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Lipstick on the guest bathroom

 Flashback a few weeks ago: Our first overnight guest was coming in a week—yay! oh no!—and we had a lot of work to do. It was just what we needed to really put our unpacking and cleaning efforts into high gear. Of utmost importance was setting up the guest suite. Of most-utmost importance was making…

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Lamp’s up in the dining room. Happy spring!

 Remember this photo from our quickie kitchen demolition? Remember the awful chandelier in the background? Well that bastard came down and up went this red saucer pendant: We found it at an antiques mall in Virginia and snatched it up. We have no idea who made it, although it appears to have taken some design…

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Easy wins and a peek at one bedroom

 We’re finally unpacked! We actually live here now! Not everything is in its final place yet (in time, in time) but it it feels good to be unpacked. The smallest bedroom, what we’re calling the “kids room,” even has art on the walls! We’re pretty psyched about the “rhino butt” that we found at the…

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Home! and first demo

 Hello! Jamie and I bought a 1970s rambler in the woods of the Moyaone Reserve in southern Maryland and we moved in a month ago. We love the house (and the Reserve, which we’ll describe later and mention many times on this blog, I’m sure). Of course the house needs work…but we like that it…

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