Couple of Keys – Page 295 – keys open doors.

WE DID IT.

word to eli porter. now, unpacking. back soon!

December 21, 2009

Hoping for the best we walked into Home Depot yesterday and purchased our paint. We chose Behr‘s Premium Plus Ultra which is supposed to be primer&paint in one. We had originally planned on trekking over to Sherwin-Williams but were scared away by the average price tag. Although Behr’s PPU has gotten mixed reviews online, I…

December 17, 2009

Books: Domino’s The Book of Decorating

i finally purchased domino’s book of decorating (after months of procrastinating). if you’re not familiar with domino, it is the (now defunct) self-proclaimed magazine guide to living with style. in the book the editors write about how they’d like to think they are partly responsible for bridging the gap between professional designers and DIYers like…

December 9, 2009

Color us decided.

As we’ve begun to try and decide on how to spend our money on big ticket items (i.e. sofa, dining room table) we’ve come to find that we’re not as in sync with each other’s taste as we might have thought. So compromise is the name of the game. However, we both decided we wanted…

December 6, 2009

30 DAYS!!!

here’s our 30 day notice to both of our apartment managers. we should be in the new place by the 3rd weekend of december. can’t wait!

December 1, 2009

Cork Board!!!

so, i view the house and impending improvements as more of a “community” thing than anything else. yes, it will be a home to myself, p, and p’s mother. but, as with the corean culture, houses are for both family, and extended family. with that said, i’m really liking the idea of all of our…

November 19, 2009

Celebration!

We’ve just been informed that we’ll be able to move in by Christmas!

November 13, 2009

Patio/Deck/Garden Ideas

So I think one of the things we were most excited about when we visited the house was the deck. The thought of entertaining in this area is probably what has us so exciting. Besides the existing bench that surrounds the tree, seating is something I’d like to improve in this space. There are a…

November 5, 2009

White Kitchens, Possible DIY?

As we (impatiently) count the days until the big move (73 days!) we’re trying to prioritize what we want to tackle first. Besides the usual setting up of the cable, switch the utilities to our names etc. We’re both coming from shared apartment living and both relied semi-heavily on what the other person brought into…

October 19, 2009

RASTERBATION IS NOT A CRIME

a number of years ago, i came across a pretty sweet program called the rasterbator. sounds rather dirty but i can assure you it’s not. what it does is take a picture, blow it up, and print it out on individual sheets of paper for you to hang up on your wall. if you’re a…

October 15, 2009