kindred spirits.

I don't know who these people are, but I stumbled across this blog and this blog today and well, just refer to the title of this post. I'm inspired to take all of the photos I've taken of the transformation of our house and revamp my blog. I think I might just do that. Yep, that's what I'll do!

i'm in love...

...with Schoolhouse Electric Co.

-Great logo
-Stunning website design
-Awesome product
-Based in Portland, Oregon (I'd love to live there)

I think I know where we'll be getting some of our light fixtures!



Side note: This is the first post I've done in months because we GOT that old Victorian right outside of the city and I've been incredibly busy working on it! If anyone is still checking in, stick around! I promise I will try to keep up with this blog as we renovate!

hospitality and pineapples.

Today, after picking up a free recliner for the hubby (courtesy of Craigslist), we stopped by one of our favorite places in all of the 'Burgh-Construction Junction. CJ is a place where you can find recycled building and household items to buy and repurpose for cheap (and sometimes free). Can you tell that I'm a sucker for a bargain? While we are still in negotiations over "the house", we can't help but to be excited and wanting to plan and such. We found plenty of potential items for said house, but we were really only browsing for now. However, as we were getting ready to walk out the door, we looked at some smaller items on a table near the entrance and I found two of these great little architectural pineapple things for $4 each. I'm assuming that's what they are, anyways. I'll post a picture of them later. So, I set out on a quest to find out exactly what they are-I didn't, but I did find this awesome wallpaper designed by Jenny Wilkinson in the UK. It's paint by number. I'm not kidding. You can even purchase it here. Also, pineapples have been used as a symbol of hospitality for a long time, so I think these would be great for wherever we live.

I'm really not a fan of wallpaper, but I think I could dig a little bit of this-maybe on just one wall or something?

beard hat update.

In December 10th's post a winter beard. , I highlighted a great (albeit expensive) hat from Scandinavian Grace. I had given up on that venture, as it was out of any viable price range to spend on a gag gift. But, today truly is a new day. I recently came across Instructables -a DIY website. Today, I found instructions to make this very hat. The internet is a beautiful thing.

Plus, they have a great logo.

green fence.

So, my husband and I are about to make an offer on an amazing Victorian house right outside of the city limits. It has incredible character and it is absolutely enormous! There will be plenty of room for us as we start a family, and we will obviously be there for quite a while. One of our criteria in our home search was that the house have a decent fenced-in yard. While this house has a million other things that I never imagined would be in our first home (like the square footage!), it does not have a fence. But, it DOES have a nice yard. I was researching fencing online today and it seems that it can be quite expensive to have someone come and build a fence for us. So, since there are many things we want to do to this house over time, we'll be doing as much of the work ourselves as we can to save money. So, I started researching building your own fence online, and specifically, "green" solutions to fencing. As you might imagine, there aren't many options for tree-friendly fencing. But, I did find one that I just adore. Every time I look at this picture, it makes me smile. Maybe we'll even use this idea in our backyard!

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