Whoops, didn’t mean to disappear like that. I was going to post the week of Thanksgiving, but it just seemed so trivial and insulting to be talking about inconsequential whatever when our city of St. Louis is so broken. Things feel less raw now, so I’m back with an update post. Holidays in my Etsy shop I got […]
This storm door was totally worth it.
We finally got our storm door! Years ago, I thought we would never bother with one. Firstly, I didn’t want to “cover up” our pretty wood door. And secondly, I knew the unusual arch top shape would cost a small fortune. But after my refinishing job was destroyed in under three years, it had become […]
Painting the front door frame
A couple of posts back, I mentioned that we’re getting a storm door. It’s an arch-top door, and will likely be a trickier-than-normal installation, so we’re leaving it to the professionals. But before it’s installed, I needed to repaint the door frame. I am a little sad to lose the yellow, but only about an […]
Collected updates: Front door, organizing school papers, new artwork
I often have little bits of things to say or small updates that don’t really warrant posts of their own, so I thought I’d start an every-once-in-a-while series just to talk about the small stuff. Front door update I’ve been meaning to do an update on our front door. I refinished the whole thing in […]
Painting our new back door black
So I painted our new back door. And I guess it turned out OK? I have mixed feelings about it. From far away, I love it. The black looks great. But up close, I am disappointed with the finish. And I’m going to blame it all on the paint. I really, really wish I hadn’t chosen […]
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