop and see the little things – because I can walk into a room in this apartment and immdiately feel peace. The lighting coming through the windows, the trees swaying in the breeze out my kitchen window. [...] read the rest.

• Well this is a doozy

  May 4, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  I’ve eaten my words before as a blogger just never on this big of scale I don’t think. How appropriate that we announced the day before April Fools that we were buying a house and now the day before we [...] read the rest.

• Alternatives

  April 30, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  You know what would make a great alternative kitchen island? Scaffolding. You can set the height to your desire, lock the wheels down and resurface (or not) the “counter” … I’d cut to size a length of stainless steel myself [...] read the rest.

• Climbing over mountains

  April 21, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  There’s something about buying a house (or trying to) that creates a huge ball of unrest in the rest of your life. Ok, maybe MY life. Everything kind of went to pot when we signed those papers … staying on [...] read the rest.

• Things I’m scared of

  April 14, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  # Buying this house when we’re almost 100% debt free (and mortgages aren’t always seen as debt, but we worked so so hard to get here and now jumping back in before we cross the finish line kind of scares [...] read the rest.

• The tour of the Bungalow

  April 14, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  Welcome! Here’s our tiny little bungalow with a big heart. The above is a closet that they made into the laundry area (with stackable’s) but we’ll be moving the laundry to the basement and making this a pantry or something [...] read the rest.

• On Sale …

  April 13, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  Remember when I told you we were buying a house because it was on sale? We’re still buying the house and if you have questions check out this video where I answer a few. But we’re paying what some people [...] read the rest.

• {Video} Answering questions about the house

  March 30, 2011 - by jodimichelle

  You should know: There was only one other person who knew we were possibly buying this house until yesterday. This has been happening (again, possibly) for the past week-ish. And since we weren’t sure, there were multiple offers on the [...] read the rest.