The floors are done! Heres a close up of just how bad they were. That yellowish stuff that has worn away is shellac. Yes, the floors were finished with shellac. It stopped being used in the 20s and 3...
I drove to Gonzalez, Texas this morning to visit Discovery Architectural Antiques and Salvage to look for trim pieces, siding, doors, pine flooring and other stuff for the house. What a cool place! T...
The house repairs are costing a bit more than I hoped for. Surprise. Surprise. To save money, I changed my mind about purchasing lighting from Schoolhouse Electric and did a little hunting on ebay. T...
Photo courtesy no limits roller coaster simulation.Why are real estate transactions always an emotional rollercoaster? The past week has gone like this:My lender informs me that they tried to pull my...
The inspection took place on the bungalow yesterday. I apologize for the lack of photos. I took a bunch but the cord I use to download the photos from my camera is in my storage space. Gah!See the si...
My offer was accepted, anyway. The inspection is this Saturday, so if its a money pit I will back out. Im not letting myself get excited yet. Not to mention, my current house on Eagle Trace isn...
Corey and I went to Hopdoddy Burger Bar on South Congress for lunch today. Corey got the Llano Poblano burger--beef, pepper jack, poblano chilis and applewood smoked bacon. His opinion was that the i...
At the Texas Style Council Conference I went to a session titled Blogging 101. Essentially the trick is to have good content, which means good writing and good photos. I also went to a photography se...
Friday night before the Texas Style Council Clothing Swap, Corey and I went out to dinner at Parkside, a new restaurant on 6th Street (at San Jac). It had come recommended, although I can...
Friday night was the clothing swap hosted by Swap.com and the Swapaholics. Ive heard of these but never participated before. Clothing drop off was between 7 and 8, then they opened the doors at 8:30....
STYLEThis weekend was the Texas Style Council Conference. Network. Learn. Blog.The conference was organized by Indiana of Adored Austin and Grechen of Grechens Closet. Let me just say, holy sh*t. Obv...
On Saturday I played in a charity paintball tournament for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure organization. My team, the Valkeries was the only all-female team. We were the only females playing, period....
"Well, I think its booty. Booty, booty, thats what it is." -The Beastie Boys Other than hemming and repairs, I havent been doing a lot of sewing lately except for making booty shorts. I bough...
I stumbled across the work of photographer Irina Werning on the Bleubird Vintage blog today. She has a project called "back to the future" where she recreates old photographs--having th...
Nothing aesthetic to report today. Its more of an aural day. Heres whats going through my head:Corey farted last night and followed it up by saying Byyyyy Mennen like the 80s deoderant commercials. I...
DecorI bought myself a new camera from Costco with part of my year-end bonus. I attempting to learn to take better photographs and also to take some photos of my home. Here are a few shots I to...
Oh Santa Fe chicken sandwich, I remember you. Oh fried zucchini, so good to see you again.Oh Western Bacon six-dollar burger, Corey has missed you so.My taste buds are happy (star). A taste of h...
Ive been seeing a lot of "29 things to do before Im 30"-type lists lately. I like this idea so much better than making New Years resolutions. So here is the list of things Im determined to ac...
Mine! All Mine! Mwhaahahahaha!She Use to Search the Sky, Nate Frizzell, 2010I purchased this painting back in October from LaBasse Projects. Its by Nate Frizzell from the exhibition "I Shou...
We applied velcro strips to the side of the freezer hoping that would deter Roni from raiding. We came home to this.Finally we just took the handle off. No raids since. That seems to have done the tr...
Here is where we last left the settee. With batting applied to the front tack strip area.With welt cord, cardboard tack strip and fabric over the batting.With the tack strip done.&nb...
Showcard www.coreyhelfordgallery.comI have always enjoyed the artwork of Sylvia Ji. Shes well know for her women with Dia De Los Muertos paint/make-up. She has a new show called Shapeshifter op...
The settee is starting to look like a settee. Instead of a deck and removable seat cushion, I am making what is called a tight seat to save fabric. After painting the legs, I covered the burlap on th...
Ive been plugging away on the settee. The new legs were installed, the seat tied with spring twine for additional support and burlapped.Then edge roll was added to the front edge and welt cord attach...
I just received the following email from Corey:"At about 3:30 I noticed that Roni had two ice packs on her bed. They were still cold. This time, she was polite enough to close the freezer after g...
The day after Thanksgiving, I went for a tour of the capitol building. I had only been there once before, briefly, for the scavenger hunt. The architecture is amazing. Everything is original to 1888 ...
Last night Corey and I went to see Morning Glory. It was cute. Not great, but cute. Worth seeing for the eye candy that is Patrick Wilson. But I digress. We arrived home to discover Roni...
Here is a chair I worked on earlier this year. Its been sitting waiting for me to refinish the legs for months. Having Coreys parents over for Thanksgiving provided the needed incentive. Here are the...
Go watch this video. Do it. Then participate in the collaborative art project.Im in awe.http://www.thejohnnycashpr oject.com/#/explore/TopRated&n bsp;
Hi family,As requested, here is a list of things I would like for the holidays. My amazon wish list is another good resource. There is no overlap between the two lists.Large silver hoop earrings.Itun...
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