curb appeal

Sneak Peek

September 11, 2012
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This morning, I no sooner had written the following… I can’t seem to get a decent shot of the house because of the overhanging branches of our Norway Maple (which nowadays is considered to be an invasive species). I called the village almost a year-and-a-half ago to trim it (since it’s in the parkway, the [...]

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The White Has Got to Go

August 23, 2012
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I’ve never hidden my displeasure about the white storm windows on the front of the house. I really hate the starkness of them next to the limestone ledge and the dark brick colors. Over two years ago I intended to take care of that with wood storm windows, but that never happened. I seemed to [...]

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Happy House-iversary!

June 25, 2010
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Three years ago today we became the proud owners of this fine bungalow and haven’t regretted it for one minute. The blog began about a month earlier, and it has been great to “chronicle” all that we’ve done and see how much the house has changed. Since I recently compiled the renovation highlights in the [...]

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