Showing posts with label the house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the house. Show all posts

01 June 2010

no, i'm not sick of taking pictures with my phone yet.
noch mehr handyphotos. : )


also, my floors are really clean tonight. my windows, too. that'll last about five minutes. 
but i have a picture to remind me tomorrow.

außerdem sind meine böden gerade jetzt wunderbar sauber, meine fenster auch. morgen ist er dann wieder vorbei, dieser kurze moment der ordnung, aber in diesem bild bleibt mein zuhause für immer so friedlich und geordnet.

07 May 2010

beute.

weird angle due to reflection madness happening in a room with 4 large windows.

Ich war also gestern beim berühmt-berüchtigten Beehive Bazaar und habe ordentlich zugeschlagen. Ethan und ich haben vor einigen Jahren beschlossen, jedes Jahr Kunst zu kaufen. Wenn möglich von örtlichen Künstlern, immer Originale und richtig doll mögen müssen wir es natürlich auch. Der Bazaar war schon mehrmals eine gute Quelle für diese Tradition und so war es dann auch gestern. Alles handgemacht, selbstgebastelt, selbstmalt, sebstkreiert, das meiste von Müttern aus unserem kleinen Ort und wunderschön. Hier ist ein kleiner Einblick in meiner "Beute".

I went to the Beehive Bazaar yesterday and got away with quite the loot. Ethan and I have tried to buy local art every year and the bazaar has become a good source. Here is a small glimpse of my treasures.



21 April 2010

finito.


Kitchen countertop and tile are officially done. And I love both. I can't wait to be all better and start cooking "for real" again...

Die neue Küchenarbeitsfläche und die Fliesen sind offiziell fertig installiert, eingeölt und getrocknet. Und ich finde, es ist alles sehr gut gelungen! Jetzt muß ich nur noch wieder ganz fit sein und dann kann ich es nicht abwarten, Kuchen zu backen, Spargel zu schälen, Brot zu backen und Pasta zu kochen....


11 April 2010

this week not so much in the kitchen.




I am currently without a working kitchen and I'm loving the reason: after much back and forth I have finally made the decision to replace our counter top with butcher block. And that means the beautiful tile that has been waiting to be installed for months now was finally installed today! My friend, Laura had ordered this tile in pure white for her kitchen and received this just slightly green tile instead which she generously passed on to us upon receiving her actual order. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Laura! We absolutely love it!
This week, there will be very little cooking again since the wood finish will be applied, cured, reapplied, cured,....
Ethan and I have been talking about this house and all the projects we have been doing in the last seven years. Everything we know about building, maintaining, installing, plumbing, planning, hanging, designing things we have learned in and from this house. We made mistakes (we are still making them) and always had a crazy small budget but we have embraced this gigantic DIY project with all it's quirks and imperfections. It truly is ours. And so far the house has been so good to us!