When we moved into the townhouse, my mom was quick to point out that we needed more trash cans around since the new space was bigger and laid out differently. We purchased a few that we found for a couple of dollars at the Container Store, but I’m on the hunt to replace them with […]
Archives for October 2017
ICELAND: PART III
To catch up on this Iceland adventure, check out part i and part ii. One of my favorite details of traveling through Iceland was the hidden folk. For many in Iceland, the Huldufólk are not merely fictional characters in the country’s colorful mythology. There seems to be a profound belief in the existence of these supernatural […]
BUYING APPLIANCES
There were a couple appliances that didn’t come with the purchase of our townhouse. Those were a refrigerator, a washer, and a dryer. No big deal. I thought we could get a fridge right away but wait for a good deal on the washer and dryer. We were so super lucky on the timing of […]
Building an Entry Table
In our front foyer, there is a space between the bathroom door and the stairs, perfect for a little entry table. After searching around, I decided that I wanted to build something to perfectly fit the space and match the closet hardware as well as the dog stairs. So, in keeping with the industrial theme, […]
ICELAND: PART II
Who’s ready for their next Icelandic language lesson?? We started to notice some similarities in a lot of the places we were going. For example, all the waterfalls ended in “foss”… So here were some things that helped us: á = river foss = waterfall fjall = mountain fjörður = fjord or inlet gata = […]
ONE SCONCE TWO SCONCE OLD SCONCE NEW SCONCE
Our townhouse has two sconces, one in the stairwell going to the top floor, and one on the landing of the top floor. They’re plain, upside-down half bowls, kind of a marbled glass (see bad photo as evidence above). I don’t really like sconces and I don’t know what to do with them. The ones […]