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 […]

Little by little, I’m still working on our house’s curb appeal. It’s a never ending project, really. I finish one thing, and then something else surfaces. There are large projects we still need to tackle like the front sidewalk, and nevermind that brown splotch of dead grass. We have these crazy two-foot-tall weeds that just will […]

I’m less of a “front door seasonal wreath” person and more of a “brass griffin shield plaque” kinda girl. Pretty, right? Pretty menacing. Griffins are protectors (or so says Wikipedia), thus this pair is perfect posted by the front door. Think they’ll keep the hooligans away? I found the brass plaque nearly three years ago […]

After a bunch of curb appeal improvements we did in 2011, I was thinking the house was looking pretty good. But after we removed those giant Rose of Sharon bushes last year, it was glaringly obvious there was something missing. Once upon a time our house had shutters. You could see sloppy paint outlines on […]