Category: My Cottage

Maybe my favorite change in the basement. The stairs open like this are so nice. I’m going to save up for a rod iron railing piece and have it powder coated white. The little wall behind the stairs blocks the water heater and furnace, so it will be quite over in Ribbon Jar land. The […]

Do you have a nasty (usually brown) old thermostat? Like this: Do you want your old place to look like it has a whole new heating system? Do you want to save the earth one little unit of energy at a time? Do you want to save money too? Then you need a new programable […]

I want to tell you something that you should never forget: Trim should only be white, nice clean, white. It should never ever be cream. Cream looks dirty. It should be white. Now, you may disagree with me, but you will never change my mind, especially after today. Because I had to undo years of […]