Our arrival to the blogosphere
2012 will mark the 10th year that we have been in the house business. We purchased our first house to renovate in June of 2002, in the small eastern shore town of Hurlock, MD. We have come a long way...
View ArticleNo, it’s not a house
I was asked about the picture in the header, on our homepage. What is it, and why is it there? No, it’s not one of our houses, it is a duck blind. It’s quite a common site around the Chesapeake Bay...
View ArticleSneak Peek Photos
Mike has been slogging away at organizing the “Before and After” pictures for Reece. It’s unbelievable how many shots I snap off trying to get the lighting ‘just right’. And what makes it even more...
View ArticleReece “Before and After”
Breaking news! Mike took some time during all of that rain yesterday to upload the photos from the Reece project. I think he’s still fine-tuning the order of them…we’d love to have a pretty After...
View ArticleKitchen Ceiling Jackpot
A little while ago, I mentioned our delight in finding an original vaulted ceiling in Shelly once the dropped panels were removed. (Naturally, there were also other things to remove, such as mouse...
View ArticleShelly Update: Stair Rails
So much is going on at the Shelly Project this week! As much as I love knowing that the house is weather-proof and safe, the real excitement for me is when we start putting in the finishing materials....
View ArticleYippee! Shelly is Finished!
Yes, at long last, we have finally finished the Shelly Project! Here’s the link to the listing. We are beyond excited, and so grateful to the crew that stuck with the project through power outages,...
View ArticleQuick Pics of Shelly
I swore I’d spend the day in the Driveway Garden today, cleaning out the summer vines and planting the cold weather crops. But it’s raining at the moment, and Mike just uploaded a few cool photos of...
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