Sunday, October 23, 2011

Time has been flying and so has the garbage...




It's been way too long since I have posted so this is going to be a doozey! We have been busier than bee's, been to both coasts, moved out of our rental an tore the back end of our house down. While doing this we are lucky enough to have amazing friends The Youngblood's who are allowing us to take up residency in their new place in Magnolia. We are actually filming a reality television show it's called 6 people 2 last names (Cody, Jessica, Allison, Mark, Jesse and me) and wouldn't get the ratings it does if it weren't for the dog-puppy/cat-kitten quad that we have running a-muck. Also a huge thank-you to Uncle Jesse for leaving his life in sunny LA to help us with our "little" project. It's been great to have his help and creativity! Here we go..................................................................
wine tasting, photo by JT Larkin

pillows i heart


rockabye baby



see no, hear no, speak no evil. 1st day of school

inspired by Sherrie's cook books


getty


onions' growth is astonishing

and on to the house all the floor joists sistered in the basement and a new moisture barrier, feels so good to get new materials in
bye bye chimney

progress in the living and dining room

before the tear down

filled with garbage, and now we have just filled it again. we have removed over 9tons thus far

starting the tear down this process took a lot of thinking, designing, dealing with the city, sketch-up and elbow grease. we finally got all 6 pages with multiple drawings stamped by the city and have our permit. huge weight lifted off our shoulders






                                          

first interaction with Scarlott and Onions believe it or not they are in love and bff's

welcome to NY, this is Izzie my dad's sweet little puppy, we loved her

LOVE

our hotel in times square

wicked face but fun evening on Broadway celebrating our dad's 60th!!!

Pastrami to DIE for

i heart pickles too

central park



amazing bergdorf windows, ugh how i miss that

@ the cross street of Sherman and Larkin....what





look at those eye's she's getting a darker mask by the day!! we love her, even Indy is tolerating her these days





sunset at our house



found these beauts on field trip Friday with Uncle Jesse

and it's gone!!! The addition that some jack ass built in 1933 im guessing by the news papers and Wheaties boxes I found in the walls. The re-build will start this week!!!

new window, it replaced 3 old charming ones but this is big and bright and way more energy efficient! and was 120$ at a salvage yard

this is what they called foundation, broken pieces of concrete with a tarp over it, yay

the breakfast and insulation of champions


garbage heap was down to zero and now its back, ugh, we have garbage pants, garbage dresses, garbage mouths and garbage dreams

work zone

circa 1933

bye bye walls

stairs are gone now too
 
here's the current status, deck is braced and severed, addition is removed!!! all in a weeks work
                                                
this is it for today, sorry it's been so long since I posted, called you, saw you and anything else I have bailed on lately. We cannot wait to have a house warming party but...it's gonna be awhile.
                                              

Friday, August 19, 2011

work hard but play harder...

Here are a few pictures from our summer here in the PNW and some found treasures @ Blue Palatine
my birthday

princess party

reused ribbons from Barney's

waffle dog maker circa 1950

amazing

and the fireworks begin





i lost one of the great loves of my life after a long, loving 13 years, i will miss him forever and got a little tattoo that reads 4763 the number of days we spent together. RIP Phish

white party



happy 30th to Mark

industrial shipping crate dresser, found @ a sale not the house but very rad. it has stamps from NY,CA, WA, OH, IL on it

and the ceilings gone

fig tree through the window

the corner of a burnt letter post marked 1920

bee's

trash trash trash

this one's for jen, here's the sauna, in the gardening shed in the back yard...again the first time i looked in here 2 cats came running out

shot of the back of the house, this end is about to get ripped off and rebuilt due to the addition being the old deck boxed in literally, really really poorly, thanks old owners

store room, again being ripped off and rebuilt

building materials we plan to recycle

wasp's nest

best score!! they will be a great part of our vintage christmas decor


and meet onions, sporting blue painters tape

indy hates her baby guts

this was how she slept yesterday sooooo sweet