I bought a bunch of these from Classic Accents. They’re old-style push-button switches, which our house has still has in a few places. We’re expecting…
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I bought a bunch of these from Classic Accents. They’re old-style push-button switches, which our house has still has in a few places. We’re expecting…
Good news: A recent survey indicates three-quarters of the greater New Orleans population has returned. Bad news: The same survey says the city itself (Orleans…
There’s a question that dogs me these days, everywhere I go. Everyone wants to know the same thing: “How’s the house coming along?” My answer…
I am happy to announce that our house is finally secure for the first time in many months. Our four downstairs doors had no locks.…
Congrats to J & Day on the completion of their house. This means it’s taken less time for them to build a brand new house…
Yesterday, as I was cooking dinner, I heard the beat of drums outside our house. I recognized that sound immediately and knew what it meant:…
While many of my neighbors are trying to get hot water in their houses, we’ve been longing for cold water. See, we got our gas…
It’s the eleventh story about our renovation in this morning’s paper.
The Times-Picayune publishes their tenth story about us this morning.
So our mortgage company is holding the insurance money for renovating our house. They cut a check months ago when our contractor first submitted a…
I said in Saturday’s article that I’d post a picture of our house and try to get some free color advice out of my readers.…
Today’s Times-Picayune carries the ninth story about our renovation.
I spent today catching up, running errands that fell between the cracks over the last two days. It’s amazing how many things we’re juggling, and…
…it’s another. We thought our roof was properly patched up, but judging from water damage to the kitchen ceiling after recent storms — it’s not.
The eighth article about our renovation appeared in the Times-Picayune this morning.
The story about our renovation in today’s Times-Picayune is actually the seventh in a series Stephanie Bruno has been writing about us. I haven’t posted…
When we bought our house we were told it was 80-100 years old. One of the papers says it was built in 1922, but I’m…
Mark the Carpenter is back at work on our house today, after a hiatus of almost two months. Sadly, his helper Tony is not returning…
I was contacted last week by an Australian television production company. They were looking for a termite-damaged house and they’d read about us in the…
A follow-up article in today’s Inside Out in the Times-Pic:
RENOVATORS FIND MADNESS DESPITE METHOD
NOTE: Bart Everson and Christy Paxson find that tough decisions are unavoidable as they repair the basement of their North Salcedo Street bungalow.