pierre and my 12th floor apartment on cosburn avenue had a concrete balcony off the dining room, which stretched the width of our unit. it was a pretty good size — room enough for a bistro table and a few planters … Continue reading
a lot of my friends get really excited about april 30th. it’s tax time! and for us arts & culture, non-profit type 20-somethings that means a sizable tax return. unfortunately (and really, this is the only unfortunate thing about it), … Continue reading
last may, as in a whole year ago, pierre and i took a trip to the county to race the terroir run. we stayed at a perfect, no-nonsense cottage in an apple orchard, tried to buy food at a less-than-perfect … Continue reading
it’s hard to believe — especially if you use our backyard as a guide — that this is our third spring in the bungalow. granted, the first spring (2011) we were still operating under the idea that we were going to add … Continue reading
earlier this year, i outlined our $1,250 bathroom budget and what we hoped to accomplish with it. from the start, we planned to keep many of the big ticket items in the bathroom as-is (tiles, layout, tub, and toilet), which … Continue reading
our first project of 2013 was to reupholster our orange slice chair, transforming it from avocado green to a beautiful sapphire blue. i hoped there would be extra fabric from the project so that i could make (yet another) pillow … Continue reading
