Archive for the 'Backstory' Category

So here it is! My minty-green, blank canvas of a guest room! Currently its only inhabitants are a mattress, boxspring, and a table of my brother’s. But that’s about to change!

I must say, these pictures make the room look really, particularly sad! They’re like those diet pill before pictures where people stick […]

It’s been a month since my last post, but I’m finally back. What can I say? There are times in everyone’s life, I think, when things suddenly come to an abrupt halt. That’s what happened to me in the last few weeks. My father died. Suddenly. Unexpectedly. Right […]

Big news from renovation headquarters!

I came home from work for lunch today and was happy that the love muffin was there as well. Happy not only to share a little bite to eat with him, but also to show him some color swatches that I’ve been trying to get him to look at in […]

Let’s talk goals!   I think the pie-in-the-sky goal for both of us is to turn the house into something that we love so much, we’d want to stay for years to come. We’re both pretty attached to our neighborhood and our neighbors, and since the love muffin bought the house at the perfect time, […]

How exciting - my first post on my very own blog!

Welcome to the adventure that my boyfriend and I are just embarking on… the renovation of our early 1970’s ranch home.  I decided to blog this experience for a few different reasons: I’m hoping it’ll keep me motivated and on track, I’d like to offer […]


You are currently browsing the the virgin renovators weblog archives for the 'Backstory' category.

Longer entries are truncated. Click the headline of an entry to read it in its entirety.