Well... there's nuthin right now. Work and stuff has been keeping me and Haley crazy busy and I'm afraid our Rummer Fun has suffered a bit. We haven't even had time to take down both Christmas trees yet! ACK!Instead we've been doing things like check out the Nelscott...

I have a new resource for my restoration research: Retro Renovation! It boasts a great selection of ideas and resources for vintage appropriate home restoration... including bathroom hardware, colors, fixtures, and much, much more. We added it to the links section of...

We had our first party!... a small get together with The Verbtones and their families. It's still a construction zone, but if you photograph the right angles, you'd never know!My friend, Marie, put together this video tour of the house. It makes me smile. Thought I'd...

Just received my countertop samples in the mail! I'd love to find white Formica with gold flecks, but I don't think they manufacture it anymore. I did find some fun patterns in the Formica "classic" collection. A couple are simple enough to fit our bathroom...

Today I'm working on floor and tile options. The gutted bathroom project is haunting me, and we need to start ordering... takes up to 4 weeks to get the toilet and lavatory, so design decisions must be made quickly. We have an idea of the colors we want to go with,...

Not many decorations survived the move. We put up the aluminum tree and decorated it with some vintage balls—turquoise! That's about it.About 9am every day when the sun's out (which isn't very often.... this is Oregon, y'know) the sun shines through the clerestory...

Kohler makes bathroom fixtures in several colors! We have been researching for the bathroom re-do. Here are my favorites:Blue—Blush—Tea Green—The boy likes the blue... the girl likes the blush... so we'll probably settle on the tea green. I have tile samples on order,...

Okay, so my "no construction" rule was short lived. As Steve mentioned in the last post the 2nd bath has jumped to the top of the to-do list. I wish I could say it was a terrible and tragic accident or act of nature that caused the damage (then it would be covered...

Halloween is done and with it we usher in our first holiday season in the Rummer! I'm in decorating mode (construction will need to wait.) Our decoration inventory was drastically reduced in the move, the only things that survived are our shag-inspired skull and kitty...

It's time to replace the existing front door... for several fundamental reasons.First, it is a double French door that only opens on one side. The opening is a not so generous 30 inches. Not big enough for the huge front entry.Second, the glass doors do not allow for...

The original lights in most of the house were ball lights. Over the years they were "updated" and the original lights met with a fate I hate to discuss.The dome light... not right!We've been searching for replacements and decided to purchase three 10" ball lights from...

The atrium needs plants! When the previous owners poured the new concrete floor, they filled in the flower beds. The only solution is to create raised beds... but with what? The typical materials just don't look right. We want something very simple and preferably...